In the latest “wolf weekly” report from Ed Bangs at USFWS, Ed wrote: Yellowstone Park researchers report that the summer predation study is going well. Approx 31 kills have been found May-mid through mid-July and they are 20 bulls, 5 cows, 5 calves, 1 mule deer. These data support the results of research done by […]
Continue Reading →Retiring elk tender defends feeding. By Cat Urbigkit, Casper Star-Tribune correspondent.
One of the reasons Wyoming government officials want to all but wipe out Wyoming wolves is that they chase and kill elk on these unnatural feedlots. The feedlots were created so the elk would not compete with the “sacred cattle” of Wyoming during […]
Continue Reading →Barker blogs about the history of the general area burned in the giant Murphy Fire complex and the personalities involved.
He has written a lot about fires, beginning with his coverage of 1988 Yellowstone Park fires and living through the firestorm that blew through Old Faithful that year.
In 2005 his book Scorched Earth: How […]
Continue Reading →I posted a story earlier about this energy generating bacteria that lives in Old Faithful and nearby thermal features. It was a short story.
I have deleted it in favor of this longer story. Surprising New Species Of Light-harvesting Bacterium Discovered In Yellowstone. Science Daily.
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Continue Reading →To sum it up, President Clinton issued an executive order that the Forest Service would keep all the non-wilderness, but yet roadless areas on the national forests, free of new permanent roads.
There were a number of court challenges filled to this by states like Wyoming and Idaho. They had mixed success. Then, new President […]
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