Area beneath East Gros Ventre Butte closed-
Update on 4/11 at the bottom of page-
After the deadly slide at Oso, Washington, people take landslides more seriously. The area on the East Gros Ventre Butte at Jackson, Wyoming, has developed a bulge, signaling an incipient mudslide. Below it there are about about 60 residents […]
Continue Reading →Total trespass cattle secured 389-
134 cattle secured by Monday night-
43 additional cattle by Tuesday night-
75 more cattle by Wednesday night-
25 more Thursday night, 12 more Friday night-
On Saturday, April 5 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management BLM) began rounding up the hundreds of cattle owned by rancher […]
Continue Reading →Increase in State-permitted Fur Trapping Leads to Illegal Trapping of Wild Cat
BOISE, Idaho— Three conservation groups initiated a lawsuit today against the Governor of Idaho and other state officials to halt trapping that illegally kills one of the rarest cats in the United States, the Canada lynx. The Center for Biological Diversity, […]
Continue Reading →No wolf population growth and almost no livestock depredations-
The 2013 official Washington State wolf report is out today. It shows a very slight population increase from 2012 — from 51 to 52 wolves. Because random effects loom so large in small populations, it is most reasonable to call the situation “no growth,” “stable.”
Because […]
Continue Reading →Four experts on wolves, cougars, grizzly bears, and other predators will present and discuss-
The “Predators, Prey, Habitats” symposium will feature presentation on wolves, cougars, grizzly bears, and other predators and how they effect prey species and habitats at Idaho State University Wed., April 9th at 6:30 p.m. on campus in the Gale Life Science Bldg., […]
Continue Reading →In the latest Jackson Hole News and Guide, outdoor writer Todd Wilkinson discusses the question, “Do wolves, cougars help curb diseases?” At the Wildlife News we have posed the same question. Properly stated this question can be investigated scientifically.
First a hypothesis (or hypotheses) need to be stated […]
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