Latest news from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks :.Ben Pierce | February 26, 2010
Frenzied media coverage of wolves seems to be reaching its peak this week. NOW, which airs on Montana PBS, released a new episode focused on the wolf debate that aired on Friday night. The show features, among others, Doug Smith of Gardiner, leader of the Yellowstone Wolf Project.
Ben Pierce | February 25, 2010
In recent years, snowcoach travel in Yellowstone National Park has increased while snowmobile use has waned. That transition has had an affect on local economies, park wildlife and the environment. But it hasn’t diminished interest in the park.
Ben Pierce | February 24, 2010
The March issue of National Geographic will feature a cover story by Douglas H. Chadwick detailing wolves and their place in the West. Entitled: “WOLF WARS, Packs are back. Westerners are glad, scared, howling mad,” the magazine should appear in bookstores shortly.
Ben Pierce | February 24, 2010
“The theory that wolves haven’t had a significant adverse impact on some elk populations is not accurate. We’ve become all too familiar with these groups’ tactic of cherry-picking select pieces of information to support their own agenda, even when it is misleading,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “We will not allow that claim to go unchallenged.”
Ben Pierce | February 23, 2010
With the reintroduction and subsequent delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List has come ongoing debate about the value of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the importance of a species that was hunted, poisoned and trapped to extinction within park boundaries during the 1920s. Fervent opposition to wolves remains from livestock and hunting groups, while wildlife and conservation organizations have heralded the wolf ’s return as a touchstone moment in Yellowstone’s history.
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