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2/28/02 Is
the growth of the Northern Rockies wolf population nearing an end?
(by National Wildlife Federation)
2/28/02 Updates
from the Field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)
2/25/02 Memorandum
of understanding forged with the Forest Service (by
BlueRibbon Coalition)
2/25/02 Servicewide
memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service and the BlueRibbon Coalition, Inc.
(by BlueRibbon Coalition)
2/24/02 Montana
DOL and Fish, Wildlife, and Parks violate Gallatin Forest Plan in capture
of 9 Bison near Yellowstone (by Buffalo Field
Campaign)
2/23/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 2/15 - 2/22, 2002 (by Ralph Maughan)
2/21/02 The
final comment period begins for the future of snowmobiling in Yellowstone!
Your comments will make a difference! (by BlueRibbon
Coalition)
2/21/02 Updates
from the Field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)
2/19/02 Parks
group backs snowmobile ban: Alternative rules would damage Yellowstone
(by National Parks Conservation Association)
2/17/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 2/08 - 2/15, 2002 (by Ralph Maughan)
2/15/02 Snowmobiling
abuses in Yellowstone continue despite costly new mitigation efforts: Park
records reveal hundreds of violations while park employees continue to
suffer health problems from snowmobile exhaust
(by Greater Yellowstone Coalition)
2/15/02 Get
story straight on NPS Yellowstone "study" (by
Ed Klim President International Snowmobile Manufacturer's Association as
reported by BlueRibbon Coalition)
2/14/02 Study
shows snow coach emissions six times higher than new snowmobiles (by
Wyoming Depatment of State Parks and Cultural Resources)--Wyoming has been
an ally of the pro-snowmobile lobby, and this story is an interesting wrinkle
in the debate. Of course, pollution is but one aspect of it.
2/14/02 Updates
from the Field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)
2/13/02 Snowmobile
poker ride supports continued snowmobiling in Yellowstone (by
Jack Welch President BlueRibbon Coalition)
2/11/02 More
Yellowstone wolves radio-collared. Average Druid Peak Pack wolf is small(by
Ralph Maughan)
2/9/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 2/01 - 2/08, 2002 (by Ralph Maughan)
2/7/02 Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young rock for the buffalo!
(by Buffalo Field Campaign)
2/7/02 Montana
Department of Livestock and National Park Service squander tax dollars
to slaughter two "low risk" bull near Yellowstone National Park (by
Buffalo Field Campaign)
2/7/02 Updates
from the Field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)--TWO
MORE BISON SLAUGHTERED
2/6/02 Two
of three bison test positive for brucellosis (by
Montana Department of Livestock)
2/5/02 Conservation
groups reach agreement with Forest Service on helicopter skiing critical
wildlife habitat protected, but legal action will continue
(by Greater Yellowstone Coalition)
2/4/02 Interior's
Parks budget inches forward, falls short of need (by
Ron Tipton National Parks Conservation Association)
2/4/02 Gros
Ventre Pack shows up near Pinedale, Wyoming (by
Ralph Maughan)
2/2/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 1/25 - 2/01, 2002 (by Ralph Maughan) |
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2/28/02 Wildlife
official use new test for buffalo brucellosis
(AP story in
Billings Gazette)
2/28/02 Wyoming
preparing for grizzlies (by Mike Stark Billings
Gazette)
2/28/02 Wolf
class: Yellowstone Institute provides an incredible classroom
(by Kayley Mendenhall Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/28/02 Wilderness
group pushing for more nonmotorized access to winter forests
(by Brett French
Billings Gazette)
2/27/02 Nine
bison captured, five slaughtered (by
Bob Furu West Yellowstone News)
2/27/02 Federal
maps could be leading flood plain development astray(by
Nick Gevock Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/27/02 Forest
Service, motorized recreation group sign pact (by
Scott McMillion
Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/26/02 First
female bison of the winter caught (by
Scott McMillion
Bozeman Daily Chronicle)--5 Sent to slaughter
2/25/02
State
considers changes to bison regulations (AP story
in Casper Star-Tribune)
2/25/02 Research
Roundup: Buffalo Roam (by Montana State University
Research Office Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/24/02 Winter
wanderings: Sleigh is the way to see the majestic herd of elk in Wyoming
refuge(by Carolyn Moreau The Hartford Courant
in
Chicago
Tribune)
2/23/02 Losses
from snowmobile ban studied (by Brett French
Billings
Gazette)
2/23/02 Wolf
kills feed many other animals: ‘Nothing is wasted’
(by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
