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  • Are more than 50 pronghorn now locked in Jackson Hole for the winter?

    Ralph Maughan

    If 53 are now trapped in “The Hole,” how many will survive? The Jackson Hole News and Guide has reported that 53 pronghorn antelope have been spotted on the National Elk Refuge well after the herd normally migrates out of cold and snowy Jackson Hole, over the Gros Ventre Mountains, and then down southward to…

  • US/Mexico border wall harms wildlife, but modifications could reduce its impact

    Ralph Maughan

    I hope folks won’t get into an unpleasant argument about immigration/illegal aliens, etc. Regardless, the wall harms many species of wildlife. However, “. . . technology and alterations to the design could dramatically improve the potential for animals to move more freely between the two countries” according to scientists. US-Mexico Border Wall Could Threaten Wildlife…

  • Roads, especially I-90, keep grizzlies from reinhabiting good grizzly habitat

    Ralph Maughan

    Biologists seek answers to grizzly bear migration roadblocks- Biologists seek answers to grizzly bear migration roadblocks. By Jim Robbins. New York Times (in the Seattle Times). Interstate 90, which cuts through miles of mountainous country, is a huge barrier to the migration of all large wildlife species. I think remediation is in order.

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