Cygnet Fire burns right in the middle of Yellowstone Park- August 26, 2012. Though dwarfed by 100,000 acre+ Idaho fires, this has potential to grow. Started by lightning on the […]
Judge puts hold on Wisconsin’s plans to hunt wolves with dogs
Has a bloodfest been averted? Madison. Plans to allow wolves to be hunted with dogs, as part of Wisconsin ‘s first wolf hunt, have been at least temporarily set aside […]
Do corvids gather for funerals?
Research on scrub jays and anecdotal observations of other corvids shows a large reaction to a dead member of their species- A study just out on “funerals” held by scrub […]
Groups to Litigate Wyoming Wolf Delisting
Today, several groups filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) over its decision to delist wolves in Wyoming. Delisting comes after USFWS accepted […]
New wildfire grows rapidly just south of Jackson, WY
Human-caused fire just one ridge south of Cache Creek! Revised on 9/11 afternoon. All of the mountains immediately south of Jackson, WY have been closed due to the Little Horsethief […]
Happy day! Brook trout to be poisoned. Yellowstone Park creeks will be restocked with native cutthroat
Rotenone poisoning begins Sept 10 in Elk Creek to eliminate non-native brook trout- Tomorrow eradication of brook trout will begin at Elk Creek. So too Lost and Yancy Creek tributaries […]
Mustang Fire forces evacuation — U.S. 93 from Quartz Creek to North Fork, ID
Red Flag warning day with leading east flank of 261,000 acre fire less than 2 miles from U.S 93- After several days of gentle breezes, Aug. 9 began with a […]
Bad summer in U.S. for zoonoses
West Nile, Hantavirus, Plague- A zoonosis is an infectious disease transmitted between species, especially from animals to humans and vice versa. New strains of influenza are usually a zoonosis having […]