Parks, wildlife refuges, national forests closed due to failure to pass a budget-
(This story has the shutdown rules for 4 land management agencies)
There was no last minute deal for a temporary budget extension passed at midnight. The federal government will now partially shut down. “Essential services” will continue without a budget. However, […]
Continue Reading →Study results are relevant to decision whether to put wolves under the state’s ESA-
San Francisco. There are those who say the gray wolf had just a marginal presence in California before it was killed off in the 1920s. However, the Sonoma State University Anthropological Studies Center has now shown there was a widespread presence of […]
Continue Reading →Should there be genetic rescue (outside wolves brought in)-
For many years the wolves and moose of Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior have shown that wolves do not wipe out their prey. When wolves become abundant enough that the disappearance of prey seems probable, the wolves die back.
On the other hand, when […]
Continue Reading →Former Yellowstone superintendent Michael Finley doubts grizzly delisting due to lack of habitat-
West Yellowstone, MT. Last weekend the Greater Yellowstone Coalition celebrated the 30th anniversary of its founding back in 1983. Along with honoring the founders, especially activist Rick Reese, and former Board members, the Coalition (GYC) had a prime […]
Continue Reading →Island Park, Idaho. A female grizzly bear with two yearling cubs was hot near Island Park, Idaho on September 12. Island Park is a relatively low elevation and primarily flat area (an ancient caldera bottom) just west and southwest of Yellowstone Park.
This year there had been two grizzly bear-human injuries in the Island Park […]
Continue Reading →Bighorn sheep in the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada have been dying of pneumonia for some months now but, as with many of these outbreaks, the original source of infection hasn’t been conclusively identified. Some reports noted that an angora goat had been shot by a hunter and that it may have […]
Continue Reading →For Immediate Release, September 23, 2013
Contact:Tierra Curry, Center for Biological Diversity, (928) 522-3681
Kylie Paul, Defenders of Wildlife, (406) 370-6979
Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater, (208) 882-9755
Travis Bruner, Western Watersheds Project (208) 788-2290
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Northern Rockies Fisher
Rare Forest Carnivore Threatened […]
Continue Reading →Closure order published Sept. 18 for section through the Lochsa-Clearwater Wild and Scenic River corridor-
There was a similar headline about a month ago. Then Omega-Morgan transport, aided by a permit from Idaho Department of Transportation and law enforcement, bullied their way through the corridor. The Forest Service backed down in the face of this […]
Continue Reading →Poor whitebark pine crop but a good berry crop brings bears lower and closer to people-
This year as the Yellowstone country grizzly bears enter their time of peak appetite to prepare for hibernation they have a good berry crop to […]
Continue Reading →It’s called “hyperphagia”
Grizzly bears get a serious case of the “munchies” this time of the year. “Ravenous” is more the word. It is overwhelming and not a matter of personal character, but genetic programming to prepare for the winter hibernation.
News media articles, agency warmings, and word of mouth tells people that the bears […]
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