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3/28/02
Buffalo
Stampede in D.C. to protest Yellowstone slaughter (by
Fund for Animals)
3/28/02
Update
from the field (by Buffalo Field Campaign as
reported by Ralph Maughan)
3/28/02 Government
kills 4 wolves in Paradise Valley bison (by Ralph
Maughan)
3/27/02 Eight
bison captured, four test negative (by Montana
Department of Livestock)--Two that tested positive were the pregnant females.
3/27/02
Buffalo
Field Campaign says that seven more
buffalo have been captured at the Horse Butte facility
including two pregnant females. More details to come.
3/26/02
Remember
Stampede
for the Buffalo in Washington, DC, on April 4--My wife spent the Oscars
and half of last night cutting out bison costumes. We're excited!
3/26/02 A
good plan broken (by Marv Hoyt Greater Yellowstone
Coalition as reported by Ralph Maughan)
3/25/02 Yellowstone
wolf update: Druid 103's group attacks Tower Pair. Mollies Pack lives off
bison (by Ralph Maughan)
3/25/02
Yellowstone
named to list of Endangered Parks: Snowmobile damage, inadequate funding
plague nation’s first national park (by National
Parks Conservation Association)
3/25/02
New
list of America's Ten Most Endangered National Parks highlights widespread
problems: Air Pollution, insufficient funding, and inappropriate development
threaten parks (by National Parks Conservation
Association)
3/25/02
Yellowstone
SEIS: Your comments Supporting alternative #2 can make the difference!
(by BlueRibbon Coalition)
3/22/02
Help
restore the winter experience in Yellowstone: Please encourage the National
Park Service to stick with its decision to phase out snowmobiles in our
first national park (by Greater Yellowstone Coalition)
3/22/02 Brucellosis
action urged by Western state vets (by Montana
Department of Livestock)
3/21/02
Update
from the field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)
3/18/02
Letters
react to WY legislature plan to charge federal government for elk eaten
by wolves (letters as reported by Ralph Maughan)
3/15/02Stampede
for the Buffalo in Washington, D.C. April 4 (Buffalo Field Campaign
Press Release)--I live in Washington, DC and will be at this event.
I will file a report about it. Contact me if interested in more
specific information
3/14/02
Update
from the field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)
3/13/02 Bull
bison captured at Horse Butte, marchers arrested (by
Buffalo Field Campaign)
3/13/02 Bison
numbers exceed park target population (by Montana
Department of Livestock)--This means the DOL does not even need to test
for brucellosis to remove the bison from the herd, a fact a lot of people
do not realize
3/11/02 Sarcoptic
mange strikes the Absaroka Pack (by Ralph Maughan)
3/9/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 3/01 - 3/09, 2002 (by Ralph Maughan)
3/7/02 Update
from the field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)
3/6/02 Another
Buffalo Field Campaign activist arrested (by
Montana Department of Livestock)
3/1/02 Wyoming
grizzly bear management plan (by Wyoming Game
and Fish Department)
3/1/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 2/22 - 3/01, 2002 (by Ralph Maughan) |
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3/30/02
Year
delay in snowmobile rules proposed (by Karin
Ronnow
Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/30/02 Snowmobilers
get park-use reprieve (by Mike Stark Billings
Gazette)
3/30/02 DEQ
to consider special status for Gallatin River
(AP story in Billings Gazette)
3/30/02 Girl
dies in snowmobile accident (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--4th article
3/29/02 Interim
rule proposed to postpone existing snowmobile regulations for Yellowstone
and Grand Teton National Parks (by National Park
Service)
3/29/02 Report:
Wolf recovery doing well (by Mike Stark Billings
Gazette)
3/29/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 3/22 - 3/29, 2002 (by U. S. Fish & Wildlife
Service)
3/29/02 Riders
ticketed for illegal snowmobiling (AP story in
Montana
Forum)--1st article
3/29/02 CSU
wins 3rd clean snowmobile contest (AP story in
Billings
Gazette)
3/28/02 Yellowstone
reminds public of National Park regulations (by
National Park Service)
3/28/02 Buffalo
soldiers: When bison risk their lives by going AWOL from Yellowstone National
Park, a motley band of eco-warriors come to their defense
(by Arthur Allen Salon.com)
3/28/02 Elk
may add to aspen decline (AP story in Casper
Star-Tribune)
3/28/02 Make-A-Wish
snowmobile trip was Hudson youth's dream, didn't prove medically hard
(by Hudson Star Observer --WI)
3/28/02 Study
says wildlife don't hurt YNP (by Buzzy Hassrick
Cody
Enterprise)
3/27/02
Elk
not ruining the park, scientists say (by Mike
Stark Billings Gazette)--This is big. The National Academies
of Science report is extremely influential in shaping the form of the debate.