2/22/02 Park
Service finally unveils ban plans (by
David Warner West Yellowstone News)
2/22/02 Mystery
banner pronounces West ‘Bison Capital of the World’(by
David Warner West Yellowstone News)
2/22/02 Health
officials jolted by speed of West Nile (by Mike
Stark Billings Gazette)
2/21/02 Winter
use issue re-opened: Supplemental Draft EIS presents four alternatives,
two of which would allow snowmobiling to continue in parks
(by Shelli Johnson Yellowstone Journal)
2/21/02 Welcome
mat won't be put out for U.S. cattle (by Barbara
Duckworth The Western Producer--Saskatoon, Sask., Canada)
2/21/02 Montana
sets avalanche death record at 8; nationally, 18 dead
(AP story in AZCentral.com)
2/21/02 Thomas
says sleds will remain in parks: In Yellowstone, rangers don gas masks
for busy Presidents' Day weekend as a new draft study is released
(by Whitney Royster Jackson Hole News)--Sen. Thomas represents Wyoming
2/21/02 Wyoming
studies partridges’ effect on grouse, habitat
(by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
2/20/02
National
Park Service proposes banning or limiting snowmobiles in Yellowstone, Grand
Teton (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
2/20/02 Interior
reviews Yellowstone snowmobiles - againt (ENS)--4th
article
2/20/02 U.S.
weighs lifting ban on snowmobiles at Yellowstone
(by Judith Graham and Michael Kilian Chicago Tribune)
2/20/02 Road
work tops Teton’s projects list (AP story in
Billings
Gazette)
2/19/02
Winter
Use Plans: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, John D. Rockefeller,
Jr. Memorial Parkway (National Park Service)--Comment
period ends 5/29/02
2/19/02
Internet
version of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for winter
use in Yellowstone National Park (National Park
Service)--press release of above report
2/19/02 Feds
to revisit snowmobiles in National Parks (by
Jim Burns
CNSNews.com)
2/19/02 Park
employees wearing respirators (by Scott McMillion
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/19/02 Enthusiasts
keep tabs on gray wolf's comeback (AP story in
The
Salt Lake Tribune)
2/19/02 Biologist:
Martian life unlikely (by Michael Smith UPI)
2/19/02 Rare
landscape art on show (by BBC)
2/18/02 Grizzlies
and wolves challenge Idaho: Legislature begins debate on assuming management
of protected predators (by Rocky Barber The
Idaho Statesman)
2/18/02 2
county residents killed in avalanche (by James
Hagengruber Billings Gazette)
2/17/02 Two
die in snowmobile accident (by Alison Pride
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/17/02 Two
snomobilers killed in avalanche near Cooke City, third escaped
(AP story in Billings Gazette)
2/17/02 Grand
Teton explores housing (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--2nd story
2/17/02 Cooke
City the end of road in winter (Vince
Devlin The Missoulian in Billings Gazette)
2/16/02 Yellowstone
snowmobile report delayed again (AP story in
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/16/02 Yellowstone
workers issued respirators for snowmobile pollution
(AP story in Detroit News)--many other newspapers across the country
picked up this story
2/15/02 Snowmobilers
could shift into park again
(by
Dennis McAuliffe Jr. Washington Post)
2/15/02 Air
quality concerns prompt Yellowstone to offer workers respirators
(by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/14/02 Group
wants to identify all living things within 25 years
(AP story in Journal Star--Lincoln, NE)
2/13/02 Park
Web sites back up (Billings
Gazette)
2/12/02 Reid:
Keep snowmobiles out of Yellowstone (by Environmental
News Service)--2nd article; Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada is the Majority Whip
in U.S. Senate
2/12/02 Yellowstone
River study examines its role in lives (by Scott
McMillion
Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/11/02
Yellowstone
is proud of employees' Participation in 2002 Olympics
(National Park Service)
2/11/02 Beartooth
Highway work planned (by Carole Cloudwalker Cody
Enterprise)
2/11/02 Plan
would preserve gateway (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--1st article
2/11/02 Landmark
store, Yellowstone Drug now up for sale (AP story
in Billings Gazette)
2/11/02 Two
snowboarders walk away from avalanche only slightly hurt
(AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
2/11/02 Plan
to boost affordable housing tabled (AP story
in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
2/10/02 Snowcoach
research money never materialized (by Scott McMillion
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/10/02 Cooke
City conserves water (AP story in Billings
Gazette)
2/8/02 Park
County promises to keep bears out (by Scott McMillion
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/8/02 Cooke
City’s water supply tapped out (by Scott McMillion
