Results for keyword: predators
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An ecosystem wanting for wolves
With the elk population at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park out of control, wildlife managers are considering bringing in four wolves to restore the balance
by Joshua Zaffos, Jan 23, 2006 -
Life — and death — in grizzly country
Werner Herzog’s new documentary, Grizzly Man, takes a thoughtful look at the life and death of Timothy Treadwell, an amateur bear biologist who was killed and eaten by an Alaskan grizzly
by John Krist, Nov 28, 2005 -
Cougar Management Guidelines
Cougar Management Guidelines collects current cougar research into a set of guidelines for managing these secretive and increasingly rare big cats
by Staff, Oct 31, 2005 -
Bringing back the wolf = bringing back the habitat
In Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wolf to Yellowstone, biologist Douglas Smith and nature writer Gary Ferguson seek to separate myth from reality in the long and turbulent saga of the wolf
by Gail Binkly, May 30, 2005 -
The grizzly's in the house — or at least, the yard
Doug Chadwick’s new book, True Grizz: Glimpses of Fernie, Stahr, Easy, Dakota and Other Real Bears in the Modern World, clears away rip-snorting tales to introduce people to actual grizzlies
by Katharine Mieszkowski, May 24, 2004 -
Cougar hunt creates uproar
Following a flurry of sightings and a much-publicized, ill-starred hunt for mountain lions in Sabino Canyon near Tucson, Arizonans push for changes in how the state manages its big cats
by Tony Davis, May 24, 2004 -
Big cats on the block
In The Beast in the Garden, David Baron looks at our changing relationships with predators, focusing on the death of a young Colorado man who was killed by a mountain lion
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 16, 2004
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