Howlers Inn Proprietors Describe Initial Encounters BY DAVID S. LEWIS She was the first family member to set foot in the wolf enclosure, Aurelie Burns told the Pioneer. The outgoing owner of the sanctuary, Mary Martha Bahn, told Aurelie to remove her dangling earrings before getting close to the wolves—because they could catch their paws on them. Did that worry you, I … [Read more...]
Bison Tearing Up Private Property
Where Do the Buffalo Roam? Ask Bill Hoppe BY PETER J. RYAN 08-15-15 Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam; Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word; And the sky is not cloudy all day. —My Western Home, Dr. Brewster Higley (1873) When Brewster Higley penned the poem that would later become the Western anthem Home on the … [Read more...]
More Fangs in the Forest
Montana’s Big Carnivores Match 1800s Levels BY TOM DICKSON 11-05-14 If Montanans ever decide on a new motto, they might consider something like Terra Multi Fera (Land of Abundant Wild Animals). Owing to Montana’s intact, healthy habitats and science-based conservation practices, the state has long been known as a place teeming with wildlife such as elk, bighorn … [Read more...]