The major culprit in almost all of the big lower elevation fires in the interior West is cheatgrass, which has a nicer name of downy brome (Bromus tectorum), probably given for the way it is during the brief period is it growing, green, and not ripening.
Cheatgrass has taken over the West, greatly increasing fire […]
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Photographer Dan Stebbins was gracious and emailed me photos of this year’s Hayden Pack pups. In the past, the pack has only had one or two pups a year. This year there were 6 (now 5).
Continue Reading →This is from the blog Carnivore Conservation.
Polar bears in Alaska are increasingly denning on land because the sea ice is thinning, becoming too unstable for safe denning. This is according to a new study by U.S. Geological Survey’s researchers and published in Polar Biology . . .
Continue Reading →Some Utah officials blamed the BLM for the huge Milford Flat Fire in central Utah for not allowing enough grazing, but the Grand Junction Sentinel has it right — if anything, the blame is in the other direction. Overgrazing led to the huge infestation of cheat grass (which can only be grazed a few […]
Continue Reading →Montana has been slower than Utah, Nevada, and Idaho for wildfires, but they are underway now. Story in New West.
Web page for the new Patengail Creek Fire, NW of Dillon, Mt.
Photo of Patengail Creek fire.
Web page for the Fool Creek […]
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