June 2009
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About 40 wolves are on the Park’s northern range- Yellowstone wolf news. June 2009. Copyright by Kathie Lynch The beautiful green hills of Lamar Valley brim with bison, and their cute little orange calves greet early summer wolf watchers in Yellowstone. However, the drop from 171 wolves in Yellowstone Park in December 2007, to only…
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314 livestock were lost to wolves last year. Between 5000 and 10,000 head lost to other predators- This feature ran on a number of radio stations. Non lethal management of wolves, which keeps both wolves and livestock alive is feasible. However, most livestock operators are not like Mike Stevens (see in story) because the U.S.…
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So many of us have seen the effects of Mountain Pine Beetles on forest we’ve visited here in the west ~ up close we see dead or dying trees and from afar perhaps a red and gray hue from within a forest canopy. Mostly, we’ve come to learn via media accounts, the words and tones…
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How will this affect the wolves of the Northern Rockies? RM Press Release. Humane Society of the United States Center for Biological Diversity Court-ordered Settlement Restores Endangered Species Act Protections to Great Lakes Wolves – – – – – – – Update: Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press Update,…
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Colorado and Washington State see wolverines in new places. In recent years wolverines have been seen in places where they were not expected. Is this because people are looking for them or are they expanding their range? One wolverine in an isolated location does not mean that there is a sustainable population. There have been…
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Bear bites back News Release – 6/28/09 Idaho Department of Fish and Game Three eastern Idaho bear hunters got an unpleasant surprise Sunday morning, June 28, when their hounds surrounded a female grizzly with cubs. The bear took after the hunters, knocked one man down, bit him on the right arm and tossed him around.…
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The Button Valley Bugle writes a nice piece about the sage-steppe ecosystem. It also includes a remarkable photo of Prairie Wind Farm which illustrates the conundrum concerning new energy but continued habitat degradation/fragmentation. Check it out : Sagebrush Rebellion – The Button Valley Bugle We have lost over half of our sagebrush ecosystems and yet,…
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Idaho population continues to plummet. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has received more time to make their decision about whether the greater sage grouse will be listed as a endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. If listing occurs there could be profound changes in how vast areas of public lands are…