2017 Field Updates & News

21 December 2017. The Killing Fields Await Yellowstone Bison Once Again In Montana: MORE THAN 10,000 OF THE AMERICAN ICONS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED BASED ON A NOW DEBUNKED PREMISE, AND THERE IS A CONNECTION TO WYOMING’S CONTROVERSIAL FEEDGROUNDS. By Todd Wilkinson. This is a sad but very necessary article.

 

6 December 2017. These Montana Ranchers are helping Grizzlies, Wolves and Cattle Coexist: As human–wildlife interactions increase, range riders test novel strategies for keeping herds safe in the presence of threatened predators. This is a great article coming out of the Tom Miner Basin which is just North of the Gardiner region of Yellowstone National Park. Very encouraging.

 

2 November 2017. Wolves of Yellowstone are Back. This is a great hour-long interview on NPR with Nate Blakeslee, author of the new book “American Wolf”, which focuses on wolves in and around Yellowstone and specifically on the “O-Six” female.

 

26 October 2017. This Land is No Longer Your Land. A fascinating article, focusing on the Greater Yellowstone region, about the loss of our public land to private interests. It absolutely baffles me how states like Montana seemingly vote against themselves when they overwhelmingly vote for Republicans like Trump. It makes absolutely no sense to me given the special interest focus of Republicans.

 

14 September 2017. How the Rest Of America Looks To Us From The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, by Todd Wilkinson. A very interesting perspective of this special region.

 

14 August 2017. What if your best friend is a wolf? This is a very good 14 min audio clip from the show “To the Best of Our Knowledge” featuring Yellowstone wolf biologist Rick McIntyre.

 

13 July 2017. “Now we know why a beloved Yellowstone grizzly was killed”. By Karin Brulliard. Yellowstone grizzly “Scarface” killed at close range. Sadly, but not surprisingly, it took a Freedom of Information request to get answers to this beloved and famous grizzly’s killing – I am one of 1000s of people that was fortunate to observe him (for me, multiple times) wild and free.

 

13 July 2017. A bobcat’s worth? Study says more alive than dead: Researchers suggest managers adjust policies to reflect modern-day tourist values. Most of this comes from the Yellowstone area – my comment is that you could argue this for many animals including common ones like coyotes. Of course the comments from the Wyoming Game and Fish person were very typical – we factor it in that people like to view them but what he doesn’t include is that they give first priority to people that want to kill them.

 

25 June 2017. Cool (short) video of Hayden Valley breeding (alpha) female crossing road in Hayden Valley. Yes, she is white in color!

 

12 June 2017. Yellowstone visitor injured by bison. ‘Tis the season for tourists to get too close to wildlife. Stay away from all large mammals, especially bison.
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13 May 2017. Yellowstone Press Release: Well known old white wolf of Canyon pack shot near Gardiner, Montana. $5000 Reward Offered. Here is an article about this incident in the New York Times.

 

11 May 2017. Yellowstone’s wolf packs: Letting nature take its course. The story includes a nice 3 minute interview with Dr. Doug Smith of the Yellowstone Wolf Project.

 

10 May 2017. Tribes propose wolf kill buffer (around Yellowstone National Park). Wyoming’s plan betrays public trust, critic says. Although the state of Wyoming will no doubt not listen to them, at least more people are calling out state wildlife agencies for their biased management strategies, especially Wyoming’s.

 

2 May 2017. The New Threat to Wolves in and Around Yellowstone: Packs of the animals, once endangered, have flourished, but biologists worry about the effects of renewed hunting outside the national park. By JIM ROBBINS. A good, detailed article.

 

2 March 2017. Buffalo Field Campaign article showing the horrors of what Yellowstone National Park is doing to bison. They are capturing and slaughtering our national mammal (recently designated) for special interests, all at tax-payer expense. I think this is the worst form of abuse of power and cruelty to animals than just about any other wildlife associated debacle. The world’s first national park is actually doing this – truly pathetic. What a disgrace.

 

9 February 2017. Wolfing it down: brown bears reduce wolf kill rates. An interesting study showing that wolves kill less often in the presence of grizzly bears.

 

9 February 2017. Hundreds of bison sent to slaughter over tribes’ objections. This is a total tragedy that could be avoided. The fact that Yellowstone National Park plays the dirty hit-man for Montana’s Dept. of Livestock is pathetic – all at the taxpayer’s dime. Instead of allowing them to roam in Montana, they get captured and killed – all on public land.

 

3 February 2017. In very sad and angering news, Yellowstone National Park and the state of Montana still (in 2017) are essentially confining our nation’s symbol, the bison, to Yellowstone and not letting them roam and allowing canned hunts and slaughter operations in the park. Besides ignorance, hate, and intolerance by a small minority of people, there is no reason to not let them be wild animals just like elk. Pathetic state of affairs, using our tax money.

 

31 January 2017. The Coming Plague: Chronic Wasting Disease, Cousin to Mad Cow, Is Bearing Down On Yellowstone National Park and America’s Most Famous Elk Herd, by Todd Wilkinson. A long, but very detailed and interesting article. Toward the end of the article, there is a great description of the importance of predators in weeding out sick and diseased ungulates (deer, elk). One day state wildlife agencies will acknowledge this.

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