Mar 21 2011
From the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, here’s some more information on the proposed gray wolf recovery settlement announced last Friday . . . Wolf management in the Northern Rockies took a step forward Friday, March 18, when a coalition of 10 conservation groups — including GYC — announced a legal settlement with the U.S. Department of [...]
Mar 15 2011
Here’s a new chapter in the ongoing Idaho-Montana-Wyoming wolf management soap opera . . . The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday that federal officials are resuming negotiations with Wyoming aimed at turning over control of endangered gray wolves to the state. Federal officials have said for years that wolves were [...]
Mar 08 2011
From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . Dueling attorneys for a conservation group and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offered starkly different opinions Monday about the future of the grizzly bear population in and around Yellowstone National Park, if the bear is taken off the threatened species list. Continue reading . . .
Feb 26 2011
This week’s Hungry Horse News column by Larry Wilson discusses the recent actions on both sides of the border to protect the North Fork watershed and takes a look at what might be coming next. His column is, as usual, recommended reading . . . Since Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed a memorandum of understanding with [...]
Oct 31 2008
Missoulian reporter Michael Jamison took a trip to explore a cave “north of Polebridge” recently. The write-up appeared in the October 31, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . . Beneath: a bed of soft sand pressing damp and firm against shoulder blades. Above: a glittering sky, starry pinpoints against unlimited black, deep as [...]
