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The fences Joe Ricketts erected around his ranch in the middle of the Blackfeet reservation flout tribal rules and are a deadly hazard for wildlife
Study: Human development can block antelope migration Missoula Current Lead researcher Andrew Jakes, a National Wildlife Federation biologist in Missoula, said advances in tracking technology allowed the biologists to follow their study antelope more closely than before to learn how the animals choose their routes. By: Laura Lundquist - Missoula Current Posted at 11:27 AM, Dec 31, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-31 13:27:32-05 MISSOULA â Conservationists know the most important thing to do for wildlife is to protect their habitat. Now, research shows good habitat is just a...
For 30,000 years pronghorns have migrated in the fall and winter as they sought out the best places to find nutritious food, give birth, raise their fawns and survive brutal cold, snow, drought and predators. This wisdom has allowed the 120-pound animals, also known as antelope, to survive while other animals like the dire wolf and giant sloths went extinct about 11,000 years ago. A recently published study gives greater insight into why and where a collection of GPS-collared pronghorns traveled as they moved between Canada and Montana. Such data will be essential if humans want to help prong...
For 30,000 years pronghorns have migrated in the fall and winter as they sought out the best places to find nutritious food, give birth, raise their fawns and survive brutal