Tag: Yellowstone Lake
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Large Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Mortality in 2012, but Gov’t Agency says pop grew anyway
At least 50 dead griz, but population said to grow by 15- The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem stretches over about 18-million acres and into 3 states. Grizzly bears inhabit about 2/3 of that to some degree, hardly being confined to the smallish 2.2 million acres of Yellowstone National Park. Grizzly bear numbers have been growing for…
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Some great Yellowstone Park news in battle to kill off lake trout!
2012 was banner year for number of lake trout removed from Yellowstone Lake- Yellowstone cutthroat trout numbers are finally seen to be increasing in what once was the world’s greatest Yellowstone cutthroat trout fishery — Yellowstone Lake. A herculean effort over the last 3 years has resulted in the removal 300,000 of the invasive and…
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Radio tagged lake trout to be used as one method to bring their demise in Yellowstone Lake
Finding where the mackinaw spawn via transmitter should help zero in on them- We recently ran a story on the need for more money for Yellowstone Park to get ahead in their battle against the non-native, illegally planted lake trout that have all but wiped out cutthroat trout from Yellowstone Lake. One of the most…
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Yellowstone asks for dollars to rid Yellowstone Lake of lake trout and for support to improve Park grizzly genetics
Greater Yellowstone grizzlies are inbred and Yellowstone Lake far below biological potential due to its infestation with lake trout- The Associated Press reports that in a draft progress report to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Committee, Yellowstone Park is looking for a million dollars a year to rid Yellowstone Lake of lake…
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In Yellowstone, Killing One Kind of Trout to Save Another
Tiny radio transmitters attached to lake trout may allow managers find and destroy their spawning beds- The illegal or accidental introduction of lake trout to Yellowstone Lake has heavily damaged the native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Fishery in the Lake, and more importantly in the spawning streams where they used to provide food for many kinds…
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Rare Oasis of Life Discovered Near Geothermal Vents on Floor of Yellowstone Lake
How did these get started in the lake? Rare Oasis of Life Discovered Near Geothermal Vents on Floor of Yellowstone Lake. ScienceDaily This discovery is from research by Montana State University. Yellowstone is already one of the world’s greatest site for research into heat tolerant extremophiles
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Effort launched to save Yellowstone Park's cutthroat trout
Effort launched to save Yellowstone Park’s cutthroat trout. Associated Press. I hope this tips the balance. The disasterous effect of the alien lake trout on Yellowstone’s cutthroat trout, coupled with whirling disease, is perhaps the most serious ecological problem in the Park, and a great loss to people who want to fish too.