Recently we were informed of a new effort by two conservation groups, a Native American tribe and livestock interests “to secure $25 million from the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill to help livestock producers reduce the risk of livestock losses to grizzly bears, wolves, black bears and mountain lions.”
This taxpayer money is meant to “reduce [...]
Continue Reading →Movement of bears into this good habitat was inevitable. Meanwhile Gallatin County Commissions say wolves, bears cougars are a big detriment to Bozeman, West Yellowstone areas-
In Yellowstone Park where the Gallatin Range rises there is some of the very best grizzly habitat. For a long time grizzlies have also ranged about 10 miles [...]
Continue Reading →“Justice” was done when the ‘Wapiti Sow” was euthanized (executed?)-
An earlier story today remarked that in springtime our thoughts seem to turn to bears as they wake up and we get to run stories saying “be careful.”
Just in time, Slate Magazine has run [...]
Continue Reading →It’s springtime and, of course, the bears have come out of their dens-
Many newspapers, TV stations and other media in wild or rural country are now running articles pointing to the obvious, bears are no longer hibernating.
The stories are coupled with warnings about putting your bird seed out of reach, securing smelly attractants, [...]
Continue Reading →While on a hike in northern California, Robert Biggs stopped to watch a bear and her cubs. He was suddenly attacked from behind by a mountain lion and the sow black bear came to his rescue.
Bear Saves Robert Biggs From Mountain Lion Attack In California.
The Huffington Post
Is this a new problem or a sudden realization of an old one?
Whether it is or not, this issue is heating up in British Columbia and Alberta The adult grizzlies are more likely to escape the wintertime dozers and other heavy equipment than the cubs, but the mortality rate of even adults is substantial. [...]
Continue Reading →Unconfirmed sightings are increasing, but does this mean real bears or more Ravalli County hysteria?
Officially there are no grizzly bears in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho-Montana or in the ranges to the east until you get about the Snowcrest Range. On the other hand, grizzlies are spreading out as their traditional food sources in [...]
Continue Reading →Commission gives initial approval on divided vote, but final approval might fail-
Like the Lolo in Idaho on the Idaho/Montana border, the decline of elk in the West Fork of the Bitterroot area (hunting district 250) in Montana in recent years has been widely blamed on wolves, but the Montana wolf hunters can’t seem to [...]
Continue Reading →Narrow focused Chief of Alaska Fish and Game Wildlife Chief’s resignation cause for rejoicing among many-
Corey Rossi is the kind of guy wildlife biologists don’t like. He had a narrow focus on big game hunting and what he thought would result in the maximum production of moose, caribou and a handful of other hunted [...]
Continue Reading →Greater Yellowstone grizzlies are inbred and Yellowstone Lake far below biological potential due to its infestation with lake trout-
The Associated Press reports that in a draft progress report to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Committee, Yellowstone Park is looking for a million dollars a year to rid Yellowstone Lake of lake [...]
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