When bison attack – again
This is the second time this year at Yellowstone that a visitor got too close to a bison and the animal responding to the perceived threat by goring the individual.
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Wolves, bears are wary rivals as they compete for food
For wolves and grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, competition over a dead elk dinner has some unexpected results. When a bear steals a meal from a wolf pack, the wolves kill less often.
Bison injures woman in Yellowstone National Park
Bison injure one or two people in Yellowstone a year on average, usually when people approach the animals, according to a 2018 study. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A bison has injured a hiker in Yellowstone National Park. How the bison hurt the woman Sunday near a trail at the northern end of Yellowstone Lake was not known, but she…
Grizzly kills backcountry guide near Yellowstone
The large male bear was later shot and killed when it charged wildlife workers investigating the attack.
Century-old elk transplant project proves a boon to hunters
All descendants of the original transplants from the early-1900s, they live in Elk, Cameron, Clinton, Clearfield and Potter counties, although, on occasion some stray from that region, including a bull that ventured into Cambria County in 2010.
Social media does in Yellowstone mountain lion poachers
Three Montana men all pleaded guilty and were ordered to pay $1,666 each in restitution, sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation and stripped of their hunting and fishing privileges for three years.
With hunting in limbo, grizzlies on the move in U.S. Rockies
Run-ins with bears are happening in agricultural areas where the fearsome animals hadn’t been seen for decades, raising tensions in communities over the grizzly’s status as a federally protected species in the U.S. outside Alaska. They now occupy almost 27,000 square miles, a range that has grown 34 percent in the past decade.
Bison hunts near Yellowstone unsafe, residents say
Once bison leave the park in the Gardiner Basin they can be legally killed during two winter seasons by state hunters, as well as by tribal hunters with treaty rights. Some tribal hunts extend into April. The problem has been that the areas where hunters have the easiest access to bison is relatively small and not far from residences.
Wolf population declining in Yellowstone National Park
Disease – including distemper, mange and the parvo virus – and packs moving out of the park blamed for the decline; numbers across Wyoming also down.
Yellowstone biologists finally making headway against invasive lake trout
Twenty-four years of gillnetting operations are starting to turn the tide with a reduction of lake trout numbers.
Study: Carnivores’ return helps Yellowstone streams
Widespread extermination of wolves, cougars early last century meant elk herds able to grow in size, eating away willow plants and other vegetation along park’s streams, causing erosion damage. But in recent years, resurgent populations of wolves and cougars have restored the park’s natural balance by knocking back elk numbers and changing the herds’ behaviors.
Judge’s ruling puts Yellowstone grizzlies back on endangered list
Ruling nixes planned hunts in Wyoming and Idaho this fall.
Yellowstone effort to eradicate lake trout shows progress
The effort against the lake trout is the centerpiece of a long-term fight to help Yellowstone’s native cutthroat trout. Lake trout feed on cutthroats, causing the native fish population to decline.
Officials: Yellowstone superintendent shuffle shouldn’t sidetrack bison quarantine effort
Bison are unpredictable, have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal and can run three times faster than humans, park officials said. (recreation.gov)BOZEMAN, Mont. — The impending change in Yellowstone National Park superintendents shouldn’t disrupt the progress of a quarantine program created to produce brucellosis-free bison, officials said. The transfer of a group of bull bison to the…
Third-generation National Park Service employee goes from reintroducing Isle Royale wolves to new Yellowstone boss
Cam Sholly replaces Dan Wenk, who said he was being forced out by the Trump administration following a dispute over bison.
Two elk attacks in three days near same Yellowstone hotel
A female elk like this one, also with a calf, recently attacked a woman in Yellowstone National Park, the second such attack in a span of a few days. Officials are unsure if it was the same elk, but say elk often aggressively defend their young.CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For the second time in three days, an elk has attacked a…
Yellowstone boss to retire rather than face possible reassignment, dismisses ‘politics’ speculation
Dan Wenk’s seven years leading one of the premier national parks have been marked by an explosion in visitor numbers; tension with neighboring states over wild bison slaughters, wolf hunting and grizzly bears; and a sexual harassment scandal involving Yellowstone’s maintenance division that echoed allegations at other national parks. (Yellowstone National Park)BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone National Park’s superintendent said that…
Yellowstone lake trout mystery: The work of an environmental vandal or did the fish swim there?
Yellowstone Lake chief fisheries biologist investigating a case of trespass not transport after seeing how fish are invading high-elevation lakes in Glacier National Park.
First grizzly hunt in decades a go in Wyoming
The decision follows months of public meetings and discussions.
Group petitions Wyoming governor to put off grizzly hunt
Of the approximately 33,000 signatures on the petition, about 400 originated within Wyoming.
U.S. won’t restore Yellowstone grizzly protections
Review was launched when a federal appeals court said in a case involving gray wolves in the Great Lakes that the Interior Department needed to give more consideration to how a species’ loss of historical habitat affects its recovery – like wolves, grizzly bears in some parts of the U.S. have bounced back from widespread extermination, yet remain absent from most of their historical range. But, per grizzlies, Interior officials said that they disagreed with the ruling in the wolf case.
Wyoming’s plan to increase grizzly hunt quotas disputed
(Photo by Bob Drieslein)HELENA, Mont. — Conservation groups alleged earlier this week that Wyoming used part of Montana’s grizzly bear hunting quota to increase its own allocation for a proposed hunt this year, even though Montana wildlife regulators voted not to give away any part of its quota. Wyoming’s proposal for its first grizzly hunt in decades sets a quota…
Crowd-control plan rejected at top Montana fishing stream
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission unanimously voted against the proposal after multiple guides, outfitters and other anglers spoke out against it.
Idaho bid for grizzly hunt continues with public meetings, input
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)BOISE, Idaho — Idaho officials have scheduled two public meetings as part of a process to potentially open a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is gathering comments to draft regulations that the Fish and Game Commission will consider in May….
Yellowstone culls more than 1,100 bison, surpassing goal
A multiagency agreement aims to keep the population at about 3,000 to curb the spread of brucellosis, a disease that causes bison to abort. But last fall, the park had about 4,800 bison.
Idaho takes step toward grizzly hunting season
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho officials have started the process of opening a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male grizzly. The Fish and Game Commission in a 7-0 vote directed the Department of Fish and Game to gather public comments on the possible hunt. The department will use those comments to draft a possible…
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