In the presidential election this fall, sportsmen are
likely to be split between those who vote for wildlife, and those
who vote for the gun
Items by Tom Reed
The writer profiles a wildlife biologist who tries to keep
grizzlies and people apart in the Yellowstone area
A hunter's close encounter with grizzlies in Wyoming
breeds respect for the great bear that is the true lord of the
forest.
Legendary mountaineer and outdoor educator Paul Petzoldt,
who founded the National Outdoor Leadership Training School (NOLS)
and the Wilderness Education Association, has died at the age of
91.
Some say that animal trapping is still necessary for
predator control and other specific wildlife problems.
A profile of Wyoming trapper Tom Lucas offers insight into
an old-fashioned but very controversial lifestyle
A timeline traces the history of animal trapping in the
United States from Pre-Columbian days until now.
Wildlife trapping - which has a long history in the West -
today comes into fierce conflict with environmentalists, animal
advocates, and residents upset by the risk traps pose to domestic
dogs.
Ranchers in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern
Wyoming vow to fight a planned railroad extension by the Dakota,
Minnesota and Eastern.
A Wyoming man celebrates the difficulty of living in his
wild, lonely, poor, unsophisticated state - the "last good place
left."
The state of Wyoming wants to vaccinate 2,000 Yellowstone
area elk against brucellosis, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has its doubts.
Montana hunter Chad McKittrick is charged with illegally
killing one of the 15 wolves restored to Yellowstone.
The Wind River Indian Reservation sues non-Indian
irrigators for violating water rights and dumping trash in the Wind
River to dam it.
Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer vetoes bill that would have
placed $1,000 bounty on wolves shot outside Yellowstone National
Park.
Judge rules that former Helena National Forest Supervisor
Ernie Nunn be reinstated.
Protesters at hearings throughout Wyoming demonstrate
against wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone.
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