Read
the whole report here. Interestingly, the report concludes that
while elk may be responsible for the decline of aspen, that may be due
indirectly to the removal of wolves from Yellowstone long ago.
3/27/02 Yellowstone
to leave elk herds alone (AP story in
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel)--picked up numerous times nationally
3/27/02 Aren't
they grand! Exploring the Tetons (by James Dannenburg
in The Christian Science Monitor)
3/27/02 Grand
Teton park opens part of Teton Road (AP story
in
Casper Star-Tribune)
3/27/02 FWS
kills 4 wolves near Chico (by Mike Stark Billings
Gazette)
3/27/02 Bear-food
rules implementation postponed (by Mike Stark
Billings
Gazette)
3/27/02 New
study looks at wildfires' effects on people (by
Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
3/27/02 Snowfall
improves Shoshone basin snowpack (AP story in
Casper
Star-Tribune)
3/26/02 National
Reseach Council releases report on Yellowstone's northern range
(by National Park Service)--See comments 3/27 Mike Stark piece above
3/26/02 Alpha
wolf diagnosed with mange (by Billings Gazette)
3/26/02 Yellowstone
ranked No. 3 family destination (AP story in
Casper
Star-Tribune)--You can read the Family Fun feature
here
3/26/02 Buffalo
Bill Center raises adult price by $5 (AP story
in Billings Gazette)--Mentions the new Draper Museum added devoted
to the Greater Yellowstone region
3/26/02 Activists:
Neglect imperils U.S. parks (by Michael Kilian
Chicago
Tribune)
3/25/02 Vegetation
restoration project to take place in Yellowstone National Park
(by National Park Service)
3/25/02 Under
siege from snowmobiles: Yellowstone National Park under attack by pollution
(by Bill Redeker ABC)
3/25/02
'Crown
jewels' of U.S. parks endangered: Yellowstone, Glacier Bay, Mojave on the
list (by CNN)
3/25/02 Yellowstone,
Glacier on "threatened parks" lists (AP story
in Billings Gazette)--This story has been picked up numerous times
nationally
3/25/02 Nation's
top national parks in danger: NPCA study (Reuters
story at ABC)
3/25/02 Students
converge for snowmobile challenge (AP story in
Billings
Gazette)--3rd article
3/25/02 Whitman's
tough path at the EPA (by Francine Kiefer The
Christian Science Monitor)--EPA head Christine Todd Whitman sidesteps
the Yellowstone snowmobile issue
3/25/02 Lands
director: Time running out for swap (AP story
in Billings Gazette)--7th article
3/24/02
Snowmobiler
killed in avalanche near West Yellowstone (by
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
3/24/02 State
considers logging project near Green Knoll fire area
(AP story in Billings Gazette)--8th article
3/23/02
Amid
uproar over snowmobiles, seeking a quieter engine (by
William Booth Washington Post)--last article
3/23/02
Wolf
attacks, kills ranch dog in Cameron (by Kayley
Mendenhall
Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/22/02 GRAY
WOLF RECOVERY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT: Status of Gray Wolf Recover, Weeks
of 3/08 - 3/22, 2002 (by U. S. Fish & Wildlife
Service)
3/22/02 Interior
releases first annual ‘Top 12 Projects to Restore America’s Parks’
(by Department of Interior)
3/21/02
Elusive
quarry: Inmans aren’t having much luck finding wolverines (by
Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/21/02 Lander
snowmobilers ticketed for recklessness (AP story
in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
3/20/02 Bear
issues get good reception in Cody (by Mike Stark
Billings
Gazette)
3/20/02 Hunters
fined for accidental moose killing (AP story
in Billings Gazette)
3/19/02
Public
offers views on management of wolves (by Scott
McMillion
Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/18/02 Taylor:
Locals should have more input on Endangered Species Act changes
(AP story in Montana Forum)--Taylor is hoping to unseat Sen. Max
Baucus, D-MT, in November
3/18/02 Bears
face another tough year (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--6th article
3/18/02 Deer
with cowbells seen near Jackson (AP story in
Billings
Gazette)--2nd article
3/18/02 Pneumonia
claims 17 sheep (AP story in Billings Gazette)--9th
article
3/17/02 A
Yellowstone dilemma - Part I of a year in Yellowstone
(by Chris Hunt Idaho State Journal)
3/16/02 Society
launches fund drive to study wolves (by Billings
Gazette)
3/16/02 Park
Service: More snowmobilers are trespassing in Yellowstone
(AP story in Billings Gazette)
3/16/02 Snowmobile
accident kills student (by Billings Gazette)
3/15/02 State
of Montana and Yellowstone National Park moving forward with interagency
bison plans (by National Park Service)
3/15/02 Hunting
for antlers a hobby to some, a crime for others
(AP story in azcentral.com)
3/15/02
Snowmobilers
cross the line in Yellowstone (by Deborah Schoch
Los
Angeles Times in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/13/02
Wyoming
holds up wolf delisting process (by Scott McMillion
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
3/13/02 Many
reasons for decline in park elk herd (by Mike
Stark Billings Gazette)
3/12/02
Elk
numbers plummet (by Scott McMillion Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
3/12/02 Biologists
find low cow-calf ratio in Yellowstone elk (AP
story in Billings Gazette)
3/12/02 U.S.
