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• The difference grazing cattle makes at the end of the season

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  Comparison of two sites, Nov. 4, 2009, in the Mink Creek drainage south of Pocatello, Idaho- Mink Creek is a popular recreation area on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, just south of Pocatello, Idaho. The first 3-4 miles have no livestock grazing. As the drainage gains slowly in elevation, it is grazed [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:44pm EST
  by Ralph Maughan

• Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team — raise GYE grizzly mortality limits?

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  IGBC has hard time understanding Judge Molloy ruled against them not because of grizzly mortality, but lack of food for grizzly in the area- Perhaps the bear population could withstand more deaths; and, hey why not acquiesce with what is already happening? Bear bureaucrats could call that “adaptive management.” However, Judge [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:56am EST
  by Ralph Maughan

• Schneider’s updates on Tester’s Wilderness bill

  Over at New West you can follow the Montana Wilderness controversy closely- Yesterday Ken Cole posted Senator Tester Betrays Montana Wilderness, a sharply critical opinion piece written by Brian Peck. Bill Schneider has been following Montana’s 30 year Wilderness controversy for some time in his columns at New West. His many updates [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:38am EST
  by Ralph Maughan

• Wyoming legislation might require GYE backcountry users to have bear spray

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  Spike in unhappy grizzly encounters in Greater Yellowstone could result in bill- While pepper spray isn’t always the answer in an encounter with a grizzly, most often it is with lots of benefits to humans and bears. Bear spray bill on the way. Proposal would require permitted backcountry users in griz country [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:42am EST
  by Ralph Maughan