From the daily archives: Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Rabies vaccine may save rarest wolf from extinction

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The Ethiopian wolf will greatly benefit from the rabies vaccination of as few as 30% of their population.

Story in the UK Independent.

10/12/06. Here is the abstact of the article, “Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species.”

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Mange declines as a problem for Greater Yellowstone wolves

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In recent years, mange has grown as a problem for wolves of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, both in Montana and Wyoming, although none has been seen inside Yellowstone Park itself.

A recent query posted to this blog asked about current conditions, so I contacted Mike Jimenez of USFWS and Carolyn Sime, Jon Trapp, and Liz […]

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Recent Yellowstone Park wolf watching. October 2006

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Cindy Knight posted a very interesting comment a day ago about her recent observations (early October) of the Agates and Sloughs on the Northern Range. She consented to have it made into a post. It follows.

“I watched the Slough Creek and the Agate Creek Packs all last week and had some of the best […]

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Wilderness Society predicts "in-fill" of the giant Jonah gas field will degrade formerly pristine air beyond EPA Standards

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The Jonah gas field is huge. It sits in the Green River Basin between the two splendid mountains ranges, the Wind Rivers and the Wyoming Range. It also damages winter range in the Basin.

This area had pristine air just several years back, but the “in-fill,” i.e., filling in of Jonah, may push the air […]

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey