The Wildlife News

November 2007

  • Haydens outrun Mollies! For now anyway.

    Ralph Maughan

    This latest information again comes courtesy of Kim Kaiser who has been in contact with Leo Keeler who has been in the area. This is the email he got today. Thank you, Kim! This will be about it for the year, because they will be closing the roads, so I hope they make it. Keeler…

  • Professor: Fires in West will worsen

    Ralph Maughan

    WASHINGTON — A Montana expert testified Thursday that climate change will increase and intensify wildfires, while members of Congress and U.S. Forest Service officials grappled with how to pay for the increased costs of fire suppression Story: Professor: Fires in West will worsen. By Noelle Straub. Casper Star-Tribune Washington bureau. This should be obvious, but…

  • Strange beast found near Cuero, Texas is a coyote

    Ralph Maughan

    There have been scary stories about the “goatsucker” for some time. It turns out it is a hairless coyote, but the story doesn’t answer if it was a mutation, deformity, sick, or if there are more than one. Strange beast found near Cuero, Texas is a coyote. Roger Croteau. San Antonio Express-News

  • House passes reform of 1872 mining law

    Ralph Maughan

    The U.S. House easily passed reform of the 1872 mining law that still governs the discovery and extraction of “hard rock” minerals on public lands. The bill did not pass it by enough, however, to override President Bush’s veto. A weaker bill is expected to pass the Senate, one more in line with some of…

  • Three wolf packs in elk migration corridor probably set conditions for the Mollies/Hayden conflict

    Ralph Maughan

    Earlier story: Mollies Pack kills Hayden alpha pair – – – – Dan Stahler of the Yellowstone Park wolf team told me today that Hayden, Mollies and Gibbon packs have all been in Hayden Valley the last weeks because it is a major elk migration corridor from summer range to the south to the northern…

  • Young man thought to be victim of wolf really killed and eaten by bear, expert says

    Ralph Maughan

    It has been the common view that 22-year old Kenton Carnegie was killed by a wolf pack northern Saskatchewan back 2005, becoming the only documented victim of such an attack in North America. Testimony from carnivore expert Paul Paquet has now cast doubt on that belief. Paquet says it was most likely a bear that…

  • Reid confirms Laverty while Wyden welcomes twins

    Brian Ertz

      Oregon Senator Ron Wyden’s hold on Lyle Laverty’s appointment as assistant Interior secretary for fish, wildlife and parks was broken when Senator Harry Reid pushed the confirmation through while Wyden was away from the Senate welcoming the arrival of his newborn twins.    

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