The Wildlife News

October 11, 2011

  • Complaints about black bears decline in Northern Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    From 770 to 158 complaints in one year- This shows the role that natural food availability plays in making bears into “bad” bears. As the story below indicates the changes was food availability. It is a short shory, but very much worth reporting because bears causing damage is an easier story to write and seems…

  • A brain worm adds to the woes of Wyoming’s declining moose herd

    Ralph Maughan

    A tiny nematode spread by biting flies piles on top of habitat decline and predation- Most know that the moose of NW Wyoming are in serious decline. This has not been the first time because early explorers and settlers reported almost no moose. Nevertheless, in the early 1900s the moose population became established and grew…

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Edward Abbey

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