4 December 2020. Terrible news: Officials plan to cull between 500 and 700 Yellowstone bison this winter. Please contact Yellowstone and let them know you do not approve of this. Email: yell_superintendent@nps.gov.
31 October 2020. Yellowstone biologist reflections on wolves and elk. This is an article from earlier in the year but it was just sent to me so I am reposting it. It is a good article about YNP biologist Doug Smith.
20 October 2020. Yellowstone tourists react as wolves gang up on grizzly bear. Amazingly, these “once in a lifetime sightings” are commonplace in Yellowstone, where wildlife is protected, undisturbed from human interference.
30 September 2020. Review of Rick McIntyre’s new book: Wolf as Avatar: When a Lobo ‘Stepson’ Takes Over the Pack. Ted Kerasote reviews Rick McIntyre’s ‘The Reign of Wolf 21’, a dramatic sequel to the Yellowstone Naturalist’s critically-acclaimed debut about the most famous lobos on earth.
5 September 2020. 2 grizzly bears killed after conflicts near Yellowstone. This is most unfortunate news and why preventing interactions with wildlife is critical.
1 August 2020. Some interesting articles on elk and bison numbers in Yellowstone. From 2018: Famous Yellowstone elk herd rebounds two decades after wolf reintroduction. From 2019: Fewer Elk Counted This Year On Yellowstone’s Famous Northern Range—But What Does It Mean? ANNUAL WAPITI SURVEY: APART FROM WOLVES AND OTHER WILDLIFE MEAT EATERS, A FORMIDABLE PREDATOR IS WINTER. From 2020: Increasing numbers of bison in Yellowstone National Park in recent years have become a barrier to ecosystem recovery in the iconic Lamar Valley in the northern part of the park, according to a study by Oregon State University scientists.
25 July 2020. The Big-Hearted Wolf: TED KERASOTE REVIEWS RICK MCINTYRE’S PAEN TO LOBOS ‘THE RISE OF WOLF 8: WITNESSING THE TRIUMPH OF YELLOWSTONE’S UNDERDOG’.
21 July 2020. How Yellowstone wolves got their own Ancestry.com page: Since reintroduction, 25 years of passionate watching has chronicled life, death and puppies.
19 July 2020. Montana woman plays dead to avoid bison attack in Yellowstone National Park. Tis the season for stupidity. I am just returning from a great 9 days in the park and avoided all confrontations with the majestic animals, including when deep in the backcountry.
14 July 2020. 25 years after returning to Yellowstone, wolves have helped stabilize the ecosystem: New research shows that by reducing populations and thinning out weak and sick animals, wolves have a role in creating resilient elk herds. There continues to be great research coming out of the world’s first national park. It is important to stress that funding is key and more great research could take place nationwide with funding and more biologists on the ground.
31 May 2020. Yellowstone gates opening June 1. This is great news as all of the park gates will now be open to the public.
14 May 2020. Yellowstone to open Wyoming entrances Monday (May 18); Montana entrances remain closed until at least June. The park has been closed since late March due to the coronavirus.
6 May 2020. Yellowstone and Grand Teton (National Parks) are closed: How will Jackson cope? Can this Wyoming town save its summer tourism season? Millions of tourism dollars are on the line. Here’s how local communities are coping.
2 May 2020. Yellowstone’s wolves 25 years after reintroduction: The effects on hunters and human safety. This is the last of a 4 part series. The other 3 parts can also be found within this link.
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30 April 2020. Absent Wolves, Ecosystems Changed. Can New Wolves Restore Things? The notion that returning wolves can repair decades of ecosystem damage is immensely popular — and probably misguided. This is a very long article, but fascinating and in-depth.
4 April 2020. Yellowstone’s wolves 25 years after reintroduction: Separating fact from fiction. The link above is for Part 1… Part 2 can be found here: Fact vs. fiction: The effect wolves have on Yellowstone’s game animals, ecology.
3 April 2020. Update from the Field: Welcome April, the Killing Season is Finally Over. Buffalo Field Campaign reports that 800-900 of our nation’s last wild buffalo/bison were killed this winter.
