September 24, 2007
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As autumn begins, for the first time not only are all of the packs on the Yellowstone Park northern range large, they are all almost equal in size. The Park pup count for the year is quite accurate and pup survival was high, but it is harder keep track of the adults, so with the…
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For a conservation organization, the Nature Conservancy often seems not be very nature friendly, although usually have a political explanation. Here is the story from the Hays Daily News. It decribes how they poisoned prairie dogs in Logan County, Kansas. Prairie dogs are a species most groups are trying desperately to conserve. Phostoxin was used…
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The first day of autumn brought cold and often heavy rains to much of Idaho and Montana which have been on fire since mid-July. Many fires will smolder on. It’s amazing how once a fire gets started in “heavy fuels,” meaning very dry (inside) logs, it can continue to slowly burn despite exterior conditions adverse…
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Group not surprised by Yellowstone gate decision. AP. Idaho Statesman. But I am. Cody businesspeople almost always get their way with the Park, and despite the astronomic cost of keeping the East Entrance at Sylvan Pass open for a handful of snowmobilers, I thought the Park would be ordered to cave. So this is good…