Scientists: Grizzlies expand turf but still need protection
BILLINGS, Mont. â Grizzly bears are slowly expanding the turf where they roam in parts of the northern Rocky Mountains but need continued protections, according to government scientists who concluded that no other areas of the country would be suitable for reintroducing the fearsome predators.
The Fish and Wildlife Service on March 31 released its first assessment in almost a decade about the status of grizzly bears in the contiguous U.S. The bruins are shielded from hunting as a threatened species except in Alaska.
Grizzly populations grew over the past 10 years in two areas â the Yellowstone region of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, with more than 700 bears; and around Glacier National Park in Montana, which is home to more than 1,000 of the animals.
Where thereâs fog, thereâs.
Driving by, it looked like a tornado had hit a single home in East Jackson. The garage door was blasted through with a portion of the roof torn away and debris scattered across the front lawn.
Slated for demolition later this month, the 440 W. Kelly property is serving as a training site for Jackson Hole Fire/EMS. On Wednesday evenings, volunteer and career firefighters have been staging simulations.
âThereâs nothing like a real house to give you a feel for what it would be like during an actual fire,â said Lily Sullivan, Jackson Hole Fire/EMS training captain.
Apr 1, 2021
A Utah man busted for illegally digging at Yellowstone National Park in search of the Fenn Treasure has been sentenced to six months in federal prison and ordered to pay a rather hefty fine for the series of ill-conceived excavations. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, back in late 2019 and early 2020, authorities caught Rodrick Dow Craythorn shoveling holes, such as the one seen above, throughout a cemetery located on a former U.S. Army fort situated within the national park. A subsequent investigation found that he was responsible for a staggering seventeen sites of illegal excavation, including damage to a historic grave.