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Running from a Lie: Halt Horse Butte Hazing of Bison

May 15, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bison, brucellosis, buffalo, helicopter, horsebutte, montana, northernrockies, wildlife, yellowstone

We got word that state and federal wildlife officials were unnecessarily hazing America's last genetically wild buffalo off of a peninsula west of Yellowstone National Park in Montana yesterday. I started pulling together a blog posting and about halfway...continued

From Scapegoats to Science? Changes afoot in bison debate

January 9, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bison, bozemandailychronicle, buffalo, gye, yellowstone

With news that wildlife officials will likely make changes in the way Yellowstone National Park's bison herds are managed, there has been an interesting shift to the tone of the debate recently. Sure, it is still chock-full of emotional bombast...continued

Parting Shots: Bush administration’s 11th hour wildlife assault

October 29, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bushadministration, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, northernrockies, polarbears, publiccomment, wildlife, wolves, yellowstone

Well, you have to give them credit for persistence... The Bush administration has had a string of defeats on wildlife issues lately. But they keep trying. And trying. And trying. They lose on polar bears in Alaska, so they go...continued

Zombie Trees and Bear Attacks

September 27, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
grizzlybear, whitebarkpine, wyoming, yellowstone

From the landing approach to the airport in Jackson Hole, WY with the dramatic Tetons exploding from the flat plains below, my first visit to the northern Rockies was both exhilarating and depressing. I was in Wyoming to join...continued

War on buffalo takes to the air in Montana - Part 1

May 16, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
buffalo, HorseButte, montana, yellowstone

As rites of spring go, this a depressing one…The state of Montana has begun hazing America’s last remaining free-ranging buffalo herds from their traditional calving grounds back into Yellowstone National Park.I know, I know… Hazing. That doesn’t sound so bad,...continued

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Josh Mogerman
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