Our recent paper in Ecological Monographs challenges the textbook story that fear of wolves drives a trophic cascade in northern Yellowstone. Read the monograph for the science and the news story for the 'skirmish'. Monograph: doi.org/10.1002/ecm.16… News story: billingsgazette.com/outdoors/yello…

Why is the Yellowstone "landscape of fear" story so entrenched? In Effective Conservation Science: Data Not Dogma, Emma Marris suggests it's partly because humans are suckers for a good story. academic.oup.com/book/26688/cha… drive.google.com/file/d/12KFVF4…

Fifth wolf killed in unit north of Yellowstone National Park despite quota. All five wolves taken from single Yellowstone pack, three others missing. wyofile.com/fifth-wolf-kil…

News that Montana hunters killed up to eight wolves from Yellowstone's 8-Mile Pack shortly after they crossed the park's northern boundary underscores the reality illustrated by this cartoon. wyofile.com/fifth-wolf-kil…

Grizzly bears vanished from Utah a century ago. They could return soon. Grizzly bears in Wyoming are expanding their normal ranges, bringing outlier bears closer to Utah’s border. sltrib.com/news/2024/11/2…

Following adoption of new regulations, Montana settles with conservation groups that sued to shorten wolf trapping season over threat to grizzly bears dailymontanan.com/2024/11/21/mon… Daily Montanan || @dailymontanan.bsky.social #mtpol #mtnews

Much appreciate So. Seattle Emerald for helping the public understand our recent Ecological Monographs paper, debunking the myth that fear of wolves drives aspen recovery in Yellowstone National Park. The lead image features another wily canid—the coyote. doi.org/10.1002/ecm.16… southseattleemerald.org/news/2024/12/0…

New paper by John Benson et al. in Ecology explores the drivers of group cohesion in social canids. Cohesion varies widely, shaped by life history, prey, group size, and humans. In wolves, it declines as pack size grows or human disturbance increases. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.44…

BREAKING: Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Lower 48 will stay protected under the Endangered Species Act, per a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal. This blocks Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho from gaining control or allowing hunts for now. wyofile.com/feds-yellowsto…

Bills seek to ramp up wolf killing in Montana missoulacurrent.com/wolf-killing-m…

A bill that would deregulate killing of mountain lions and mandate trapping throughout the state stems from concerns over struggling mule deer, despite scant evidence that killing cats will help deer populations. Mike Koshmrl has more ➡️ wyofile.com/no-limit-year-…

Have large carnivores in Yellowstone triggered one of the world’s strongest trophic cascades? Our new preprint identifies major flaws in the analysis underlying this claim. Read: doi.org/10.32942/X2QQ0C