Comments for North Fork Preservation Association

Comment on Erin Sexton wins conservation award for Flathead River Basin work by North Fork Preservation Association » Erin Sexton honored for efforts to protect the Flathead Valley watershed

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:28:52 +0000

[...] Hungry Horse news posted some nice, additional coverage on Erin Sexton and her well-deserved award for her work over the last decade to protect the transboundary Flathead Valley . . [...]

Comment on It’s official: Feds want wolverines on Endangered Species List by North Fork Preservation Association » Feds asking for comments on giving wolverines Endangered Species Act protection

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:13:50 +0000

[...] reported last week, the federal government is proposing that wolverines be given Endangered Species Act protection as [...]

Comment on Lawsuit filed to halt trapping of rare wolverine in Montana by North Fork Preservation Association » Wolverine trapping a bad idea and bad science

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:40:47 +0000

[...] couple of days ago. The “petition” referenced in his letter has just been pre-empted by yesterday’s lawsuit, but his comments are still very much to the point . . [...]

Comment on Funding goal reached for Canadian Flathead compensation fund by North Fork Preservation Association » Funding goal reached as part of deal to protect trans-boundary Flathead

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:30:58 +0000

[...] the announcement last week that the funding goal for money to compensate companies for losses when the Canadian Flathead was [...]

Comment on Griz relocated to North Fork a few days ago in trouble again near Whitefish by North Fork Preservation Association » Griz relocated to Coal Creek meets its end near Whitefish

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:03:57 +0000

[...] case of “a fed bear is a dead bear”: The grizzly bear that was relocated to the Coal Creek area in July and soon became a nuisance near Whitefish, has been put down by Montana FWP… Wildlife [...]

Comment on Larry Wilson: A look at North Fork politics by North Fork Preservation Association » “From where I stand there’s not enough wilderness”

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:15:10 +0000

[...] board member Frank Vitale took strong issue with some of the statements in Larry Wilson’s last column in the Hungry Horse News. Here’s his response . . [...]

Comment on Wildfire Information by North Fork Preservation Association » Wildfire season arrives on the North Fork

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:52:31 +0000

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Comment on Grizzly bear moved from Lincoln area to North Fork by North Fork Preservation Association » Griz relocated to North Fork a few days ago in trouble again near Whitefish

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:54:32 +0000

[...] grizzly bear relocated into the North Fork from Lincoln a few days ago has already made its way over the Whitefish Divide and into trouble . . . A grizzly bear that [...]

Comment on Newsletters by North Fork Preservation Association » Summer 2012 NFPA newsletter now available online

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:12:11 +0000

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Comment on Rise in bear-related chicken raids ruffling feathers of wildlife managers by North Fork Preservation Association » Grizzly bear taste for chicken makes for conflicts — and dead bears

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:19:46 +0000

[...] We mentioned this last year, but it bears repeating: Human-bear conflict is not just caused by garbage, dog food and bird feeders. There is a growing problem these days with unprotected chicken coops. The New York Times ran a story a couple of weeks ago . . . Longing for fresh eggs, Levi and Nauni Griffith began raising chickens in their backyard. They started with a few, and eventually had 116. Until late last summer, that is, when a grizzly sow and her cub, filling the night with fearful growling, got in among the shrieking chickens and then lumbered off, leaving bits of 99 birds behind… [...]