Theyare still alive, but still have not found a home. You would think such a rare animal would have interest. I’m sure the logistics of the move are not easy though.
October, 2009
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100 quarantined Yellowstone bison still homeless
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Most of Yellowstone’s roads to close Nov 2
Saturday, October 31st, 2009It’s been a bad year for Yellowstone and Grand Teton travel due to construction and fires.
Be bear aware
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Not exactly ethical.
“We have one neighbor who is renting a place and only staying for a few months. He wanted to take pictures of a bear, so he deliberately put dog food out on his back porch to bait the bear,” Ross laments.
Sure enough a bear came.
Tester randomly cutting out wilderness acreage in his “wilderness”bill?
Thursday, October 29th, 2009According to a new article in a Great Falls paper, he is. Tester has been slashing recommended wilderness acreage when mountain bikers complain about a specific trail. In fact, this article points out three instances in which Tester did just that:
For example, in far southwest Montana’s Sapphire Mountains, the bill moved Trail 313 out of proposed Sapphires wilderness by adjusting the boundary. It was previously running in and out of proposed wilderness.
Montana: 40 inches of snow traps hunters in Little Belt Mountains
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Yikes! That’s a hell of a lot of snow. Not a fun situation I imagine.
Economy grows at biggest pace in two years
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Could it be a trend? Nice to see some good economic news.
Fox News host apologizes for lack of balance
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Amazing.
Montana: Tester talks up his wilderness bill (more like a logging bill)
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009I’m not surprised that they are now saying the Rocky Mountain Front wilderness bill likely not be included in the bill due to “time constraints”. The Rocky Mountain Front wilderness plan doesn’t trade away roadless areas for ice and rock wilderness, so it’s going to be ignored.
Death of a wolf raises questions about research
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009The loss of 527F leaves a hole in research that had been under way at the University of Minnesota and elsewhere, said Daniel MacNulty, a U of M research associate.
“The gold standard in studies of animals in the wild is being able to repeatedly measure the same individual over time,” MacNulty said.
Montana: Hunters hit wolf quota
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009The hunter said he was happy they reintroduced wolves.
“It’s one of the most thrilling things I’ve ever done,” the 59-year-old from Lolo told The Montana Standard. “I was shaking, even after all these years of hunting.” Kirkland was among 11 hunters who killed wolves Sunday on the opening day of the statewide season, which coincided with the opening of deer and elk season.
