Tag: Absaroka Mountains
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Recovery of grizzly bears, a lifelong concern
Recovery of the Yellowstone grizzly bear has been an intense interest of mine for most of my adult life. Yellowstone Park has been a refuge, inspiration and cause for me since I was a boy in Rexburg, Idaho, and my parents began to take me there. The grizzly bear was put on the threatened species…
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Mountain goats introduced to La Sal Mountains in Southeast Utah
Trend of introducing mountain goats outside historic range continues- Utah’s Division of Wildlife has captured about 50 mountain goats from its thriving herd in the high Tushar Mountains of Southern Central Utah and released some of them into the photographically famous La Sal Mountains, east of Moab, near the Colorado border. Seeing and hunting the…
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Greater Yellowstone Coalition proposes protections for Absaroka-Beartooth Front
Plan might copy relatively successful effort to conserve Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front- Given the very scenic nature of much of the A-B Front, in a way it is surprising this proposal didn’t emerge earlier. Personally, I think it is a great idea. Story in the Billings Gazette on plans to conserve the Absaroka/Beartooth Front.