Montana
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The Stockgrowers want to stop decision to let bison wanderly freely outside Park near Horse Butte- In the comments today people are already discussing this lawsuit. So here is the AP article by Matthew Brown. Court asked to stop Yellowstone bison arrangement. Billings Gazette. By Matthew Brown. AP
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It’s a four-foot high, seven-mile long electric fence- Forest Service OKs a long bison fence. Bozeman Chronicle.
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Articles like this spread misperception- Impacts have hunters howling. Rapid growth of packs, observers say, mirror decline in deer numbers. By Jim Mann, Northwest Daily InterLake. In fact the number of wolves in Montana, including this area are down this year. The number of wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming is no longer growing. For…
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Fortunately the Hog Heaven Pack’s slaughter is not going away. You can bet more of this is planned- Killing of Pack Draws Cries of Protest. By Jim Mann. Northwest Montana Daily InterLake. In the article, it reads “Laudon [of MT Fish, Wildlife, Parks] said he can imagine what it would be like if the state…
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What really happened was probably a matter of interpretation. The hunters were not injured or even touched- Story on the close encounter. Helena Independent Record. By Eve Byron. “The idea of them charging people — I’ve never heard of that,” Bangs said on Tuesday. “But that doesn’t mean this guy doesn’t think he was charged.…
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State and feds’ behavior called “outrageous” “unnecessary”– Story: “Montanans, wildlife groups condemn state, feds for wolf pack slaughter.” Missoulian. The coalition (Wildlife Watchers and Big Wildlife) issuing this statement also said the action left many questions unanswered and that the public must be given specific formation about the killing of so many wolves.
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Land at the site of Cinnabar to be restored- Story in the Billings Gazette. Yellowstone Park land to be restored to native vegetation. By Brett French. I found this quite interesting. I had seen the name “Cinnabar” on a lot of old maps. I didn’t know what it had been or what had happened. The…
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Most recent grizzly death is 11th this year. By Vince Devlin of the Missoulian