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Montana elk at all time high, but a “perfect storm” cause of elk decline in...

Chairman of the State Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission chair says Montana elk are 22,000 over state objectives- Anti-wolf sentiment seems high in Montana, judging from the media, but mostly from the...

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Sudden elk-grizzly bear coexistence

Remarkable video shows an elk calf-eating grizzly and elk grazing side by side- Daryl Hunter spotted grizzly bear #610 approaching elk at Willow Flats in Grand Teton National Park. The bear had been...

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Olaus Murie’s son demands David Allen change Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s...

Famous family of conservationists says change policy or give up the Olaus Murie Award- Olaus Murie is often called the “father of modern elk management.” His seminal scientific study of elk and many...

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Creator of the Olaus J. Murie Award bemoans the degeneration of the Rocky...

David Stalling worked for Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for a number of years. For 10 years he was conservation editor of Bugle, their magazine. He was also President for two terms of the Montana...

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Jackson Hole pronghorn population is nearing a record

Record fawn population lifts the total near to a record of 400- It’s common to hear a small noisy segment of the citizenry complain how the elk population is down in the southern Yellowstone Park area....

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Wyoming elk herds have grown too large

Wyoming Game and Fish Department offers extra elk licenses- Now that Wyoming has gained the authority to manage wolves and will soon have a wolf hunt, the much lamented lack of elk due to those...

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Grizzly bear claims elk carcass and then bites hunter who tries to retrieve it

A classic kind of grizzly/hunter interaction near Island Park, Idaho- About a week ago, a lucky (or unlucky?) hunter survived a bite from a grizzly that had taken the hunter’s elk. A Michigan archery...

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Another Island Park grizzly-claiming-a-shot-elk incident (update)

Grizzly bear was wounded by bullets. How badly? For the second time this month a grizzly bear and hunters have had a confrontation over an elk shot in the Idaho elk archery hunt.  Unlike the last...

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A difference on wildlife between Montana’s gubernatorial candidates

Republican Hill sees wildlife in terms of hunting; Democrat Bullock takes a more expansive view of the value of wildlife- The view of governors on wildlife makes a big difference because wildlife...

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Wolves spotted next to Advanced Test Reactor Complex in the middle of the...

Could no hunting zone of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) could prove haven for Idaho’s persecuted wolves? The vast (900 sq mil), sprawling INL has many nuclear reactors, but there is also a lot of...

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The invasion of Yellowstone Lake by Lake Trout blamed for decline in...

Hypothesis points to how profound indirect effects of human caused ecological changes can be- For a generation now lake trout (mackinaw) have greatly reduced the formerly hugely abundant Yellowstone...

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Chronic Wasting Disease closes in on Yellowstone

Fatal ungulate disease advances as Wyoming game managers continue on in denial- Our recent story on chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin now has a followup in the treasured Greater Yellowstone...

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New research: Wolves indirectly help bears by promoting berry growth

A new study by Dr. Bill Ripple and his colleagues, “Trophic cascades from wolves to grizzly bears in Yellowstone” in the Journal of Animal Ecology suggests a second way the return of wolves has helped...

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EHD fells deer and elk in numbers of states

Hundreds dead; news media interest spotty- Late in many summers Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) or “blue tongue” kills deer and elk across the country. Whitetailed deer are the most commonly...

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Editorial: Long time Idaho conservationist pleads guilty to elk poaching

Marv Hoyt of Idaho Falls cited for illegally killing 2 elk and wasting the meat- Editorial I must have known Marv Hoyt for over 30 years, and sometimes worked with him on Greater Yellowstone issues. He...

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War on Wildlife Moves to the Federal “Farm Bill”

Deep within the Senate version of the “Farm Bill” there is hidden a section that provides $35,000,000 to vaccinate wildlife, primarily elk and bison in the Greater Yellowstone Area (see pages 1127-1130...

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Plan to spend millions vaccinating Greater Yellowstone elk and bison is a...

Only difference is this time they might get some real money to waste- Although the appropriation of $35-million to chase Greater Yellowstone elk and bison and try to vaccinate them against brucellosis...

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Idaho Legislature is just full of bizarre and backwards bills

Controversial wildlife bills are only part of it- Most of the attention by those interested in wildlife in this year’s Idaho legislature have focused on Governor “Butch” Otter’s 2-million dollar wolf...

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New Mexico. Demise of its more interesting wildife

All, that is except for the increasing boring deer and elk and some exotics- The Wildlife News has not paid a lot of attention lately to the state of New Mexico, but it appears the state wildlife...

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Idaho Fish and Game uses Chopper to kill 23 wolves in The Lolo

Controversy over wolves and elk was predicted before wolves entered the area- Idaho Fish and Game reports it has used a helicopter to kill 23 wolves in the north central Idaho area commonly called the...

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