Mar 31 2011
On the occasion of its fourth annual awards banquet, Larry Wilson has nice things to say about the North Valley Rescue Association. You’ll probably recognize a few names . . . Last Saturday evening North Valley Rescue Association held its fourth annual awards banquet. Main awards are to recognize at least one member for the [...]
Mar 29 2011
For those of you staying on top of the wolf-related stuff going on in this corner of the country, here are a couple of tidbits that appeared in the Missoulian earlier this week . . . From Tuesday’s Missoulian: Feds recommend approval of Bitterroot wolf kills And late Monday night: Gray wolf caught on camera [...]
Mar 27 2011
From today’s Missoulian . . . Carolyn Sime was honored recently as Biologist of the Year by the Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society for her decade-long effort to develop Montana’s wolf conservation and management program. Continue reading . . .
Mar 26 2011
The Missoulian yesterday evening posted a pretty thorough write-up on this year’s snow removal efforts in Glacier National Park, including this interesting tidbit: “Basin totals for the entire North Fork of the Flathead River are an astounding 197 percent of average snow water equivalent” . . . In this corner of Montana, nothing heralds the [...]
Mar 25 2011
Today’s Missoulian made a valiant effort to summarize yesterday’s hearing before Judge Molloy regarding the recently proposed deal to return wolf management to the states of Montana and Idaho, as well as other related matters. It’s a bit of a mess. Settle down with your favorite beverage before diving into this one . . . [...]
Mar 24 2011
It’s that time again. The bears are starting to get up and moving. The folks in Glacier National Park are seeing fresh tracks . . . Recent observations of bear tracks in the snow indicate bears are emerging from hibernation and venturing out looking for food in and around Glacier National Park. Park Superintendent Chas [...]
Mar 24 2011
The recently announced deal to return wolf management to the states of Montana and Idaho faced its first court test today . . . A proposal to settle years of litigation and allow public hunting of wolves in parts of the Northern Rockies faces its first legal test on Thursday, as it goes before a [...]
Mar 23 2011
While we’re on the subject of Wolverines, here’s a nice review of local author Doug Chadwick’s recent (May, 2010) book, The Wolverine Way . . . “Wolverines belong to the carnivore family Mustelidae, more commonly called the weasel family after its most familiar members. From a public relations standpoint, this is a bit unfortunate, considering [...]
Mar 23 2011
Here’s another article on the wolverine study in Glacier National Park. This one, from the Hungry Horse News, is based on an interview with Doug Chadwick — reasonable enough, since he has published a book on wolverines . . . A creature long-maligned is finally getting some positive attention. The wolverine, one of Glacier National [...]
Mar 23 2011
Larry Wilson presents a 25th anniversary column this week. Or maybe, since he says the first one was in 1985, it’s 26 years. Anyways, here’s the lead-in . . . At the end of March I will have written this column for twenty-five years. The first one appeared on April Fools Day 1985 which was [...]
