Monday, July 28, 2014

Before the colonial era, it is estimated that several hundred thousand native people lived on the land now called California........Many of their tribes manipulated fire to control the availability of plants they used for food, fuel, tools, and ritual. ..........The life-giving Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers were historically the source of one of the largest salmon bearing runs on the West Coast..............The indigenous Miwok, Patwin and Yokut tribal peoples who lived in the area saw and understood how fire optimized those Salmon populations.............Fire, by reducing the density of vegetation. allows more water to run into the rivers and lakes..............Our modern habits of suppressing fire has allowed trees and shrubs to become so dense so as to lower the water table of our riverine systems, delivering death blows to salmon

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140726082324.htm?utm_source=feedburner Fire ecology manipulation by California native cult...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Grizzly bears are on the move on B.C.'s central coast. A new study in the on-line publication, PLOS ONE, has documented grizzlies colonizing 10 central coast islands outside their current accepted territory, which confirms local aboriginal knowledge that the bears are expanding their range............Research shows grizzlies are expanding their range on BC central coast islands.................. Theories behind the shift include a drop in salmon production since 2000, movements to exploit berries in recent clearcuts on islands, as well as reduced hunting of grizzlies on the mainland

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Grizzly bears expanding their range on B.C. coast: new study BY LARRY PYNN, VANCOUVER SUN   JULY...

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http://shar.es/LpSzb WV Book Team: ‘Wolf’ chronicles end of species in W.Va. By Bill Clements WV Book Team “THE LAST APPALACHI...
Friday, July 25, 2014

We have written previously about the almost manic atmosphere that surrounds Coyotes in Pennsylvania..............While the Deer herd is super healthy and thriving(In 1700, Pennsylvania had 10 deer per square mile,,,,,,,about 500,000 deer.............. Today, Pennsylvania has an estimated 1.5 million deer—about 30 deer per square mile.-Source Penn State University), certain members of the declining hunting enthusiasts in the state want all predators except themselves significantly reduced from the woodlands.............. Dr. Jacqueline Frair who headed up a recently completed NY State Coyote study that revealed modest impacts of Coyotes on Deer said this about the proposed Penn. Study----"The concerns seen in Pennsylvania regarding coyote predation on deer were the same in New York before my Study,,,,,,,,,,,,, and after it was completed the mindsets really didn’t change"................... “The public is clamoring to say the coyote is having too big of an impact on the deer herd, and I don’t think the best scientific studies will change that"

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https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.timesleader.com/news/outdoors/1523725/A-howling-dilemma&ct=ga&cd=CAEYA...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Oregon Wolf(OR7) who captured the imagination of Californians after wandering throughout the northern part of the state last year is now raising a new family in the Rogue River-Siskyou National Forest, a scant 50 miles north of the California/Oregon state line............Only a matter of time before one or more of his pups disperses into the "Golden State where they will be protected from hunting and trapping under California's Endangered Species Act

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http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/mammals/new-photos-document-or-7s-wolf-family.html#.U9GmYWl71WI.email OR7 and his family O...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Is there more than the isolated individual Jaguar and Ocelot in the Mountains ringing Tucson, Arizona?.....The U.S. Geological Survey and U. of Arizona researchers will determine this over the next three years utilizing wildlife cameras..........Thus far in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson, pictures of Jaguars and Ocelots are showing up on a consistent monthly basis(FANTASTIC!!!!!)...........Let us hope that the Jaguar Critical Protected Habitat that the USFW Service is designating for the Jaguar will be large enough to encourage a permanent breeding population for "El Tigre" and all of its smaller cat cousins--Puma, Ocelot and Margay

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https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://news.azpm.org/p/news-fp-featured/2014/7/18/39901-3-year-project-hopes-to-photogra...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

while I am sure that California Naturalist Erin Hauge feels that she is being "fair and balanced" in her cautioning about the feasibility of rewilding Grizzlies back into the Sierra High Country in California, I urge her to reconsider her position that the Bears would create too much chaos in the Golden State.............Californians have been the most tolerant population in the whole USA as it relates to "tolerating" Pumas and Coyotes ---putting in place the most strict protocols to protect these animals from hunting and trapping...............Black Bears also have done well amongst the ever growing throng of humanity in this state...............Give the Griz a chance to recolonize California, once home to the densest population of these Bruins in the the USA(having existed alongside Black Bears just as they do in the Greater Yellowstone system) ..................The Institute of Biological Diversity with it's extensive team of researchers say the Griz can once again call the Sierras home...............Lets make this a reality Ms. Hauge,,,,,,,,,,,,,and put the proper protocols in place to ensure utmost potential for human/Griz coexistence

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Read this story Another View: Plan to reintroduce grizzly bears is unrealistic By  Erin Hauge Special to The Bee Published: Sun...
Monday, July 21, 2014

A good friend of this blog not heard from in a while, biologist Roland Kay, Director at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences talks below about the recent sighting of a Fisher in the Bronx, New York............As we start to hear of Coyotes, Fishers and Foxes penetrating our largest city, I take exception to some who take issue with those folks who question whether Wolves and Pumas can live in our Appalachians, the North Woods of the Great Lakes and our Southern bottom lands.................And for those who take issue with the discussion of Grizzlies rewilding the Grand Canyon and Sierras, I ask for you to take stock about your human-centric position and take to heart what Roland saids about our natural world----The return of Fishers to NYC "highlights the adaptability of wildlife if given a chance"

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http://naturalsciencesresearch.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/fisher-photographed-in-the-bronx-first-ever-nyc-record-of-this-squirrel-and-rat-pre...