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  • Kathie says mid-summer watching is better than she expected- Here is Kathie Lynch’s latest wolf update. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – – Copyright © Kathie Lynch Watchers must rise very early on the long summer days in Yellowstone to try to see wolves before they bed down in the shade to escape…

  • This is a long pdf file, but interesting- Most will will glance at this, but some will read it all. There are a lot of facts I didn’t know, such as Erwin was not killed on or adjacent to the Kitty Creek trail.

  • Tree, important for grizzly bears, affected by global warming, insects, and fungus The whitebark pine is a tree that lives at high elevations and was historically unaffected by pine beetles but due to global warming this has changed. Also, blister rust, an introduced fungal infection has taken a large toll on the trees. The pine…

  • The Payette National Forest will be releasing its Record of Decision on July 30th After several years of litigation, the decision on how to manage domestic sheep on the Payette National Forest to maintain viability of bighorn sheep populations will be released on July 30. Several options were considered but few actually meet the so…

  • ANOTHER MEXICAN WOLF FOUND ILLEGALLY SHOT IN ARIZONA USFWS contact: Tom Buckley, 505-248-6455 Arizona Game and Fish Department contact: Bruce Sitko, 928-367-4281 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Law Enforcement Agents recovered the body of another dead Mexican wolf on Thursday July 15, 2010. The wolf, AM 1189, is the second adult male of the…

  • Inexperienced trappers will likely trap pets and other non-target animals. Backlash will ensue I think people should be prepared for many non-target animals to be taken with snares and traps including pets. It takes years and years for government employees to learn how to properly trap and snare wolves without taking non-target species and there…

  • While the headline is not accurate, it is gratifying to see a wolf in Franklin Basin- A sheepherder killed a wolf in the Bear River Range, east of Franklin, Idaho. This is right on the Idaho/Utah border and is certainly good news for wolves traveling south. I have had reports of wolves in the Franklin…

  • The outfitter shot at 4 wolves but only recovered 2 of them. Were the other 2 killed or just wounded? The IDFG specially sanctioned wolf hunt for outfitters in the Lolo Zone has resulted in the death of 2 wolves and possible wounding of 2 others. Two of the wolves were not recovered. I guess…

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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.

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