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07Nov
Article highlights Nat’l Park Service issues with grizzly delisting process
This article highlights some of the problems with the current status of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear delisting process. The article comprehensively addresses the issues that most concern Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk, who is quoted extensively and is one of the most outspoken critics of the delisting plan. Superintendent Wenk is certainly […]
24Oct
Fantastic wide ranging discussion of wildlife ethics and management
Gosia Bryja has written an outstanding piece that covers a wide range of issues that have particular concern for grizzly bears. Titled “Navigating the Anthropocene: embracing compassion and empathy for the grizzly bears in the age of uncertainty and unpredictability” the article challenges many of the ruling orthodoxies of wildlife management, and rightly so, in […]
11Oct
Montana Senator calls on Wyoming to end elk feedlots
In a new piece in Montana On The Ground, Laura Lundquist writes that Montana is getting nervous about being stuck between CWD in Wyoming and CWD in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Montana Senator Mike Phillips has requested a joint resolution urging Wyoming to discontinue its elk feedlots. Read more at Montana On The Ground. http://www.montanaotg.com/blog-native/2016/10/6/time-running-out-cwd
04Oct
Succinct LA Times Op-Ed Opposes Grizzly Delisting
The LA Times just posted an excellent Op-Ed regarding grizzly delisting. This is as succinct and to the point as you can get. Worth printing out and referring to. Delisting is a terrible idea, motivated more by politics than science. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking a splashy “mission accomplished” victory by “saving” […]
09Sep
Lethal vs. non-lethal predator management: Which works better for livestock producers?
Based on available evidence, non-lethal predator control is more effective than lethal means That is the conclusion of scientists who reviewed the scientific literature regarding effectiveness of various means of predator control. “Non-lethal controls were more effective than lethal methods in preventing carnivore predation on livestock.” At least two lethal methods, government culling and regulated […]
State grizzly plans “intentionally managing for a decline”
Greater Yellowstone Coalition executive director Caroline Byrd has written a strongly worded op-ed piece in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. In it she remarks that the states are “intentionally managing for a decline of grizzlies” and “will turn a remarkable 40-year recovery process and $40 million investment into a failure.”
State grizzly plans “intentionally managing for a decline”
Greater Yellowstone Coalition executive director Caroline Byrd has written a strongly worded op-ed piece in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. In it she remarks that the states are “intentionally managing for a decline of grizzlies” and “will turn a remarkable 40-year recovery process and $40 million investment into a failure.”
First lawsuit of the “grizzly war” filed
In the first legal skirmish since the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed delisting the grizzly bears of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a lawsuit has been filed against the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Commission that oversees it’s affairs.
Iconic places under threat from climate change
A new report from UNESCO, the Union of Concerned Scientists and UNEP says some World Heritage sites — including Yellowstone National Park — are under “dire threat from climate change”, and some may be damaged beyond saving. “America’s Yellowstone National Park is also seeing firsthand effects of climate change as warmer winters have led to […]
06May
Wildlife Biologist Says It’s Too Soon To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies
Proposing to remove Yellowstone’s grizzlies from the Endangered Species List is a “strictly political” decision says grizzly bear scientist David Mattson. Attribution: Yellowstone Insider Source: Wildlife Biologist Says It’s Too Soon To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies