Bears and Brews

In today's episode we cover some of the famous bears living in and around Grand Teton National Park, and Salome teaches us about one of the most famous bears in history. Grab a drink and enjoy!http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcast

Join us for this Not-So-Microbruin where we discuss the recent events out of Daniel, Wyoming, where an adolescent wolf was tortured and killed by POS Cody Roberts. This is definitely a bummer of an episode, but at least we say "f*ck" a lot. (We know what the people want!)Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastLinks We Discussed:https://www.change.org/p/demand-felony-charges-against-cody-roberts-for-animal-crueltyhttps://www.huntersandanglersforwildlifemanagementreform.com/https://www.relistwolves.org/https://trapfreemt.org/https://www.wolvesoftherockies.org/https://wyominguntrapped.org/Sources Cited:Butterfield, Alan. “Wyoming Town Defends Wolf Killer Cody Roberts Who Paraded Predator in Local Bar, Insisting the Animals Are a Danger to Their Way of Life.” Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, 14 Apr. 2024, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13298397/Wyoming-town-defends-wolf-killer-Cody-Roberts.html.Koshmrl, Mike. “Eyewitness Describes Wyoming Wolf’s Final Hours in the Green River Bar.” WyoFile, WyoFile, 12 Apr. 2024, wyofile.com/eyewitness-describes-wyoming-wolfs-final-hours-in-the-green-river-bar/. 

You get a beaver, you get a beaver, you get a beaver! After a hiatus filled with moving, snowstorms, vacations, and another surgery WE ARE BACK, and you do not want to miss this inuendo-filled episode about America’s largest rodent. This episode is filled with some amazing facts, beaver bummers, merkin talk, and even zombies. Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastLinks We Discussed:https://beaversnw.org/https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/The-Beaver-Restoration-Guidebook-v2.02_0.pdfhttps://youtu.be/APLz2bTprMASources Cited:Doronina, Liliya, et al. “The Beaver’s phylogenetic lineage illuminated by Retroposon reads.” Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 3 Mar. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43562. Egly, Rachel M., and Eric R. Larson. “Distribution, habitat associations, and conservation status updates for the pilose crayfish Pacifastacus gambelii (Girard, 1852) and Snake River pilose crayfish Pacifastacus connectens (Faxon, 1914) of the western United States.” PeerJ, vol. 6, 27 Sept. 2018, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5668. Goldfarb, Ben. “Beavers Are the Ultimate Ecosystem Engineers.” Sierra Club, 3 July 2018, www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2018-4-july-august/feature/beavers-are-ultimate-ecosystem-engineers. Goldman, Jason. “Once Upon A Time, The Catholic Church Decided That Beavers Were Fish.” Scientific American, 23 May 2013, www.scientificamerican.com/blog/thoughtful-animal/once-upon-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/#:~:text=Since%20the%20semi%2Daquatic%20rodent,a%20fish%20for%20dietary%20purposes. Horn, Susanne, et al. “Mitochondrial genomes reveal slow rates of molecular evolution and the timing of speciation in Beavers (castor), one of the largest rodent species.” PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 1, 28 Jan. 2011, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014622. Kitchener, Andrew. Beavers. Whittet, 2001. Learn, Joshua. “Beaver Dams Control Nitrogen Flow in Northeastern Rivers.” The Wildlife Society, 19 Nov. 2015, wildlife.org/beaver-dams-control-nitrogen-flow-in-northeastern-rivers/. “N. America’s Earliest Beaver Found Near Dayville.” KTVZ, 19 Sept. 2011, web.archive.org/web/20110925014013/http:/www.ktvz.com/news/29230615/detail.html. Rozell, Ned. “Beavers Not Always to Blame for Beaver Fever.” University of Alaska Fairbanks, 19 Aug. 2021, www.uaf.edu/news/beavers-not-always-to-blame-for-fever-8-19-21.php. Tyrrell, Ethan. “How 200,000 Beavers Took over Part of Argentina.” Cracked.Com, Cracked.com, 24 Jan. 2022, www.cracked.com/article_32484_how-200000-beavers-took-over-part-of-argentina.html. “Why Super-Sized Beavers Went Extinct: Earth.” EarthSky, 2 June 2019, earthsky.org/earth/why-giant-beavers-went-extinct/. Wright, Samantha. “Parachuting Beavers into Idaho’s Wilderness? Yes, It Really Happened.” Boise State Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio, 14 Jan. 2015, www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2015-01-14/parachuting-beavers-into-idahos-wilderness-yes-it-really-happened.

Episode 4 of our wolf mini-series is LIT! Listen for even more snark and swearing than usual while we talk about some of the effects wolf reintroduction has had on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastSources Cited:Beschta, Bob, and William Ripple. “Studies Confirm Effect of Wolves, Elk on Tree Recovery in Yellowstone National Park.” Oregon State University, 25 Apr. 2016, today.oregonstate.edu/archives/2016/apr/studies-confirm-effect-wolves-elk-tree-recovery-yellowstone-national-park#:~:text=Elk%20numbers%20in%20Yellowstone%20have,to%20less%20than%205%2C000%20today.BLAKESLEE, NATE. American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West. BROADWAY Books, 2018.Farquhar, Brodie. “Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem in Yellowstone.” Yellowstone National Park, 22 June 2023, www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem.Painter, Luke E., et al. “Aspen recruitment in the Yellowstone region linked to reduced herbivory after large carnivore restoration.” Ecosphere, vol. 9, no. 8, 30 Aug. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2376.Reichard, Kevin. “More Wolves = Fewer Elk = Yellowstone Aspen Comeback.” Yellowstone Insider, 4 Sept. 2018, yellowstoneinsider.com/2018/09/04/wolves-fewer-elk-yellowstone-aspen-comeback/.Smith, Douglas W., and Gary Ferguson. Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone. Lyons Press, 2012.Williams, Ted. “America’s New War on Wolves and Why It Must Be Stopped.” Yale Environment360, Yale School of Environment, 17 Feb. 2022, e360.yale.edu/features/americas-new-war-on-wolves-and-why-it-must-be-stopped#:~:text=By%201926%20all%20wolves%20had,reintroduction%20from%20the%20get%2Dgo.

Hang out with Pam and Salome for a DAM fun Microbruin about the decommissioning of dams along the Klamath and Snake Rivers, and the benefits to fish and ecosystems!Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastLinks We Discussed:Video from American Rivers: https://youtu.be/e5lcP_9ateESources Cited:Biden, Joseph. “Memorandum on Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin.” The White House, The United States Government, 27 Sept. 2023, www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/09/27/memorandum-on-restoring-healthy-and-abundant-salmon-steelhead-and-other-native-fish-populations-in-the-columbia-river-basin/. Brown, Karina. “Efforts of Tribes Pay off in Historic Agreement on Snake River Dam Removals.” OregonLive, 27 Dec. 2023, www.oregonlive.com/environment/2023/12/efforts-of-tribes-pay-off-in-historic-agreement-on-snake-river-dam-removals.html. Helmer, Jodi. “In the Columbia–Snake River Basin, Salmon Are Losing Their Way.” Natural Resources Defense Council, 18 July 2018, www.nrdc.org/stories/columbia-snake-river-basin-salmon-are-losing-their-way. Neville, Helen. “The Science Is Clear: Snake River Dams Kill Too Many Fish.” Trout Unlimited, 15 July 2021, www.tu.org/magazine/conservation/the-science-is-clear-snake-river-dams-kill-too-many-fish/. Smith, Anna. “Lower Snake River Dams Closer to Coming down with New Agreement.” High Country News, 31 Jan. 2024, www.hcn.org/articles/dams-lower-snake-river-dams-closer-to-coming-down-with-new-agreement/.

Part 3 of our mini-series on wolves outlines the reintroduction of the gray wolf to Yellowstone in 1995 and 1996. Hang out with us this weekend and join the madness!Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastSources Cited:“Service Announces Gray Wolf Finding and National Recovery Plan: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.” FWS.Gov, 2 Feb. 2024, www.fws.gov/press-release/2024-02/service-announces-gray-wolf-finding-and-national-recovery-plan. Smith, Douglas W., and Gary Ferguson. Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone. Lyons Press, 2012.Williams, Ted. “America’s New War on Wolves and Why It Must Be Stopped.” Yale Environment360, Yale School of Environment, 17 Feb. 2022, e360.yale.edu/features/americas-new-war-on-wolves-and-why-it-must-be-stopped#:~:text=By%201926%20all%20wolves%20had,reintroduction%20from%20the%20get%2Dgo.“Wolf Restoration.” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 27 Apr. 2023, www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolf-restoration.htm.