Presence of wolves helps survival of pronghorn fawn, normally a major prey item for coyotes-
Wolves have a complicated relationship to their prey and to competing carnivores and omnivores such as bears. Simple statements such as every animal a wolf kills is one less for a hunter are fantasy. In reality wolves can directly or […]
Continue Reading →Remarkable video shows an elk calf-eating grizzly and elk grazing side by side-
Daryl Hunter spotted grizzly bear #610 approaching elk at Willow Flats in Grand Teton National Park. The bear had been eating their elk calves all months. Guess what happened next? Watch his video.
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Because they are so visible and photogenic, people are always interested in news about grizzly bear 399 and her cubs and also her adult daughter grizzly 610 and her offspring.
This year they moved to the very southern part of Grand Teton National Park. That has caused both joy and consternation, and […]
Continue Reading →Latest chapter in a thick book of controversy over hunt is being written-
The inclusion of most of the area inside Grand Teton National Park (the valley portion) happened after a long and bitter controversy. The present boundary of the Park was established in 1950 after significant concessions to the usual opponents of change in […]
Continue Reading →Elk hunter injuries said “not life threatening”-
This story has been developing all afternoon. The National Parks Traveler is the account that has the most details that I have found so far; but none of these stories point out that he was hunting in the general area where famous grizzlys 399 and 610 have […]
Continue Reading →Busy Moose-Wilson paved road closed to accommodate GB399, 610 and families-
We have posted a number of stories on the photogenic and often seen extended grizzly family of grizzly bears 399, her adult daughter 610 and their various cubs, including a cub who actually switched (reason unknown) from 399 to 610 last summer.
About a […]
Continue Reading →It should be obvious that while wolves will be absolutely protected in GTNP, the Park is so small it is almost meaningless-
All of Grand Teton’s wolf packs spend some, usually most of their time outside the Park, so Grand Teton’s concerns are much more likely to be valid than DOI’s, which is treating wolves […]
Continue Reading →Controversial since 1950, critics make renewed effort to close this unique national park elk hunt-
It was part of the deal that made Jackson Hole National Monument into a national park back in 1950. This elk hunt in a fairly small, but prominent part of the Park has always been controversial. There is a new […]
Continue Reading →Six packs use the Park, but none year round-
Under the Wyoming wolf plan being developed, the wolves of Yellowstone and Grand Teton are to be protected from hunting, but only when they are inside the Parks. Grand Teton is a small Park. The Park’s superintendent points this out in his official comment on the […]
Continue Reading →Photographers don’t like the new rules promoted because of the people watching GB 399, 610 and cubs-
Photographers now have to keep further back– Jackson Hole Daily. By Thomas Dewell.
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