grizzly bears

  • Gallatin N.F. closes 3 campgrounds to tents near YNP due to bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Soda Butte, Colter, and Nez Perce closed to soft-sided structures- These campgrounds are just northeast of Yellowstone Park. They are not inside the Park. Last July a grizzly bear killed a man in a tent at Soda Butte. Two others were mauled by the sow and her cubs. I always regarded these campgrounds as unsafe…

  • Friends of bears smile as 399’s daughter shows up with two cubs

    Ralph Maughan

    Grand Teton Park’s grizzly bear 610 has her first cubs- Daughter of famous griz is a mom now, too: Grand Teton wildlife watchers thrilled by new generation. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch Here is a feel good story, and the old gal, gb399, is still around! For years 399 and her three…

  • Carelessness and two grizzly bears dead near Ronan, MT

    Ralph Maughan

    Unprotected chicken coops becoming a source of  bears deaths on Flathead Reservation- Two grizzlies were shot dead last weekend near the base of the bear-heavy Mission Mountains in NW Montana. An elk antler gatherer stumbled into a griz on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife area and shot the bear. Not far away on the Flathead Indian Reservation…

  • Yellowstone bears and wolves fight over carcasses

    Ralph Maughan

    Their ancient struggle apparently has little effect on their populations- That’s the conclusion of Dr. Doug Smith who heads the Park’s wolf program. I think that might well be true overall, but Yellowstone Park is a small place when it comes to major predators.  With the wolf population in the Park as small as it…

  • Grizzly’s threatened status heard before Ninth Circuit

    Ken Cole

    Grizzly’s threatened status appealed in 9th Circuit court. Washington Post Update added on March 14: Audio of hearing before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. I listened to most of this. The government attorney seemed to perform weakly in response to questions, IMO. I didn’t think the National Wildlife Federation did well intervening on behalf…

  • Northern Range Yellowstone elk count drops to record low in latest count

    Ralph Maughan

    Latest  is 4,635 elk, count is down 24 percent from 6,070 last winter- Wolf population was over 100, 5 years ago; now down to 37-* Update. Leader of the Yellowstone wolf team, Dr. Doug Smith talks about the elk situation on Montana Public Radio News. Note that it is not the first story in the…

  • Whitebark Pine Trees Face Long Odds for Survival

    Ralph Maughan

    But several million dollars a year for starting seedlings in nurseries might restore it- This is perhaps the first article I have read that offers a glimmer of hope for this rapidly disappearing tree, so vital to grizzly bears and Clark’s nutcrackers. Whitebark Pine Trees Face Long Odds for Survival. By Laura Petersen, E&E reporter…

  • Western governors focus on endangered species

    Ken Cole

    The governors meeting in Las Vegas this week. Okay, so now governors are arguing that the Endangered Species Act should be gutted because swarms of prairie dogs are digging into golf courses. Need I say more? “The frustration level is reaching the breaking point in many levels because of this act,” said Utah Gov. Gary…

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