Elk in Wyoming are doing well, even when you look at individual herds-
The Jackson Hole News and Guide April 28 reported their analysis of the 2010 Big Game Management Summary of Wyoming Game and Fish. This article is not on-line, so I will summarize.
The annual census reported almost 103,000 elk in the 27 […]
Continue Reading →Biologist thinks it may be the answer if done properly-
Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says. By Lia Kvatum. National Geographic News.
Continue Reading →Oh yes, let’s drill for a lot more off-shore oil. They have great, green technology now!
Although this Administration is not responsible for this huge oil leak, it highlights their boneheaded policy of greatly expanded off-shore drilling. It looks like this could be almost as bad as the 1989 Alaska catastrophe with the Exxon […]
Continue Reading →More grizzlies than thought in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem
The grizzly bear DNA study that Senator John McCain often ridiculed out of ignorance has shown that there are many more grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem than previously estimated. The technique is effective enough that individual bears can be recognized and the […]
Continue Reading →Wyoming study shows surplus killing is uncommon-
So the Jackson Hole wolves rarely engage in surplus killing. This uncommon event is morphed into “killing for fun” by hard core antis. Wolves are most likely to abandon a carcass when humans disturb it, but that is only some packs. Another Wyoming myth dispelled is that the […]
Continue Reading →The Giant Palouse Earthworm persists.
The significance of this discovery could be pretty great. The earthworm has been the subject of a petition to list it as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act but it was denied protection because too little was known and there hadn’t been a specimen seen for many years. […]
Continue Reading →coyotes-wolves-cougars.blogspot.com
I’ve had this blog on the blogroll for over a month. It’s still small, but the webmaster has the talent to put it simply with interesting video. You might want to check it out.
Continue Reading →PG and E to install 500 megawatts of solar that doesn’t require transmission lines-
Finally, doing solar electricity the right way. It’s called “distributed power generation” as opposed to centralized generation. The solar cells will go on the vast rooftops of malls, and office complexes (or adjacent to them) in California.
After spending over 20 […]
Continue Reading →Oral arguments set for June 15
Judge sets date to hear wolf-lawsuit arguments.
EVE BYRON Independent Record
Unsafe levels of livestock associated pathogens infest alpine waters
Alpine lakes and streams of the Sierra Mountains are fouled with Giardia, E. coli, and other pathogens from livestock grazing on Forest Service Lands. Dr. Michael J. Connor, the California Director of Western Watersheds Project is one of the authors of the paper.
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