Re: Wolves in Michigan
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hi, i would appreciate it if you could please take me off of your subscriber list. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This message is from: "janet" A fjord owner in Michigan recently reported some injuries that did not seem possible for a coyote. Up until this moment, it was assumed there were no wolves in the lower Michigan. Evidently that has changed. Are you anywhere near the towns mentioned below? Janet Dead wolf evidence they've migrated below bridge October 26, 2004 BY ERIC SHARP FREE PRESS OUTDOORS WRITER A wolf was killed Sunday by a trapper near Rogers City, the first solid proof that wolves have crossed the Straits of Mackinac from the Upper Peninsula. Todd Hogrefe, a state Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist in Lansing, said several more radio-collared wolves had disappeared from the UP and also might have crossed the winter ice to the Lower Peninsula with the one that was killed. Craig Milkowski, a DNR conservation officer, said the wolf was a 70-pound female caught in a coyote trap by Rogers City resident William Karsten, who had been hunting several weeks with some friends for what they thought were unusually large coyotes. Karsten shot the animal, discovered it had a radio collar and realized from its size and the collar that it might not be a coyote. The DNR's position until now has been that there was no proof wolves had migrated to the Lower Peninsula. But Karsten contacted Milkowski, who confirmed that the dead animal was a female wolf. Karsten could not be reached for comment. Lt. Jeff Gaither, who heads the DNR's law enforcement office in Gaylord, said the incident was under investigation, "and there's not much we can tell you at this time." DNR spokesman Brad Wurfel said the dead wolf was trapped and fitted with a radio collar last November near Engadine, about 50 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie. Its radio signal was last detected Feb. 26 by biologists in an aircraft. About 300 wolves live in the Upper Peninsula. They apparently moved into Michigan from Wisconsin to the west. The Wisconsin wolves are thought to be descendants of the roughly 2,500 wolves that now live in northern Minnesota. Members of the Odawa Indian tribe have said they have tracked two packs of wolves for three years in the extreme northern Lower Peninsula, one in the Rogers City area and the other at Wilderness State Park west of Mackinaw City. Dennis Fijalkowski, executive director of the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy in Bath, thinks wolves have been in the Lower Peninsula for three or four years, based on sightings by numerous observers. "This is going to force the DNR to take another look at its management policies," Fijalkowski said. "Now that we know wolves are in the Lower Peninsula, we're going to have to answer questions like where are they, and how many will people tolerate." Jan Van Hoesin of Rogers City is a former middle school science teacher who now does educational shows for schoolchildren with her pet lynx, bobcat, coyotes, raccoons and foxes. She also is a taxidermist and said the DNR had contacted her about mounting the dead wolf. "I've mounted a few wolves and coyotes," she said. "I've compared their measurements, and if you have them side-by-side, they're easy to tell apart. Besides, who'd want to radio-collar a coyote?" Female coyotes in Michigan average 20-25 pounds and males 25-30. Adult wolves run 70 pounds on up for females and 90-110 for males. The DNR has put radio collars on a number of UP wolves to monitor their movements and the growth of the population. Wolves are controversial animals, popular with the public at large but disliked by many farmers and hunters, who say wolves kill too many livestock and deer. The UP wolf population has grown to the point that the state and federal governments are in the process of removing the wolf from Michigan's endangered species list. That would allow the state to begin a management program, which could include killing wolves in areas where they come into conflict with people. http://www.freep.com/sports/outdoors/wolf26e_20041026.htm ___ Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
Re: thanks
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hi, i would appreciate it if you could please take me off of your subscriber list. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I appreciate the answers to my questions, all of them answered and then some (which I needed too). Fred Pack has been especially helpful with his brochure. I will be a much better informed ambassador for the breed. Valerie Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Wolves in Michigan
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hi, i would appreciate it if you would please take me off of your subscriber list. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Janet, We have had a couple of sightings of wolves in Newaygo county, although none have been verified, to my knowledge, as of yet. Thanks much, references are available. Lynda and Daniel Bailey's White Cloud, MI 231-689-9902 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hometown.aol.com/baileysfjords/index.html Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
Re: The Fjord mane
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hi, i would appreciate it if you would please take me off of your subscriber list. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This message is from: Steve Sessoms I discovered an interesting thing whilst looking at the Norsk Folkemuseum web site. In photographs from 1880, 1885 1901, 1904, 1920 and 1954 (and those are just a sampling of photos I looked at and liked enough to print) I found Fjordies with the what we call "the Dutch cut" or a similar but crude, rounded cut that showed off the black from the side. I think I used the search word 'hest'. hester . transport . sleder . saler . dekken are all words that on the searches of horse pics, dunno what they all mean. Meredith Sessoms ~ Dorina, NFR Aagot & little Anjee ~ Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
Re: MWFHC 20th Anniversary T-shirts
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hi, i would appreciate if you would please take me off of your subscriber list. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pat Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This message is from: "Pat Holland" We are in the process of having a special T-Shirt made for our 20th Anniversary Blue Earth Show. Dawn Woolever - (now Schlickman) will be making the shirts with a special 20th Anniversary Logo on good quality t-shirt (Beefy T type) material. They will be for sale at the MWFHC winter meeting in February, at the Midwest Horse Fair in the spring and then throughout the year following up to the show in July. Prices will be announced shortly and orders will be taken via myself or Dawn. Some of you saw the beautiful jacket and vest Dawn and Tyler donated to the club for the Versatility Award at the 2004 show. Dawn does high caliber work and the shirts will reflect her talents. Pat Holland MWFHC Show Chair Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
Re: Brag - how unusual...
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hi, i would appreciate it if you would please take me off of your subscriber list. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Douglas Knutsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This message is from: "Douglas Knutsen" Hi all - Oboy - two brags in one email! His Majesty [sometimes referred to as Erlend] has just received the NFHR Award of Excellence. What a guy! And to top it all off, when I went to the MirrorKB website, I discovered that his gorgeous bod is one of the featured images on their products [he's the grey one...]. I immediately ordered one of everything! OK, well, really only three items which happened to be in my impoverished price range. So all you owners of Erlend wives and kids will want to rush to the web site immediately, I'm sure. No barn-blindess here. Nope. None at all. Nope, not me. And no, Fred, my fingers are all well now. It's just my knee that's out at the moment and I try to avoid typing with it. Bye for now, Totally non-barn-blind Peg [read all about it in the next Herald] Peg Knutsen www.elltel.net/kffjord/ Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
Re: fjord calendars
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hi i would appreciate if if you would please take me off of your subscriber list. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linda Lottie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This message is from: "Linda Lottie" Hi . I checked with my German Sister-in-law and she said the calendars from Germany are around $30 US funds. Due to personal issues I do not have time to organize an "order" . I am not ordering a calendar. However, I have a calendar from several years ago, framed many of the photos and they are wonderful. Maybe someone else on the list will take on this project. Have a good dayLinda in MN Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
Re: Secret Santa (gift swap) going this year?
This message is from: Kim Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> i would appreciate it if you would take me off your subscriber list please. thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was just curious - will there be a Secret Santa on the list this year? Last year was a lot of fun! ;-) Sher & Loki in Aurora, CO Trail book for equestrians, Colorado _http://RockyMountainTrails.net/Book.html_ (http://rockymountaintrails.net/Book.html) Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
