grizzly bears

  • Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team — raise GYE grizzly mortality limits?

    Ralph Maughan

    IGBC has hard time understanding Judge Molloy ruled against them not because of grizzly mortality, but lack of food for grizzly in the area- Perhaps the bear population could withstand more deaths; and, hey why not acquiesce with what is already happening? Bear bureaucrats could call that “adaptive management.” However, Judge Molloy didn’t relist the…

  • Wyoming legislation might require GYE backcountry users to have bear spray

    Ralph Maughan

    Spike in unhappy grizzly encounters in Greater Yellowstone could result in bill- While pepper spray isn’t always the answer in an encounter with a grizzly, most often it is with lots of benefits to humans and bears. Bear spray bill on the way. Proposal would require permitted backcountry users in griz country to carry pepper…

  • Grizzlies home on range – again

    Ralph Maughan

    For all those discouraged folks out there, I think this f- – – – ing wonderful! Grizzlies home on range – again. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer. Is anyone interested that grizzlies are abundant enough and northern Montana empty enough that grizzlies are spilling out onto the plains?

  • October was a bad month for grizzly bears in NW Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    October is always bad; this year worse. Even so,  NW Montana grizzly mortality is low compared to that in Greater Yellowstone. It’s pretty clear to me that the Yellowstone grizzly needed to be put back on the list, just as Judge Molloy did. Fortunately, grizzly deaths are down this year in the Greater Yellowstone. Grizzly…

  • Bear Committee turns into jays; scolds Judge Molloy

    Ralph Maughan

    Results of the Yellowstone Grizzly Coordinating Committee meeting Jackson, WY- I think we see the real reason they are upset that the judge relisted the grizzly bear in this statement: “Fremont County [Wyoming] Commissioner Pat Hickerson echoed Schwartz and several other commissioners when he said grizzly bears have begun to expand into areas where their…

  • French Male [grizzly] Bears In Immediate Need Of More Females

    Ralph Maughan

    The small population may be the cause of its own collapse without more females . . . STAT- There aren’t many French brown [ursus arctos] bears left. What are have a badly distorted ratio in favor of males.  This might be the result of chance, the result of inbreeding, or male bears competing with each…

  • Another grizzly found clawless

    Ralph Maughan

    Poached bear found on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of the Rocky Mountain Front- Another grizzly found clawless. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer Just for reference. This bear was part of the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem grizzly bear population, the largest grizzly population in the lower 48 states (more bears than greater Yellowstone).

  • In B.C.'s wilderness, where the wild things aren't

    Ralph Maughan

    Lots of grizzly bears have been killed in B.C.’s Bella Coola River valley- Six years ago Jackie and I took a special trip to Bella Coola to see bears. We did, but it was clear the locals didn’t appreciate their value. Mark Hume. In B.C.’s wilderness, where the wild things aren’t. The Globe and Mail.

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