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January 17, 2010
The call of the grey wolf
The call of the grey wolf reverberating off the canyon walls deep in the high country, adds a sense of wildness and majesty to one’s surroundings. For me, the mournful calls are reminiscent of an ancient time when long ago hunters walked the land, armed with primitive weaponry and survival skills which far surpassed our [...]
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May 18, 2009
History of the Grizzly Bear and the current challenges they face
In a heated debate began in the 1960s and 1970s and grew to a national scope concerning the grizzly bears in the GYE. For decades, grizzly bears were allowed to rummage through garbage dumps searching for food. As early as the 1940s, some researchers suggested closing the open-pit dumps within Yellowstone National Park. In 1963, the [...]
August 29, 2008
Sockeye numbers reach highest level in decades
As of Tuesday morning, 386 sockeye salmon had arrived at one of two fish traps near the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery along the upper Salmon River northwest of Ketchum, fisheries officials reported yesterday afternoon. In all, a total of 42 sockeye arrived in the Sawtooth Valley on Tuesday.
Read more...August 8, 2008
Fires take hold in wilderness area
After a relatively quiet July, the fire season in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness is heating up.
Three fires are burning in the vast wilderness area north of Stanley. The Cayuse Fire and the Roan Fire, both located approximately 10 miles northeast of the launch site for the Main Salmon River, are relatively small [...]
August 1, 2008
Comments sought on sturgeon management plan
Photo courtesy of Idaho Department of Fish and Game Jerry Chapman shows off his catch—a large white sturgeon—hooked on the Snake River near Hagerman. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking public comment on a new draft management plan that seeks to increase the range and numbers of the game fish in the [...]
Read more...July 29, 2008
Smokey Bear still keeps federal agencies from letting more wildfires burn
Salmon outnumber people in the rugged backcountry outside McCall where Cris Bent and his wife, Nanci, bought a cabin 33 years ago to immerse themselves in the wild, green landscape.
Today, much of that terrain is black after several large wildfires swept through the area last summer.
Bent, the fire chief for the cabin community of Secesh, [...]
July 28, 2008
Colorado sportsmen to oil/gas industry: ‘protect fish, wildlife habitat’
GRAND JUNCTION — Ivan James is a bow hunter who happens to own stock in Exxon-Mobil Corporation.
Exxon-Mobil’s profit was $40.6 billion last year, so James in not concerned if he makes a few cents less on his stock this year, he said. He’s more concerned that the oil and gas industry invest in measures to [...]
July 18, 2008
Wolves: From endangered to “in need of management”
Only 11 people showed at a public hearing Wednesday to gather comment on a proposed state rule that would designate the gray wolf as a species in need of management.
Only four of those that showed said a word, and none complained about the change from endangered to “in need of management” [...]
Read more...July 15, 2008
Elk in the cross hairs as disease persists near Yellowstone
Billings Montana- Outfitters and hunters oppose the prospect of killing elk, fearing that too much culling could shrink herds and suggest vaccinating cattle or eradicating the disease in bison.
Read more...July 11, 2008
Federal protection sought for wolverines
As few as 500 wolverines may still exist in the lower 48 states, conservationists say
Wildlife biologists operating in a remote area east of Salmon made an important discovery this spring when they found a “vortex of wolverine activity” in the roadless Beaverhead Mountains.
June 27, 2008
Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee Celebrates 25 Years
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee celebrated a quarter century of grizzly bear recovery on June 21, 2008, with a public ceremony at the Blackfoot—Clearwater Wildlife Management Area in Montana. The event was open to the public, and included displays and demonstrations of bear-related educational and safety programs and a ceremony with key partners involved in [...]
Read more...June 22, 2008
Massive conservation
Monster 2007 propels Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to 5.2 million acres
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
MISSOULA, Mont. — If a year’s accomplishments were scored like antlers, 2007 would be a trophy-class wallhanger for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
The conservation group last year helped to enhance more acres of elk habitat and complete more land [...]
June 17, 2008
FWS Biologist Says Wolf Numbers Underestimated Mech Says 3,000 Wolves Exist in ID, MT & WY
In a widely circulated article titled, “What They Didn’t Tell You About Wolf Recovery,” in the Jan-Mar 2008 Outdoorsman, I documented the fact that Fish and Wildlife Service and state wolf biologists are knowingly underestimating wolf numbers in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The article explained that only individual radio-collared wolves, and packs including at least [...]
Read more...June 12, 2008
West Coast lawmakers vow to save the salmon
WASHINGTON — West Coast lawmakers are protesting a plan by the Bush administration to take $70 million from the $170 million approved in the farm bill as disaster relief for the Pacific Coast salmon-fishing industry.
Bush’s budget office says the money is needed to pay for higher-than-expected costs of the 2010 census.
After the reduction, which needs [...]
June 10, 2008
Foresters may extend ‘let it burn’ policy beyond wilderness areas
KALISPELL – Foresters looking to fight fire with fire have started looking beyond the boundaries of designated wilderness areas, and this summer will apply a sort of “let it burn” policy to public lands throughout northwest Montana.
They call it “wildland fire use” and this summer it could be used in the [...]
