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  • Remaining woodland caribou in U.S. (in Idaho) barely holding on

    Ralph Maughan

    Tiny herd spends most of its time in British Columbia- The woodland caribou have been on the endangered species list for a long time, several million dollars have been spent on their conservation. That might sound like a lot, but it is a total over many years. They depend on old growth rain forest, living…

  • New grizzly bear plans released for Selkirk and Cabinet Mountains

    Ralph Maughan

    Comments will be taken until June 22- Grizzly protection proposed. Plan would limit public’s access. Becky Kramer. Spokesman-Review It is irritating that the headline for the new plan to save the grizzlies in these two disjunctive grizzly populations of northern Idaho and NW Montana should be negative in tone. After a  brief  look at the…

  • Grizzly Bear killed in north central Idaho came from the Selkirk Mountains

    Ralph Maughan

    The grizzly bear that was killed by a bear hunter in a vast backcountry area near Kelly Creek migrated there from the beleaguered bear population in the Selkirk Mountains of extreme northern Idaho. That’s the part of Idaho called “The Panhandle”. DNA tests showed that the big healthy bear came from the Selkirks. Grizzlies there,…

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