This was in WSU News today

[JLS]

idk if this is true or not but i heard that yellowstone isnt bringn in squat for money because there isnt anything to hardly see there anymore, i dont have a clue because i have never been there... i love how they are ok with replacing herbavores with 2 of the most violent carnivores known to man   

Absolutely untrue.

[JLS]

I didn't write it but I trust the source.
Aspen ask yourself this... have you ever seen elk poop made of berries??**

**If you did then you're wrong, it was bear poop!!

The article said the elk were eating the bushes, not the berries.

[Curly]

I didn't write it but I trust the source.
Aspen ask yourself this... have you ever seen elk poop made of berries??**

**If you did then you're wrong, it was bear poop!!

The article said the elk were eating the bushes, not the berries.

Never let the facts get in the way of a funny statement. 

[JLS]

I didn't write it but I trust the source.
Aspen ask yourself this... have you ever seen elk poop made of berries??**

**If you did then you're wrong, it was bear poop!!

The article said the elk were eating the bushes, not the berries.

Never let the facts get in the way of a funny statement. 

I did laugh

[buckfvr]

sage brush, bitter brush, red stem, poplar, juniper, scrub alder, vine maple......the list of elk browse goes on and on....... huckle berry, service berry, snow berry.......on and on..........seedlings in reprod......yep, they eat grasses, but they also browse significantly to survive in the mountains........it aint the great plains animal it once was dorothy.......................

[JLS]

sage brush, bitter brush, red stem, poplar, juniper, scrub alder, vine maple......the list of elk browse goes on and on....... huckle berry, service berry, snow berry.......on and on..........seedlings in reprod......yep, they eat grasses, but they also browse significantly to survive in the mountains........it aint the great plains animal it once was dorothy.......................

and aspen bark in the winter.

[Mr Mykiss]

Hug or no hug I don't think we're going to be able to do anything about it... no we're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy...we're in Idaho.

[KFhunter]

The article is right for the wrong reasons imo


grizz eat the wolves' leftovers, scavange the partially eaten carcasses. 
Why their noses are so good, they can smell a wolf kill before it happens and travel miles to get there.   They'll run em off the kill if they are big enough or the wolves fat enough.

berries - pfft

[AspenBud]

The article is right for the wrong reasons imo


grizz eat the wolves' leftovers, scavange the partially eaten carcasses. 
Why their noses are so good, they can smell a wolf kill before it happens and travel miles to get there.   They'll run em off the kill if they are big enough or the wolves fat enough.

berries - pfft

Or they do what this black bear does...

Bear Kills Moose

[denali]

Hug or no hug I don't think we're going to be able to do anything about it... no we're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy...we're in Idaho.

very true...without the politics to do a thing about it 

[denali]

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[Labs07]

Seems pretty objective to me!  WOlves eat the elk that eat the berries that bear eat so less elk wquals better health of bear.  Open a griz hunt now!

[wolfbait]

This is just one more BS fake story for the brain-washed biologist and city people to read. Remember the lies that David Mech told to further the wolf agenda? Remember the lie of how the beaver had multiplied??  THEN COME TO FIND OUT THE AZZHOES HAD PLANT 16O some beaver. Wellcome to the USFWS propaganda machine. Not to worry, we have WAcoyote to straighten us all out. WDFW is true blue, they would never tell a lie! Wolves will not impact the game herds in WA.

I suppose jackelope is going to delete this thread now? Oh wait this is now 2013 and it's harder to hide the truth.

[Mr Mykiss]

This is just one more BS fake story for the brain-washed biologist and city people to read. Remember the lies that that David Mech told to further the wolf agenda? Remember the lie of how the beaver had multiplied??  THEN COME TO FIND OUT THE AZZHOES HAD PLANT 16O some beaver. Wellcome to the USFWS propaganda machine. Not to worry, we have WAcoyote to straighten us all out. WDFW is true blue, they would never tell a lie! Wolves will not impact the game herds in WA.

I suppose jackelope is going to delete this thread now? Oh wait this is now 2013 and it's harder to hide the truth.

I'm confused. Could you please clearly state your position on this issue?

[flatbkman]

The article makes it sound like berries are the staple of the grizzly bear's diet making them out to be vegans or something.
If you look further a grizzly will eat a variety of foods of which berries is only a minor part during only a portion of the year.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070215083202.htm