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| FRIDAY January 5, 2001 Vol 5, # 2 |
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WOLVES NOT CAUSING PROBLEMS News Brief from the Billings Gazette BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Three wolves that were released after undergoing an experimental aversion training program have joined other wolves and have apparently made no attempt to kill livestock, a wolf biologist says. “So far, so good,” said Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “The test won’t really come until we get a lot of livestock back in the country” in the spring and summer. The three young wolves are the surviving members of the Sheep Mountain Pack, which had attacked livestock over the past two years. The three, along with a female who died in captivity, were captured last spring and underwent a program in which they were fitted with collars that delivered electric shocks if they approached livestock or livestock hides placed in their pen. The goal was to teach the wolves to avoid sheep, cattle and other livestock. The wolves, outfitted with radio-tracking collars, were released last month in the upper Yellowstone River drainage. Bangs said they quickly returned to their old stomping grounds. “They visited the places most comfortable to them,” he said. “They were looking for other wolves.” The three joined a group of four other wolves and were seen as recently as Friday, said Tom Lemke, a wildlife biologist with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Biologists are tracking the animals’ movement to see if the aversion program worked. Bangs said earlier that if the wolves return to killing livestock, they may have to be destroyed. There are now 13 groups of wolves in and around Yellowstone National Park, Bangs said, but only 11 of them constitute packs, which the government defines as a breeding male and female that have raised pups from their late spring birth to the end of a calendar year. |
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS Russ Finley |
SNOWSHOE
EVENTS WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. -- The National Park Service is sponsoring ranger-led snowshoe walks starting next week on Wednesdays through Saturdays each week through March 10. The two-hour walks along Riverside Trail will begin at 1:30 p.m. each day. Anyone wishing to participate should meet at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in West Yellowstone. Participants may bring their own snowshoes or rent snowshoes. It is advisable to bring water and a snack. |
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CONTEST by National Park Service WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPS) -- Remember that great picture you took at a National Park last summer? Everyone said it should win a prize - and now it can! A national contest - the first National Parks Pass Experience Your America Photo Contest - has been announced to select the image for the 2002 National Parks Pass. The contest is sponsored by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation with Kodak, a Proud Partner of America's National Parks. Any photo taken by an amateur photographer in a National Park since January 1, 2000 is eligible. The winning image will be announced in May 2001, and will appear on the 2002 National Parks Pass. The photographer submitting the winning image will get a trip for four to any National Park, a Kodak camera kit, and a personalized National Parks Pass. "The National Parks Pass Experience Your America Photo Contest is another great way for Americans to get involved with their National Parks," said Robert Stanton, Director of the National Park Service. "Each year, millions of Americans visit National Parks, whether it be with a school class, with their family, or on their own. Every visitor has a unique experience and fond memories that they will carry with them for a lifetime. This contest gives everyone the chance to share those memories with the nation." First introduced in April 2000, during National Park Week, the National Parks Pass was authorized by Congress as an annual pass that sells for $50. The Pass is good for one year from the month of purchase. It allows the purchaser and his or her vehicle occupants unlimited entrance into National Parks that charge a per vehicle Entrance Fee. In National Parks where a per person Entrance Fee is charged, the Pass is good for the entrance of the Pass owner and his/her family. More than 200,000 Passes have been sold in the first seven months. The first Pass featured a winter photo of bison in Yellowstone National Park. The 2001 image is of historic Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse in Acadia National Park. To find out which Parks charge an Entrance Fee, please visit www.nationalparks.org. The complete contest rules and an entry form are available by clicking here or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to: National Parks Pass Photo Contest Rules, Post Office Box 5220, Young America, MN 55558-5220. |
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COURSES From Great Bear Foundation The Great Bear Foundation offers a variety of Nature Conservation Field Courses each year, most of which are about bears. The Foundation has announced its 2001 course listings, which include courses on bears, winter skills, mountain lions and the arctic circle. Many of the courses are being held in or around Glacier National Park, with some being held in Canada. The courses are open to the public. For more information about the Foundation's 2001 course offerings, click here. |
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