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Mystery herd: Are mountain bison still in Yellowstone?

[Friday April 25,2008]  While the debate rages about this year’s managed killing and winter loss of half the Northern Range bison herd, it is probably not a coincidence that another bison issue has popped up. In a news release Wednesday April 23 by the Park Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) referencing a recent paper by Robert Jackson, a former backcountry …

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Royal Teton ranch sells off cattle; bison boundaries to be expanded?

[Wednesday April 16, 2008] The owners of the Royal Teton Ranch north of Yellowstone National Park have sold off their cattle in anticipation of the sale of grazing rights to more than 7,000 acres, clearing the way for an expansion of the area bison can roam outside the boundaries of the Park without the threat of slaughter. The pending sale, …

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Is it worth $4 million to keep the Sylvan Pass open in winter?

[Friday April 25, 2008] The stakes were raised in Cody’s fight to keep the Sylvan Pass open in winter after Yellowstone National Park officials reported it would require an investment of $4 million — money Yellowstone Park officials are not willing or able to pay. The Sylvan Pass is prone to avalanches and is often closed for that reason. Cody …

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Big snow pack – good news for most

[Monday April 14, 2008] After several years of drought and meager accumulation of snow in the mountains (the mountain snow pack), areas throughout the Greater Yellowstone Region are reporting deeper than average snow pack for this time of year. From the Beartooth Mountains in the east, where snow pack at 8,000 feet is above six feet, to the South Entrance …

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Ten wolves killed in Wyoming

[Thursday April 10, 2008] At least ten wolves have been reportedly killed in Wyoming since the state took over wolf management responsibility March 28th. Four were killed by the U.S. Agriculture Department Wildlife Services in Sublette County, near Lander, Wyoming as they were marauding cattle in an enclosed area. All of the wolves killed were outside the state defined ‘trophy-game zone’, …

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New research fund for saving cutthroat trout

[Thursday April 10, 2008]  As the ice begins to melt on Yellowstone Lake, action begins on a new alliance between the East Yellowstone Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to raise money for research into more effective ways to rid the lake of predatory lake trout. The research will be conducted by Montana State University in …

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Park officials defend bison numbers

[Monday April 28, 2008] Facing a rising uproar over the slaughter of 1700 Yellowstone Park bison this winter – on top of a winter kill of at least 700 – Yellowstone Park officials and their partners in the Interagency Bison Management Plan have stopped the slaughter of bison (with the exception of “some adult bulls”) that are caught heading outside the …

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Greater Yellowstone Area News Map – August 2008

 

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More elk feeding?

[Thursday April 3, 2008]  One of the other major wildlife management problems of the Greater Yellowstone Area popped up recently. Bridger-Teton National Forest officials have broached the idea of increasing the size of the elk feeding areas near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Although the killing of 1400 bison attempting to leave Yellowstone National Park has garnered most of the attention this winter, the elk …

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GAO: Bison slaughter unnecessary, wasteful

[Thursday April 10, 2008] Reverberations related to the spring slaughter of more than 1,400 bison wandering outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park are being felt in Washington, where a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) argues the bison management plan enunciated in the 2000 Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) is deficient and ineffective at managing the bison …

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