Tag: Bitterroot Valley
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Mustang fire breaches the U.S. Highway 93 containment line!!
Will firefighters be able to prevent a new run even farther to the east? Update 9/17. Eastward spread of fire most likely contained. The Mustang Fire has burned at least a hundred miles now, west and east along the main fork the Salmon River in Idaho. The River contained the Fire’s southward spread, and firefighters…
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Montana elk at all time high, but a “perfect storm” cause of elk decline in hunting district 250
Chairman of the State Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission chair says Montana elk are 22,000 over state objectives- Anti-wolf sentiment seems high in Montana, judging from the media, but mostly from the Republican Party. However, the chairman of Montana FWP Commission, Dr. Robert Ream, once a wolf researcher himself, told Bitterroot Valley residents that the…
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Early findings of southern Bitterroot elk study yield unexpected findings
Findings contradict local views on the dire effect of wolves on elk calves- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and University of Montana have a 3-year study going to find out about elk and predator relations in the southern part (the “upper part”) of the Bitterroot Valley, Montana. By the time of the recently ended wolf…
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Right wing Ravalii County, MT Comissioner claims wolves ruining quality of life in area
Suzy Foss, one of far right majority on commission, says local folks fear for their children playing outside- The Ravalli County, Montana, Commission dominated by right wingers in this sub-division riddled part of the Bitterroot Valley has been fanning hysteria to divert attention from their collusion with subdividers, their anti-conservation ethic, and their religious pushiness,…
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Bitterroot Valley: 3-way easement makes Upper Miller Creek ranch an elk haven
Critical elk migration route protected by easement- 3-way easement makes Upper Miller Creek ranch an elk haven. By Rob Cheney. Missoulian