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  • Q. and A. about ending winter elk feeding in NW Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming Wildlife Advocates issues report with q. and a.- The usual winter feeding of elk on the National Elk Refuge at Jackson, Wyoming, is just starting now.  Every year they try to hold off, and once and a while it is deemed not to have been needed. The elk get alfalfa pellets, although elk on…

  • Bighorn sheep deaths north of Park continue to mount

    Ralph Maughan

    Yes, it looks like pneumonia. It usually is.  It comes from domestic sheep most of the time. On December 15, Ken Cole reported in the News, “Bighorn Sheep Near the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park are Dying from Pneumonia.” Well, it continues. Now Brett French reports in the Missoulian that 30 are now dead.…

  • Pesticides, honeybees, and native pollinators

    Ralph Maughan

    Could native pollinators save us? Most folks are now aware that our honeybees are in big trouble. Public opinion surveys shows more total agreement about this environmental threat than global warming, likely because Republicans worry about the bees, but not climate change/global warming. Democrats and independents worry about both. There is no consensus on the…

  • Ignorance and bush meat trade cause of Ebola epidemic

    Ralph Maughan

    Is there hope for containing this African epidemic? “Bush meat” is any kind of meat that poachers bring out of “the bush,” forest and brushlands of Africa, especially central Africa. The Ebola virus causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever. It is one of the most frightening of all epidemics because of its symptoms, high mortality (30 to…

  • New Mexico. Demise of its more interesting wildife

    Ralph Maughan

    All, that is except for the increasing boring deer and elk and some exotics- The Wildlife News has not paid a lot of attention lately to the state of New Mexico, but it appears the state wildlife mangers and governor have the same attitude as Idaho, but New Mexico is a more advanced case. In…

  • Plan to spend millions vaccinating Greater Yellowstone elk and bison is a tired idea

    Ralph Maughan

    Only difference is this time they might get some real money to waste- Although the appropriation of $35-million to chase Greater Yellowstone elk and bison and try to vaccinate them against brucellosis might seem like a new issue to some, it has been around a long time. Today the Missoulian has an article on it. Farm…

  • Study: Urban coyotes save birds from feral cats

    Ralph Maughan

    Birds in city parks benefit as coyotes stalk cats. But, hey, it’s best for the cats too- Feral and stray cats (free roaming cats) are known to take a huge toll on birds, and the number of these small predators is burgeoning. There are perhaps as many as 40-million in the US alone. The number…

  • Domestic sheep pose an imminent threat to bighorn sheep and bison in the Gardiner Basin.

    Ken Cole

    It may already be too late Throughout the west, bighorn sheep are seeking out mates and the rams are giving an incredible display by butting heads in competition for ewes.  This is a very visible spectacle in the Gardiner Basin of Montana that lies just north of Yellowstone National Park which is filled with many…

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