wildlife
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This replaces the 30th edition. That old edition is now in the archives at May 29, 2011-
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Giant fire is killing and maybe renewing- The Wallow Fire continues its sweep across a mountainous region of Eastern Arizona, and is now reported burning into New Mexico. Wildlife are fleeing the flames and the smoke. During the great Yellowstone Park area fires of 1988, animals died, but surprising few large animals died for the…
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This replaces the 29th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog-
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Here is a real threat- Although anti-wolf people try to scare us with the seldom caught Hydatid disease which is almost entirely spread, by dogs, fox, and coyotes, here is the latest on a very important threat from scat — domestic cat scat — toxoplasmosis gondii. I have mentioned T. gondii a number of times.…
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Note that this replaces the 28th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog-
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” . . . our Legislature has completely abandoned reasoned discourse.” Editorial basically says Idaho legislature has gone bonkers. And in the end, hysteria triumphs in Idaho Legislature. Magic Valley (Twin Falls, ID) Times-News. Most of the comment on the blog has been about what happens to the wolves, but my take has also been…
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Severe winter in Eastern Montana is taking huge toll on pronghorn, other ungulates- In deep snow, antelope often seek out railroad tracks and highways so they can move. When a train comes, and fences on both sides, hundreds can die; and they are, right now. Herds of desperate ungulates dying on Montana railroads, highways.Written by…
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They must be nearby. Ken Cole saw one cross Highway 12 about 40 miles SW just the other day- Biologists hunt for fisher hair in Fish Creek. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian. “The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness appears to be such good fisher habitat that it may hold the last original Montana and Idaho species – unrelated to…