December 12, 2024. Judge gives feds 45 days to decide on Yellowstone grizzly bears’ ‘threatened’ status. This is potentially bad news given the change in administrations in January and a likely push to delist and then hunt these magnificent animals.
November 6, 2024. Yellowstone sees rebirth of wolves along ancient Native American trails. This is an interesting article.
November 2, 2024. Grizzly 399 cremated, ashes returned to Pilgrim Creek.
October 24, 2024. Famous grizzly bear 399 killed in vehicle collision. This is sad news as the 28 year old female had captivated crowds for years.
Late Summer in Yellowstone. 8/2/24: Available as a free e-book. This e-book describes the scenery and wildlife at the end of the summer.
Late summer is generally a challenging time to be in Yellowstone due to the sheer number of people and, often, ongoing road construction projects taking place in various parts of the park. But August, like all other months in the park, is a good time to see wildlife. While our trip started out a little slow on that front, it ended with a bang – specifically, a bison carcass that drew in many wolves and grizzly bears. While many species are preparing for the cold, other large mammals go about their day as they always have. The numerous people in the park are just one more inconvenience in their demanding lives.
This book depicts late summer in the world’s first national park. The scenery is in transition from the greens of summer to the browns of fall. Backcountry hikes are very popular during this time of year with less water on the trails and it’s generally a drier period to enjoy the park’s many beautiful landscapes. Accordingly, we took many treks during our time in the park. We also had great wildlife sightings, particularly at the end of the trip. I stayed so busy for all 9 days of our stay that there are many storylines – as you’ll read about – that played out during my time there.
Citation: Way, J.G. 2024. Late Summer in Yellowstone National Park. Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research, Barnstable, Massachusetts. 583 pages. E-book. Open Access URL: http://www.easterncoyoteresearch.com/LateSummerInYellowstone.
July 28, 2024. Montana Governor and Park Superintendent clash over Yellowstone Bison. It is beyond a shame what these western states are doing with our wildlife, mainly bison, bears, and wolves. Instead of seeing them as economic and cultural assets, they want to minimize their populations. It is ridiculous and I am glad to see Yellowstone stand up to the state.
July 25, 2024. Death Of A Junkie: Yellowstone Griz 769 Killed By Human Trash Dealers. Removal of bruin in park gateway town exposes why bear-proof garbage bins ought to be mandatory in some Greater Yellowstone counties, biologists say. This is very sad news as this was the bear that I based my Beary Special April in Yellowstone book on.
July 24, 2024. Yellowstone Park Superintendent Calls for Stricter Wolf Hunting Regulations In Montana. Cameron Sholly said that 13 gray wolves known to live in the park were killed by humans during the 2023-24 wolf hunting season
July 15, 2024. Yellowstone bison plan fails to protect wild bison. This article nicely summarizes what is so wrong with bison management out west.
June 19, 2024. Decoding The Secret Chorus Language of Yellowstone Wolves: Using Artificial Intelligence and bioacoustics, America’s first national park stands at the forefront of global efforts to translate the sonorous communication of wolves and other large terrestrial species. This is a fascinating article and very long and detailed but well worth the read.
June 19, 2024. Will Two Of The World’s Greatest Wildlife Conservation Success Stories Be Unwritten? Chris Servheen and Doug Smith, both eminent scientific experts, say carnivore management in Western states and Congress threaten recovery of wolves and grizzlies. Given the stature of the two authors, this long article might be the most damning article against the states of MT, ID, and WY and their anti-science and anti-carnivore mindsets and regulations that are in place. Kudos to them to write the article (but, of course, after they retired).
April 16, 2024. Yes, It’s Legal To Run Down Wolves and Coyotes With Snowmobiles In Wyoming: Incident In Sublette County Casts Spotlight On State’s Codified Hostility Toward Predators. This long, detailed article shows how biased carnivore/wolf management is out west. This quote says it all for those that think the Cody Roberts situation was unique. It is not. “It is very common for people to take their entire families out on snowmobiles and train their kids to run down coyotes. To them, it’s considered just a normal activity. There’s no question they do it with wolves too if they can. If they can’t run them down, they’ll chase them until they fall in the snow from exhaustion and then shoot them. It’s considered a fun wholesome weekend activity.”
April 2, 2024. Yellowstone Wolf Project collars 23 wolves in winter study. This is a longer, interesting article about wolves in the park.
March 31, 2024. Yellowstone research reignites debate over wolf-generated trophic cascade.
February 15, 2024. Yellowstone Has Fewer Elk, So Wolves Form Bigger Packs To Hunt Bison: There are fewer elk and more bison in Yellowstone National Park, so wolves are changing their diet accordingly and going after bison, often forming larger packs to bring them down.
February 4, 2024: A Beary Special April in Yellowstone. Available as a free e-book. This e-book describes my 9 day trip to Yellowstone where I saw and photographed a specific grizzly bear hundreds of times on the Blacktail Plateau.
For more, including to download it, please visit the book’s link:
Way, J.G. 2024. A Beary Special April in Yellowstone. Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research, Barnstable, Massachusetts. 596 pages. E-book. Open Access URL: http://www.easterncoyoteresearch.com/BearySpecialAprilinYellowstone.
31 January 2024. What Can Americans Agree on? Wolves. This is very encouraging: In expanding pockets of the West, citizens across the political spectrum are finding common ground as they adjust to living beside the wolf.
21 January 2024. Yellowstone’s ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ & Its Potential Threat to Humans: Chronic Wasting Disease (ref), a silent killer spreading through North America’s cervid population, including deer, elk, moose, and caribou, is a tale of negligence and missed warnings. This is yet another article that indicates the importance of predators, specifically wolves and cougars, to help limit the spread of the disease by their active predation on diseased individuals.