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  • Hart Mountain refuge miracle: recovering cow-free for two decades

    Ralph Maughan

    Study and photos show terrific regrowth of riparian vegetation- Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southern Oregon had been grazed by cattle for many decades when in 1991 the cattle were removed. The refuge had been created in 1936 as a “last stronghold” for remnant pronghorn antelope. Since that time wildlife conservation has grown more general.…

  • Pronghorn arrive late [in Jackson Hole]. New moms may be lagging

    Ralph Maughan

    This year of no spring delayed migration from Wyoming’s high desert for weeks- The famed Jackson Hole pronghorn herd which winters in the high desert 150 miles to the south has been beleaguered by natural gas development and subdivsions. In recent years, Wyoming Game and Fish and numerous other interests have worked to keep millenia-old…

  • Missouri River cuts off pronghorn from fawning grounds

    Ralph Maughan

    Thousands died this winter, hundreds since trying to swim the mile wide river- We covered this wildlife disaster last winter, though in a general way. Spring has not ended it. Missouri River cuts off pronghorn from fawning grounds. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune

  • Winter takes toll on northeastern Montana wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    Pronghorn and mule deer hit hard- Winter takes a toll on northeastern Montana wildlife. By Brett French. Billings Gazette. I posted a news release from ID Fish and Game the other day about winter conditions and wildlife in Eastern Idaho, but hardly anyone read it.  I took it down. I’ll watch this one to see…

  • Nevada pronghorn released for new start on Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington State

    Ralph Maughan

    The Cattle Association opposes the release- Pronghorns released for new start on Yakama Indian Reservation. Ancient inhabitants are of the Columbia Basin.  Rich Landers. The Spokesman-Review. [ed. note to Spokesman-Review, the plural of pronghorn is pronghorn] Good for the Safari Club! It appears that when the cattle association took their traditional selfish approach to restoration…

  • Wyoming to spend $9.7M to protect pronghorn

    Ralph Maughan

    Finally, it looks like a real effort to keep antelope bottlenecks west of Pinedale from closing- Over the years, we have written about the Trapper’s Point pronghorn migration bottleneck a number of times.  There has been growing awareness that the thousands-of-year-old antelope migration from the Wyoming high desert over the Gros Ventre each year, down…

  • Preserving the pronghorn corridor into Jackson Hole

    Ralph Maughan

    The Bridger-Teton National Forest may alter its forest plan to make sure its portion of this 350 mile long migration route is conserved. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. The biggest worry, however, is at Trappers Point just west of Pinedale, where BLM gas developments and private land have almost squeezed off the…

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