First Wolverine arives in Colorado in 90 years

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	First Wolverine arives in Colorado in 90 years

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ab045506-e671-47d6-8cb3-690b7721254b/13995678-C0DC-4162-8AF5-9CAB415E3D24/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=wolverine-arrives-in-colorado-first-2009-06-19" href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=wolverine-arrives-in-colorado-first-2009-06-19" style="font-size: 11px;">www.scientificamerican.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=wolverine-arrives-in-colorado-first-2009-06-19"><DIV>A lone male wolverine arrived in northern Colorado earlier this month, making him the first confirmed wolverine in the state since 1919. </DIV>
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In December, conservation biologists had outfitted the young wolverine, which is part of a reintroduction program farther north, with a tracking collar and watched him make the 500-mile (805-kilometer) journey from the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, crossing rugged landscapes and even busy Interstate-80, <A href="http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12619944">reports the <EM>Denver Post</EM></A>. </DIV>
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<P><DIV><IMG height="255" align="left" width="350" alt="wolverine in colorado father's day" src="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/Wolverine.jpg" /></DIV></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=wolverine-arrives-in-colorado-first-2009-06-19">A popular target of early fur trappers in the American West, wolverines had pretty much vanished from the lower 48 states 80 years ago. Today, according to Inman's estimates, there are about 250 roaming the country.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=wolverine-arrives-in-colorado-first-2009-06-19">"It is one of the most elusive and just mysterious creatures," Inman told <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/science/earth/19wolverine.html?_r=1&hpw"><EM>The New York Times</EM></A>. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/13995678-C0DC-4162-8AF5-9CAB415E3D24/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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