Just 9 wolves, one of which is female. It looks bleak-
It’s probably the longest study of wolves in history (since 1958). The wolf numbers have been up and down along with the moose they eat many times since then. But now with just one female, it clearly looks like the end of the wolves [...]
Continue Reading →Idaho Fish and Games issues warning about pretty exotic evergreen-
A news release with picture of two dead moose leads an important warning about the Japanese yew, an low evergreen with a red berry popular with people during the holidays and as a landscape plant. The landscape part of the warning is becoming more relevant [...]
Continue Reading →A tiny nematode spread by biting flies piles on top of habitat decline and predation-
Most know that the moose of NW Wyoming are in serious decline. This has not been the first time because early explorers and settlers reported almost no moose. Nevertheless, in the early 1900s the moose population became established and grew [...]
Continue Reading →This is a story that immediately suggests the relationship might be tested on other animals.
Alaska study finds female moose manipulate males to fight. Science News Daily
Continue Reading →The never-ending winter in the Northern Rockies hits deer, elk, moose, pronghorn hard-
During the winter, I made a number of posts about the hard conditions for ungulates in the Northern Rockies. The failure of spring to arrive is causing deaths to continue and grow.
Record wildlife die-offs reported in Northern Rockies. Reuters. By [...]
Continue Reading →Here is a moose that was killed on Highway 28 just north of Leadore, late this winter. I stopped to take these pictures because I wondered whether the moose had actually been killed by a car, or had been murdered by some motorized nimrod. Moose are so big that they bring out the idiot – [...]
Continue Reading →Wyoming folks love the Wyoming Range and fear fracking-
An unprecedented number of comments came in on the Plains Exploration & Production Co.’s (PXP) plan for up to 136 gas wells south of Bondurant near Noble Basin. Most of the Wyoming and adjacent Salt River Range has been withdrawn from oil and gas leasing/drilling by [...]
Continue Reading →High moose density has developed in Idaho’s Panhandle area-
More moose on the loose in Kootenai County. Becky Kramer The Spokesman-Review.
It is good to point out stories like this one because they offset the much publicized stories that “all” the moose have been killed (by wolves) or whatever. Truth is their distribution [...]
Continue Reading →It’s good to recall the reasons-
Norman A Bishop was a naturalist interpreter for many years at Yellowstone Park, and played a key role in the wolf restoration. He is retired and continues a vigorous life, partly as an expert ski racer. He holds many positions including the board of the Wolf Recovery Foundation, of [...]
Continue Reading →Cpl. Jeff Jayne, accused, is reported to be another anti-wolf worrier about declining elk, etc-
This is from back in late November, but it is incredible. There hasn’t been any recent news on this, but here is the article in the Bonner County newspaper. Bonner County, Idaho abuts Canada. I thought the story should get [...]
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