whitebark pine
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Ralph Maughan
Grizzlies are expanding their range due to the death of whitebark pine and they increasingly get shot- Researchers blame grizzly deaths on hunters, climate change. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press Fortunately the evidence seems to be that their population around Yellowstone is still growing.
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Ralph Maughan
Teton County bear conflicts down from last summer. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide.
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Ralph Maughan
This is another story on the high grizzly mortality rate this year. Known bear deaths increase, but it’s no crisis. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette. . . . it’s official line that it’s no crisis unless it happens two years in a row. With the rapidly growing loss of whitebark pine, is there any reason…
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Ralph Maughan
As posted some weeks ago, this was a fine year for the whitebark pine nuts in the Greater Yellowstone area. So was last year, and one result is a lot of grizzly bear cubs born and survived. Yellowstone brims with grizzly cubs. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette. The article above and Rocky Barker’s blog both…
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