One foot, two feet, three feet! Juliet and her cubs Ray, Bernard, and Charlie, were out for over 3 hours early this afternoon. We thought that might have been it, but at 4:22 PM, they all popped back into the den and are still there now 3 hours later, probably for the night. This was a quiet day of very light wind and periodic light rain and snow. Temperature in the high 30’s F. Suspense is building.
Cubs near and farAster isn’t covering much ground. She's still within 0.3 mile of her den. It's tempting to attribute her lack of movement to her injury, but we are reminded that she traveled north into the Boundary Waters on 3 legs last fall.
Cub anticsOn the legal front, the Administrative Law Judge made public several documents yesterday. We heard about it last evening when we received a call from Northland News Channel 6 (KBJR, Duluth), which made it their lead news story at http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/New-development-on--257263581.html. Another brief news article appeared today at http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25666977/lynn-rogers-decision-delayed-by-judge. The 4 documents made public by the Office of Administrative Hearings are:
Heading out!April 17, 2014 – http://mn.gov/oah/images/2001-30915-rogers-second-amended-order-compel.pdf
April 29, 2014 – http://mn.gov/oah/images/2001-30915-rogers-media-release-april-2014.pdf
April 29, 2014 – http://mn.gov/oah/images/2001-30915-rogers-order-supplement-record.pdf
April 29, 2014 – http://mn.gov/oah/images/2001-30915-rogers-order-motion-compel.pdf
Eying the cameraMore paperwork will be filed on this case tomorrow.
We received a nice call today recognizing the power of Lily Fans. The president of LocalVox congratulated us on winning the $10,000 you made possible in the marketing makeover contest!
We say again: Thank you for all you do!
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center