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Grizzly bear kill, forest restoration & Colorado wolf pack siting highlight early 2020 Rocky Mountain enviro/science news

Environmental groups challenged a decision to allow 72 grizzly bears to be killed to accommodate livestock grazing in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Yellowstone National Park.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Ecology, Rocky Mountain Forests, Rocky Mountain Wolves

Springtime in the Rockies: Scenes from northern Front Range trails

The foothills of the northern Colorado Front Range offer hundreds of trails that wind through and over hills, meadows, mesas, forests and rock formations. Many trails are worthwhile year-round.

Filed Under: Colorado Recreation & Environment, Rocky Mountain Hiking

Climate, forests, ecology highlight Rocky Mountain science research

By studying a tree’s physiology, scientists are trying to determine how forests adapt to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and higher temperatures. By quantifying these effects, scientists hope to ascertain a forest’s ability to acclimate.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Climate, Rocky Mountain Forests

Land of the mountain kings: Hiking the Sawatch Range in central Colorado

In Colorado’s San Isabel National Forest, along the eastern base of the majestic Sawatch Range on the west side of the Arkansas Valley, several trails skirt the edge of some of Colorado’s most accessible and scenic mountains.

Filed Under: Colorado Recreation & Environment, Rocky Mountain Hiking

Montana proposal to expand bison range beyond Yellowstone National Park met with bid to help landowners

Groups said they will reimburse 50% of the cost (up to $1,000 per landowner) for purchasing and installing fencing to keep bison off private property where landowners do not want them in the Gardiner and Hebgen Basins.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Ecology, Yellowstone Ecology

Yellowstone wolf/elk study highlights predator/prey behavior

In areas with particularly high wolf predation risk, individual elk encountered wolves infrequently, limiting the potential cumulative effects of wolves on elk behavior.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Ecology, Rocky Mountain Wolves, Yellowstone Ecology

USGS: Some Rocky Mountain regions warming 1.8 times the global average; species adapting, becoming vulnerable

Climate change in Yellowstone, said USGS, causes food plants to leaf out earlier in the year, potentially affecting migratory animals in search of forage plants ripe for eating.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Climate, Yellowstone Ecology

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