2020 grizzly bear report card shows almost normal year for conflicts
The final stats have been compiled on Greater Yellowstone grizzly bears for 2020 and with a few notable exceptions, it was a normal year. The annual report of Grizzly Bear…
Read More...Amount of grizzly bears captured declines once again
During 2020, G&F captured 26 grizzly bears in 27 capture events in an attempt to prevent or resolve conflicts. Thirteen captures were a result of bears killing livestock (primarily cattle)…
Read More...Grizzlies are coming back. But can we make room for them?
We call them “attacks;” bears see them as defense. Either way, human-grizzly interactions are on the rise.
Read More...Poll: Montanans back protection of big game migration routes
A recent poll of 500 registered voters in Montana shows widespread backing for the conservation of wildlife, including protection of migration corridors for big game species. Large majorities favor highway crossings,…
Read More...Feds defend gray wolf delisting
The Biden administration is sticking with a decision to remove the gray wolf from Endangered Species Act protections, at least for now. In a brief letter to an environmental attorney…
Read More...Fatal disease looms large over elk feeding grounds
The discovery of an elk with chronice wasting disease (CWD), an inevitably fatal disease, in Grand Teton National Park last month could be a harbinger of trouble in the Yellowstone…
Read More...The incomplete truth of predators and zoonotic disease
With the continued spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), the hypothesis that wolves could be the “best defense” or “first responders” against further spread has been getting increased airtime. But…
Read More...New Mexico zoo sends endangered wolf pack to Mexico
A pair of endangered Mexican gray wolves and their seven pups have been sent from a zoo in New Mexico’s largest city to Mexico as part of conservation efforts in…
Read More...Montana lawmakers considering several wolf management bills
Two northwest Montana lawmakers are considering a number of bills that could moderately or significantly change the way Montana manages wolves.
Read More...Colorado begins wolf reintroduction plans OK’d by voters
Pending litigation over the Trump administration’s delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act could complicate Colorado’s efforts to reintroduce the wolf to the state.
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