Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds – but they do take Christmas and New Year’s Day off. While mail will be delivered as normal on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, most retail locations will be closing as early as … Continue Reading
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee concluded its annual winter meeting yesterday in Missoula, Montana after discussing a host of issues and activities involving the bear through the multi-state area. IGBC Spokesman Gregg Losinski says the committee revisited the new signage that was implemented last summer and determined that they had been … Continue Reading
The winter season begins this weekend in Yellowstone National Park. Beginning at 7:00 am Saturday morning, visitors will be able to travel to the park’s interior roads on commercially guided snowmobiles or snowcoaches from the North, West and South Entrances. Travel through the park’s East Entrance over Sylvan Pass is … Continue Reading
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee wraps up its 3-day winter meeting today in Missoula, Montana. Topping the committee’s agenda on the first day was the question of using regulated hunting as a management tool once the grizzly population in an ecosystem has recovered. Spokesman Gregg Losinski says … Continue Reading
Officials of the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks have announced that the state is halting the hunting of wolves in areas north of Yellowstone National Park. The decision came in response to … Continue Reading
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee begins its annual winter meeting in Missoula, Montana today to hear updates on efforts made to create a Grizzly Bear Conservation Fund, and to discuss an IGBC policy statement in support of regulated hunting as a method of management for grizzly bears in … Continue Reading
While it has been a tough food year for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem due to this year’s drought, the bears appear to be doing well none-the-less due to their adaptability. The Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee wrapped up their two-day fall meeting yesterday, and … Continue Reading
The debate over whether to permit migrating bison to range over 70-thousand acres north of Yellowstone National Park wrapped up in district court in Billings Monday, and now the matter is in the hands of Judge Wayne Phillips. At issue is a concern by local ranchers that … Continue Reading
Investigators near Bozeman Montana have determined there was no wrong-doing in connection with the mauling death of a 24-year-old man over the weekend at a local wildlife facility. Animals of Montana is … Continue Reading
The Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee holds its fall meeting tomorrow and Thursday in Bozeman, Montana. The group is made up of multiple agencies that are responsible for … Continue Reading
