Montana

  • Degraded land just north of Yellowstone Park to be restored to native prairie

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Another grizzly bear killing in NW Montana-

    Ralph Maughan

    Most recent grizzly death is 11th this year. By Vince Devlin of the Missoulian

  • Bison management riles folks, again

    Ralph Maughan

    25- 100 bison to be allowed to wander north of YNP this winter- Most folks will remember this, but if not, last winter a very expensive deal with made to allow a limited number of bison to leave Yellowstone near Gardiner to wander northward. The female bison will be fitted with vaginal transmitters to warm…

  • 'Management removals' top cause of NW Montana bear deaths

    Ralph Maughan

    Grizzly bear managers are the largest source of bear mortality in NW Montana- ‘Management removals’ top cause of NW bear deaths. AP. Bozeman Chronicle. One third of the deaths came at the hands of the managers. In second place was illegal shootings, about 15% of the deaths. – – – – – Other Montana bear…

  • Schweitzer: Don’t Read Too Much Into GOP Legislative Victories

    Ralph Maughan

    Since we’ve been talking about Schweitzer and his setbacks in the legislature- Schweitzer: Don’t Read Too Much Into GOP Legislative Victories.  By Robert Struckman. New West. Democrats swept the elective state offices, but the Republicans have now claimed both chambers of the Montana legislature. Democrats won governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor and…

  • Greater Yellowstone grizzly deaths pass lethal limit under delisting

    Ralph Maughan

    Hunter shoots a Montana grizzly sow, charging to protect cub. Her death one too many for the year- The other day I predicted that the mortality limit for the year would be passed. It was unfortunately an easy prediction. About 10% of the grizzly population has died or been killed this year. If this happens…

  • Grizzly mauls Montana hunter on first day of big game season

    Ralph Maughan

    Grizzlies are moving north of the Park in anticipation of the remains of the hunt- This happens every year, Hunter mauled by grizzly north of Gardiner. By Jessica Mayrer Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer. Update: I found out today the incident was in Eagle Creek. That’s hardly “north” of Gardiner. It’s between Gardiner and Jardine, just…

  • Montana pays for livestock losses due to wolves and bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Payout for wolf and bear losses in Montana in 2008. Losses are trivial- Some “large” claims are yet to be paid, but this certainly isn’t much — $22,000. Millions of middle income, individual Americans have seen their retirement decline that much this year. This year the tally includes payments for bears as well as wolves…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

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