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IN THE NEWS TODAY: Yellowstone Park Geologists Named -- by NPS Yellowstone Wolf Update -- News Brief Glacier Wolf Update -- News Brief In Memory of Ruth Colter-Frick -- by Bruce Gourley Daily Environmental News -- from ISyndicate |
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ROAD REPORT
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YELLOWSTONE PARK
GEOLOGISTS ANNOUNCED by Yellowstone Center for Resources, NPS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (NPS) -- The Yellowstone Center for Resources has announced the names of the two new park geologists. Dr. Paul Doss, geology Chair from the University of Southern Indiana, has been selected as the new supervisor for YCR's Physical Science unit. He maintains his own website which can be accessed from the University of Southern Indiana webpage. He will supervise Dr. Nancy Hinman, a geologist from the University of Montana, who will become the park's new geothermal geologist. Both of these new staff members will be on the park's payroll on intermittent status until they relocate to the park in June of 2000. Hinman has a Bachelor's degree in chemistry and a PhD. in Oceanography (with geology and geochemistry emphases). She is especially interested in geochemistry and has served in an advisory capacity to the park on several projects, including the road problems at Mud Volcano/Sulphur Caldron. Editor's Note: Yellowstone Net wishes to express congratulations and extends a hearty welcome to Dr. Doss and Dr. Hinman!
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS Ralph Maughan
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YELLOWSTONE WOLF
UPDATE News Brief YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK -- Two calf-killing wolves were recently killed by by federal agents just north of the Park. The two wolves, both members of the Sheep Mountain pack and both females, were shot by sharp-shooters from a helicopter north of Dome Mountain. The killing of these two wolves follows the killings of four previous wolves. All six wolves had been involved in killing calves on public land north of Yellowstone National Park. The Sheep Mountain pack is now estimated at eight members, with two of the animals wearing radio collars. The pack has been ranging from Gardiner (on the northern border of Yellowstone) to Dome Mountain and as far west as the Gallatin Mountain Range. It is hoped that the killing of the six wolves will deter the pack from further calf-killings. (For last week's wolf report from Ralph Maughan, click here.) |
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PARK WOLF UPDATE News Brief GLACIER NATIONAL PARK -- The wolf population in and around Glacier National Park has taken a nosedive. There are now only five wolves remaining, following a high of 35 three years ago. Also, there were no pups this year. Wolf biologists point to the harsh winter of 1996-97, which killed off 80 percent of the area's deer population, as a main culprit. In addition, the dominant female of the South Camas Pack (which has historically roamed Glacier's western side) died this summer, leading to the disintegration of her pack. Biologists say that the wolves can rebound, however, and that a rebounding deer population and new wolves migrating into the area will spearhead growth in the coming years. |
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| IN MEMORY OF RUTH
COLTER-FRICK by Bruce Gourley BILLINGS, Mont. (YNET) -- Yellowstone Net is sorrowful to announce that Ruth Colter-Frick, great-great-great granddaughter of John Colter and contributor to the Yellowstone Net Newspaper and Email Newsletter, passed away this past Tuesday. Ruth in recent years had toured the country promoting her fascinating book, Courageous Colter and Companions. She was well known in certain American historical circles. Her contributions to Yellowstone Net publications were her "Forty Four Years with John Colter" series of stories, which now can be found in our Newspaper archives. Last week's story, her last for the Newspaper, can be found by clicking here. Ruth Colter-Frick will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. Our prayers are with family members who survive her. |
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