Monthly Archives: January 2014

This time last year, we waited 14 days in Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota, for our flight to Isle Royale National Park. We watched the Ravens defeat the 49’ers in the Super Bowl at the Adventure Inn in Ely, we … Continue reading →

Our first “early winter” moose study period ended with the collection of 127 moose pellet samples from northern Yellowstone National Park and the upper Slough Creek drainage in Montana’s Gallatin National Forest.  Each sample consisted of 30-36 pellets, which we … Continue reading →

We wrapped up our first month of moose research in Yellowstone with a 3-day back country trip up the Lamar River and into the Miller Creek Drainage.  Much of this area burned in the 1988 fires but Miller Ck. still … Continue reading →

As Joseph “Frenchy” Duret approached the large grizzly bear caught in one of his traps in the Slough Creek drainage of Montana in June of 1922, he had no idea that this would be the last bear he would ever … Continue reading →