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/7/02 Biologists
say elk numbers aren't declining where wolves mulitplying
(by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/7/02 Agency
rejects snowmobile study (AP story in Billings
Gazette)
2/6/02 Park
snowmobile phase-out delayed: Yellowstone anticipates record crowds
(by Kit Miniclier Denver Post)
2/6/02 Lawmakers
fear wolves harming elk population (by Scott
McMillion
Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/6/02 Environmentalists,
Forest Service agree on skiing (AP story in Billings
Gazette)
2/6/02 More
homeless pack Billings shelters beyond capacity
(by James Hagengruber Billings Gazette)--not directly about Yellowstone,
but too often is for people who lose their job in the Park as the story
points out
2/5/02 Is
Bush plan good for national parks? (AP story
in Montana Forum)
2/5/02 Timber
sale nixed by summer blaze (by Scott McMillion
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/5/02 YNP
nixes Hamilton, picks New York firm
(by
Carole Cloudwalker Cody Enterprise)
2/5/02 Teton
County planners recommend golf course proposal
(AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd story
2/5/02 Jackson
Hole Land Trust sets preservation record (AP
story in Billings Gazette)--4th story
2/3/02 Comment
sought on park proposal (by Billings Gazette)
2/3/02 Wolf
watchers get front-row seat to gray wolf’s comeback
(AP story by Becky Bohrer in Billings Gazette)
2/3/02 With
a vulnerable computer system, Interior is cut off from internet
(by Stephen Barr
Washington
Post)
2/3/02 Olympic
training ground: Biathletes converge on West Yellowstone
(by Kayley Mendenhall Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/2/02 Review
doesn't back overturning snowmobile ban (by Tom
Kenworthy USA Today)
2/2/02 NPS
vet remains at Yellowstone (by Billings Gazette)
2/2/02 Groups
eye suit to block heli-skiing (AP story in Billings
Gazette)
2/2/02 Delaware
North lands $25 million contract at Yellowstone
(by
Buffalo Business First)
2/2/02 Fugitive
enters guilty plea in theft case (AP story in
St.
Paul Pioneer Planet)
2/1/02
Yellowstone
National Park welcomes news Assistant Superintendent
(National Park Service)
2/1/02 Free
programs at Grizzly Discovery Center (Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/1/02 Yellowstone
stores to keep familiar faces
(by
Mike Stark Billings Gazette)--Encouraging, but we'll see
2/1/02 Yellowstone
concession contract bid details secret
(by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/1/02 Park
Service delays report on snowmobiling (by Billings
Gazette)
2/1/02 Small
quake concerns geologists (AP story in Billings
Gazette)
2/1/02 Permitting
house on floodplain a ‘balancing act,’ official says
(by Clair Johnson Billings Gazette)
2/1/02 Mistitled
article on coalbed methane extraction (by Scott
McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/1/02 Art
of the West (by Kelton Hatch Idaho State Journal)
2/1/02 Virginia
man dies in skiing accident near Jackson (by
Kelton Hatch Idaho State Journal)
2/1/02 New
charges for 2 arrested in park (AP story in Billings
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2/28/02 Park
service rangers getting gassed by snowmobiles (by
Laura Scott Kansas City Star)
2/27/02 The
time is coming when we must brace for change at any level (by
Bob Furu West Yellowstone News)
2/27/02 Observations
from 6,666 feet (by
Bob Furu West Yellowstone News)
2/27/02 Leave
the elk counting to the pros (by Barry Christianson
in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/27/02 Wolf
population must be controlled (by
Robert T. Fanning Jr. in Billings Gazette)--4th opinion
2/26/02 Agencies
put their own bias into studies
(by
Cheryl McLean in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/26/02 Snowmobile
makers trying to upgrade for park (by Joy Beer
in Billings Gazette)--5th opinion
2/26/02 How
many sunsets can you take?: There's plenty of power and glory on display
in American Sublime. But it's the quiet moments that matter
(by Adam Searle The Guardian--UK)
2/25/02
No
joke; national parks lack fresh air, repair dollars
(by Peoria StarJournal)
2/25/02
Yellowstone
still no place for snowmobiles (by Minneapolis
Star-Tribune)
2/24/02 Snowmobile
War Redux (by Los Angeles Times)
2/24/02 Origins
of the agenda to lock us out of our public lands explored (by
Kerry White BlueRibbon Coalition in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/24/02 Taxpayers
pay for floodplain disasters (by Karl Christians
Montana Floodplain Program Manager in Billings Gazette)
2/22/02 People
must not be misled by incomplete statistics (by
Bob Furu West Yellowstone News)
2/22/02 Wolves
are a fact of life, now and into the future (by
