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  • Greater Yellowstone grizzly numbers top 600 for first time

    Ralph Maughan

    Record population is reached amidst a year of bear food stress and many mortalities- This is a replacement of the original article (it’s more complete). Grizzly numbers hit new high in Yellowstone region. By Matthew Brown. AP Because of the late spring, just average berry crop, and failure of the whitebark pine nut crop (there…

  • Greater Yellowstone grizzly debate heats up-

    Ralph Maughan

    So, we’re back to an old controversy; what is the true population and its trend? Greater Yellowstone grizzly debate heats up. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune. I know Dave Moody (trophy game coordinator for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department) couldn’t possibly be right about the poor whiteback pine nut crop being part of…

  • Rocky Barker: McCain grizzly earmark story raises questions on his focus

    Ralph Maughan

    Senator McCain doesn’t like “earmarked” congressional spending for special local projects. There is one story he has told for a long time about this kind of “waste.” It’s that of the Montana grizzly bear DNA study. It always gets a great laugh, generates some outrage, and he convinces many of his point of view. Anyone…

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