The Wildlife News

September 8, 2006

  • Greater Yellowstone grizzlies said to be doing well this year.

    Ralph Maughan

    This infomation came from Idaho Fish and Game. It is good news for grizzlies so far this year in the Greater Yellowstone.

  • More on the escaped elk

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game has a news release today on the elk. – – – Date: September 8, 2006 Contact: Ed Mitchell (208) 334-3700 Governor Risch authorizes immediate harvesting of escaped elk JAMES E. RISCH GOVERNOR NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Brad Hoaglun September 7, 2006 (208) 334-2100 BOISE – Governor Jim Risch signed…

  • Wild wolves again might be at home in Oregon

    Ralph Maughan

    I got some email and there was a post further down in the blog that there is fairly good evidence that a group or a pack of wolves has formed in Eastern Oregon near or in the Wallowa Mountains. The Wallowas are close to Hells Canyon which is the Oregon-Idaho border. There are wolf packs…

  • Wyoming adopts its first cougar plan

    Ralph Maughan

    The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has adopted the first mountain lion management plan the state has ever had. The Wyoming Wildlife Federation welcomed the plan. The Casper Star Tribune has the article. Read it. Added on Sept. 20. Here is a link (pdf file) to the Wyoming Mountain Lion Plan.

  • Derby fire burns on. Nearby fires grow too

    Ralph Maughan

    The Derby Fire Credit: Mike Granger, Division Supervisor Winds continued to drive the Derby Fire yesterday, now at 195,000 acres. Three other fires burned in the Absaroka mountains portion of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone Park: Pine Creek, Jungle Creek and Passage Falls. The Big Creek Fire in the Gallatin Range, west of Paradise…

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