April 2013
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Can it dispell some ridiculous myths? ……Please? OR7, aka Journey, the wolf who travelled from northeast Oregon into northern California and now back to southern Oregon, isn’t unique among his species but for one thing, he is still alive. After traveling long distance with a lot of people following his GPS collar from their computers and…
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Copyright 2013 by Kathie Lynch Spring is in the air in Yellowstone, heralded by rapidly shrinking spots of snow on brown and sage hillsides, mud puddles edged with slippery ice, heavy parka mornings and toe warmer-free afternoons. Following the heart-breaking losses of last fall and winter’s wolf hunting season, a very different landscape of wolves…
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Brian Horejsi takes some wind out- In the United States we are familiar with livestock operators in grizzly country often complaining about how they have a lot of trouble with grizzly bears. A half century ago, the province of Alberta had many more of the great bear than the struggling American populations south of the…
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Salmon-Challis National Forest said to not enforce grazing laws- Boise. ID. When you drive or hike into this east central Idaho high country (Idaho’s highest mountains), you would expect to see pristine creeks. On the Salmon-Challis NF, however, one is usually disappointed. The creeks are sacrificed to appease local ranchers with tiny amounts of extra grass…
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Are ranchers stupid? You might think so if you watch their behavior towards predators. For decades ranchers have declared war on coyotes. Despite their best efforts, coyotes not only survive, but thrive. Even with taxpayer subsidies to America’s welfare ranchers in the form of Animal Damage Control agents, and the slaughter of tens of…
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Luckless wolf that went to California is back in Oregon- The world’s currently most famous wolf, OR-7, born in NE Oregon, seems to have abandoned California and returned to Oregon. He spent over a year looking for a female wolf, but there are probably no California girl wolves. During his search, he explored a fair…
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I’ve been studying fire ecology for decades, an interest which led to the publication in 2006 of my book WIldfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy. My interest in wildfire did not end with the book and I have continued to read and digest the fire-related literature, attend conferences, and most importantly visit and observe…
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The collar of Grizzly #726, emitting a mortality signal, was detected during a routine flight on September 12, 2012. The collar hadn’t moved for a while so the mercury switch that tells the collar that the bear is still alive hadn’t been triggered, thus increasing the frequency of the beeps heard from the telemetry monitor.…