Joel Peterson Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks in Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/22/02 Yellowstone:
Get snowmobiles out of that Park (by Rush Holt
U.S. Representative, D-NJ, and Michael Scott Greater Yellowstone Coaltion
in
Washington Post)
2/22/02 Cons
outweigh pros for state-control of federal lands
(by Carl D. Esbjornson in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/21/02 Why
your Yellowstone SEIS should support Alternative 2 (by
BlueRibbon Coalition)
2/21/02 Grizzly
dilemma (by Charles Rousseaux Washington Times)
2/21/02 There
is science behind push to delist wolves now (by
Robert T. Fanning of Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd in Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/20/02 Base
wolf decisions on science rather than politics (by
Fred Peipelman in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/19/02 Offer
made to help lawmakers with wolf plan (by Mike
Phillips of Turner Endangered Species Fund in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/19/02 Take
responsibility for a share of the wolf problem
(by Kay Van Norman in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/18/02 Continue
the phase-out; it's time to move onto new issues
(by Kate Burnaby Wright in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/17/02 The
racket is back (by Denver Post)
2/17/02 Many
rescuers helped save snowmobiler’s life (by Barbara,
Larry, Darryl and Jennifer Olson in Billings Gazette)--14th letter
2/17/02 Chickadee
count indicative of alarming population rise
(by Steve Forrest in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/16/02 New
thoughts on wolf recovery in the West (by Mike
Phillips of Turner Endangered Species Fund in Billings Gazette)
2/15/02 Yellowstone
is a special place that deserves special care
(by Phyllis Wolfe in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/15/02 Biased
claims of lawmakers don’t deserve ink (by Scott
Powell in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/14/02 Same
song, second verse (by
Idaho
Falls Post-Register)
2/14/02 Phase-out
of snowmobiles looking better and better (by
Sandy Dodge in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/14/02 Lawmakers
should let the professionals do their jobs (by
Louis Regnerus in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/13/02 Snowmobile
ban in Yellowstone will cost 900 jobs and will cost over $36 million!(by
Jack Welch President BlueRibbon Coalition)
2/13/02 Lawmakers
working with too little data (by Barbara Forrest
in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/13/02 Personal
attacks need not be part of elk debate (by State
Rep. Dan Fuchs in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/12/02 Wolves
not the real threat to elk populations (by Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/11/02 Here
come the wolves (by Joseph Farah WorldNetDaily)
2/11/02 Elk
have survived wolves for thousands of years (by
Matt Becker in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/10/02 Sometimes
Crying "Wolf!" is a Good Thing (by MT State Rep.
Joe Balyeat in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/10/02 Effort
to get wolves delisted should be focused elsewhere (by
Mike Phillips of Turner Endangered Species Fund in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/10/02 Floodplains
should be a planning priority (by Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/9/02 Bureaucrats
slaughter Yellowstone bison (by Peter Leusch
Buffalo Field Campaign in Billings Gazette)--1st letter
2/8/02 Park
will still be there (by Don Pickering in Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/7/02 Catching
up on repairs (by Jeff Gibson Montana Standard)
2/6/02 It
was, after all, a Small Business Committee hearing (by
Jack Clarkson in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/6/02 Ranchers
lose out to wildlife predation (by West Donohoe
in Billings Gazette)--1st letter
2/5/02 Wildlife
enthusiasts are fed up: Problems inherent in Fish and Game must be dealt
with (by Idaho State Journal)
2/4/02 Objective
of West Yellowstone, hearing was not objectivity (by
Robert C. Haraden in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
2/3/02 Bear-proof
dumpster bill belongs in Big Sky (by Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
2/3/02 Wildlife
official wrong about elk (by John J. Wantulok
in Billings Gazette)--2nd letter (This letter is absurd. He
claims he has never seen an elk in Wyoming killed by a car. I've
known people who killed an elk in Wyoming with their car!)
2/3/02 Bush
should implement forest roadless rule (by Margaret
Webster in Billings Gazette)--1st letter
2/1/02 Bottom
line should be integrity of river corridor (by
Joan Ryshavy in
Bozeman Daily Chronicle) |
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