may relax Northwest fish protections: Developers group filed suit over
restrictions (by Tom Kenworthy
USA Today)--Mentions
Bush policy on settling the lawsuit on snowmobiles as part of National
trend by the Administration of settling industry-led lawsuits with few
or no concessions
3/12/02 Jackson
Hole fire officials brace for another tough summer
(AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
3/11/02 Jackson
bison herd above goal population (AP story in
Billings
Gazette)
3/11/02 Conservationists
oppose wintertime elk feeding (AP story in Billings
Gazette)
3/11/02 Biologists
studying wolf-elk interaction (AP story in Billings
Gazette)
3/11/02 Golf
course approved for Snake River Canyon (AP story
in
Billings Gazette)--5th article
3/10/02 The
wolf returns to Yellowstone (by Bob Downing Knight
Ridder Newspaper in Amarillo Globe-News)
3/10/02 Study
links bison population to trails: Snowmobile paths affect migration, scientist
says (AP story in The Baltimore Sun)--This
is interesting because there have been conflicting headlines recently on
this issue even though each is essentially the same story. See 3/2
article by Becky Bohrer and AP.
3/10/02 Bison
protesters plead innocent in state, federal courts(AP
story in Billings Gazette)
3/10/02 Proposal
to prospect for gold on Yellowstone River islands resurfaces
(AP story in Billings Gazette)
3/10/02 Game
warden worries about elk herd (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--4th article
3/9/02 New
Yellowstone chief hopes for meeting of minds
(by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
3/9/02 Buffalo
protester pleads not guilty to three charges (by
Joan Haines Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/9/02 Wildlife
officials seek input on wolf plan (by Scott McMillion
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
3/9/02 Skier
lucky to survive avalanche (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--5th article
3/8/02 Snowmobilers
who want access to Yellowstone find ally in Bush
(by New York Times News Service in azcentral.com)
3/7/02 Bison
protester faces federal charges (by
Erin Everett Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/7/02 Bison
protester arrested; federal charges pending (AP
story in Billings Gazette)
3/7/02 Management
plans approved for grizzlies, wolves (AP story
in KTVB.com, Idaho)
3/7/02 Waiting
for wolves: Four men with contrasting missions forge similar lives watching
wildlife in the wilderness (by Whitney Royster
in Jackson Hole News)
3/6/02 Yellowstone
offers wolf field trip for students (by National
Park Service)
3/6/02 Wyoming
legislative committee wants federal money for elk
(AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
3/6/02 Bison
protesters in court (by Carolyn McLuskey Independent
Record, Helena, MT)
3/6/02 'Protect
taxpayers' access to public lands,' say lawmakers
(by Susan Jones CNSNews.com)
3/6/02 Four
arrested in bison protest (by Carolyn McLuskey
Independent
Record, Helena MT)
3/5/02 Grand
Teton snowmobile routes to close Sunday (AP story
in Casper Star-Tribune)
3/4/02 Record
number of trumpeter swans counted in Yellowstone
(AP story in Billings Gazette)
3/4/02 Bison
plan opponents arrested after protest (AP story
in Billings Gazette)--They chained themselves in front of the office
of Executive Secretary of the Board of Livestock Marc Bridges
3/4/02 Spring
bear emergence reminder (by National Park Service)
3/4/02 Jackson
guides offer more wolf tours (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--1st article
3/4/02 Bush
wants localities to guide federal-land use (by
Elizabeth Shorgren Los Angeles Times in The Seattle Times)
3/3/02 Tetons
simply grand (by Bob Downing Akron Beacon
Journal)
3/3/02 Family
loses contract after 50 years (AP story in Billings
Gazette)--2nd article
3/3/02 Copter
saves snowboarders (AP story in Billings Gazette)
3/2/02 Yellowstone
closes roads for plowing (by
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle)
3/2/02 Wolf
worries: Big canids in Yellowstone getting bolder around people (by
Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/2/02 Groomed
trails' effects on bison not proven (by Becky
Bohrer and AP in Billings Gazette)
3/2/02 Wolves
do attack humans, but it's rare, European scientists say (by
Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3/2/02 Summer
getaways: Vacation hot spots filling up fast (by
Kelton Hatch Idaho State Journal)
3/1/02 First
national park turns 130 (AP story in Casper
Star-Tribune)--Happy Birthday Yellowstone
3/1/02 Officials
praise new brucellosis test (by Becky Bohrer
Billings
Gazette)
3/1/02 Yellowstone's
air focus of debate (by UPI) |
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