2 April 2020. Podcast (40 min) on Rick McIntyre and his books on Yellowstone Wolves. A great interview!
28 March 2020. More than 460 Yellowstone bison killed so far this season. This is truly an awful, unnecessary situation because bison aren’t treated like wildlife when they leave Yellowstone.
27 March 2020. A Natural Classroom, Run by Wolves: Their reintroduction to Yellowstone has been a scientific and tourist bonanza. This is an excellent, long article.
12 March 2020. Wolf numbers increase in Yellowstone. This is good news for the population.
10 March 2020. First grizzly spotted in Yellowstone this year. This is the time of year that bruins (males) start to emerge!
7 March 2020. Jackson Hole (mountain) lioness raises rare five-kitten litter. This is a most fascinating, and positive carnivore article for Wyoming.
29 February 2020. Hundreds of bison migrating out of Yellowstone to be hunted down under government-sponsored slaughter. This is so sad and unnecessary. The fact that Newsweek doesn’t interview the thousands of people against this is awful reporting. The matter of fact way that the article presents such an unnecessary action is bad reporting.
27 February 2020. Very interesting news from Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge. Pinnacle Peak Pack pushed out of National Elk Refuge: Huckleberry Pack replaces longtime local lobos on National Elk Refuge.
17 February 2020. In some great news, Wildlife Commission Rejects Expanded Wolf Hunts in Northwest Montana: Rule-making body also reduced the wolf harvest quota near Yellowstone National Park. It is great to see that Montana is sane with regards to predator hunting and that they listen to public comment, not just special interests – unlike Idaho and Wyoming who have long and sometimes year-round wolf hunting seasons all to appease minority interests.
9 February 2020. Yellowstone biologist reflections on wolves and elk. This is a great article on Yellowstone Wolf Project leader Dr. Doug Smith and a 25 year old elk who just died. This elk (#1125) was born before wolves were reintroduced to the park!
31 January 2020. Wolves Play a Beneficial Role in Wildlife Management. This is a well written article by Marc Cooke. From the article: “The rhetoric that FWP ‘manages our wildlife responsibly and for all’ is disingenuous. It is clearly apparent that the wildlife division caters to, or worse yet, is an active advocate for, hunting organizations.”
15 January 2020. In some exciting news, I have just published another book: Way, J. 2020. E-book. Northeastern U.S. National Parks: What Is and What Could Be. Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research. 244 pages. Please visit my store tab to purchase this e-book. This book makes the case to expand the National Park (NP) System in the Northeast, beyond just having Acadia National Park as its only large “natural” park, by adding 3 units: Cape Cod NP, Kancamagus NP in NH, and Maine Woods NP and Preserve.
15 January 2020. The fight to save Yellowstone wolves | 60 Minutes Australia – YouTube. An interesting 12 minute clip. I am not exactly sure when this first aired.
12 January 2020. Today is the 25th Anniversary of wolves being reintroduced to Yellowstone! Here is a great, in depth article on the topic: Carrying history: 25 years later, the wolves of Yellowstone and the man who told their story.
7 January 2020. Exciting new talk added to my Events Page of my sister website Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research (note: my vision for this talk and suggestion of creating these 3 national parks comes from my many (over 20) trips to Yellowstone NP:
New for 2020! Northeastern U.S. National Parks: What is and What Could Be – This talk focuses on expanding the National Park (NP) System in the Northeast, beyond just having Acadia National Park as its only large “natural” park, by adding 3 units: Cape Cod NP, Kancamagus NP in NH, and Maine Woods NP and Preserve. These 3 units are already existing federal land and could immediately be added to the NP Service by an Act of Congress. It is significant because all areas are relatively large (~45,000 acres or bigger) which would offer ecosystem level protection not currently enjoyed on most of these federal lands. Demographic trends and the large number of people who spend millions of dollars on wildlife watching clearly support such designations where all resources are ‘protected unimpaired for future generations’. Giving National Park status to these areas would provide an important, higher level of protection to better safeguard these areas especially during politically volatile times. This talk will make a plea to politicians that this is “America’s Best Idea” and is worth accomplishing here in the urbanized Northeast. It is my hope that the pictures, stories, and ideas in this 240 slide, almost 500 picture hour-long talk will inspire bipartisan support and legislation for this idea (click on link for sample letter to politicians).
