Corbett and Rajaji opening for tourists on Sunday
DEHRADUN: Corbett Tiger Reserve and Rajaji Tiger Reserve which were closed since June 15 are going to open their doors for tourists from November 15. CTR is already inundated with advance bookings for...
View ArticleUttarakhand gets one more birding spot at Ramgarh
DEHRADUN:: Ranipur range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve was added to the tourism circuit on November 15 last year, when it opened to tourists. This year, another range, Ramgarh, just an hour's drive from...
View ArticleTiger cubs growing, need larger space in Haridwar forest
DEHARDUN: The tigress who moved last December from Meethawali area of Rajaji Tiger Reserve to the north of Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve (JJCR) in Haridwar Forest Division (HFD) with its two cubs...
View ArticleTo save Rajaji tigers, Gujjar relocation must
DEHRADUN: The wildlife department may have decided to translocate two sub adult tigers from Shyampur range of Haridwar forest division to western Rajaji Reserve to save them from the wrath of Gujjars...
View ArticleHow ‘development’ eats into paths of elephants
DEHRADUN: A single elephant needs 80 sq km to roam in; a herd would need 400 sq km. If the habitat of these large creatures is fragmented, then even bigger space would be needed. In all, the country is...
View ArticlePachyderms rule in big cat hotbed Corbett
DEHRADUN:For those who equated Corbett with just tigers, think again. As per the recent elephant estimation exercise conducted in Uttarakhand in June, Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has emerged as one of...
View ArticleJumbo rules in tiger hotbed Corbett
DEHRADUN: For those who equated Corbett with just tigers, think again. As per the recent elephant estimation exercise conducted in Uttarakhand in June, Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has emerged as one of...
View ArticlePlan to lure tourists to U’khand butterfly zones
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat, looking at the photographs on display at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education to celebrate Wildlife Week, appeared startled by the large number...
View ArticleFree jumbo rides delights orphans at Rajaji Tiger Reserve
DEHRADUN: The annual 'Elephant Day' celebrated as part of the ongoing Wildlife Week was conducted with much fanfare in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve as children from a local orphanage were given free rides...
View ArticleFirst tiger translocation planned for Rajaji tiger Reserve
DEHRADUN: The state forest department has sent the final proposal for tiger translocation in western part of Rajaji Tiger Reserve (RTR) to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). In the first...
View ArticleFinal proposal for tiger translocation for Rajaji sent to NTCA
DEHRADUN: The state forest department has sent final proposal for tiger translocation for western part of Rajaji Tiger Reserve (RTR) to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). In the first...
View ArticleTourists can't stalk animals at certain places in Corbett anymore
DEHRADUN: A day after selfie-clicking tourists drove away a thirsty herd of elephants in Ram Nagar, authorities of the Corbett Tiger Reserve have identified and demarcated places which would be closed...
View ArticleTourists barred from stalking animals at identified places in Corbett
DEHRADUN: A day after selfie-clicking tourists drove away a thirsty herd of elephants in Ramnagar near Corbett, authorities of the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) said that they have "identified and...
View ArticleThe jungle story
Wild notes My mandatory list of preparations for a visit to the famed Jim Corbett National Park recently included a reading of Corbett’s enthralling writings on his live encounters with wildlife in...
View ArticleShops set up in Rajaji Tiger Reserve
DEHRADUN: Despite the opposition of forest department, the local traders have put up stalls in the 13 km area which passes through Gohri range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve for kanwars and pilgrims taking to...
View ArticleTempering of Rajaji grassland with bamboo
DEHRADUN: Director of Rajaji Tiger Reserve rebuffed all attempts to destroy the grasslands in the park with the bamboo trees. The grasslands which have come up nicely in last few years in the park are...
View ArticleForest fires, water crisis drive U’khand animals into Amangarh reserve
Bijnor/Dehradun: Water crisis and the forest fires that have wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand over the past two weeks are now driving animals from the hill state into neighbouring Uttar Pradesh's Amangarh...
View ArticleShow-cause notices served to 7 Rajaji officers
Dehradun: Seven range officers of Rajaji Tiger Reserve have been served show-cause notices for illegally constructing cemented roads and walls inside the area. The action comes nearly three months...
View ArticleForest dept, Haridwar ashram decide to swap land in Rajaji
DEHRADUN: In a controversial decision, a committee of three members including the Corbett Tiger Reserve director, has cleared the handover of 19.53 hectare of land from Haridwar range of Rajaji Tiger...
View ArticleNow, forest fire affects 12000 ha of Rajaji tiger reserve
DEHRADUN: A few days after a blaze razed 50 hectares of Corbett Tiger Reserve, around 120 sq km (around 12,000 hectares) of Rajaji Tiger Reserve has been affected in a forest fire in the past three...
View ArticleFire in 12,000 hectares of Rajaji tiger reserve
DEHRADUN: A few days after a blaze razed 50 hectares of Corbett Tiger Reserve, around 120 sq km (approx. 12,000 hectares) of Rajaji tiger reserve has...
View ArticleAnother young elephant died of electrocution in Rajaji Tiger Reserve
DEHRADUN: A young elephant died of electrocution in Chilla range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve. Fortunately other elephants of the herd escaped electrocution, after they moved away on seeing the sparks...
View ArticleUnexplored Corbett
The famed national park gets a new lease of life with uncharted zones and less 'tiger-crazy' crowds. Visit this winter for an indulgent safari. It is such a welcome change to have visitors not...
View ArticleHow snake charmers led dentist to wildlife conservation
Dehradun: Abhishek Singh, dentist-turned-wildlife activist, was the one who first brought to the notice of forest officials the king cobra nest in the Mussoorie forest division. Singh now has a network...
View ArticleIn a first, jumbos trample two forest employees to death in Corbett
DEHRADUN: In what is believed to be the first such attack by a herd of elephants in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), two forest employees were trampled to death by the jumbos, who likely charged at the duo...
View ArticleAuthorities intensify patrolling in Corbett and Rajaji for New Year
DEHRADUN: Anticipating large inflow of tourists into Jim Corbett National Park and Rajaji National Park on New Year, the premier forest reserves of the state are beefing up security in the area to...
View ArticleAs wildlife habitats shrink in India, animals are in a losing battle
The leopard’s last victim was a man enjoying a late night smoke by a road that runs through Uttarakhand’s Rajaji national park. The cat pounced on him from behind, dragging the body a few hundred feet...
View ArticleCorbett, Rajaji gear up for monsoon patrolling
DEHRADUN: The authorities at Corbett and Rajaji tiger reserves are gearing up for patrolling during monsoon season. While Corbett has a fresh batch of elephants from Karnataka, Rajaji will be using its...
View ArticleCorbett waits for website to be plugged, NIC wants to ‘discuss’
Dehradun: With less than three months left to reopen, the Corbett Tiger Reserve management is worried over the delay in restructuring its official website that is used by tourists to book lodges within...
View ArticleHear Them Roar
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View ArticleWII begins counting of Rajaji wildlife
DEHRADUN: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has begun terrestrial estimation of wild animals in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve. The counting of all carnivorous like tigers and leopards and herbivorous will...
View ArticleSoon, tourists to U’khand can book forest guest houses online
DEHRADUN: Tourists can soon avail detailed information about 240 forest guest houses on the website of the Uttarakhand forest department. Online booking will also be open for six of these forest houses...
View ArticleTwo tigresses in W Rajaji soon go get mates?
DEHRADUN: At a meeting of forest officials on Wednesday, it was decided that a species recovery plan would be made urgently to oversee the translocation of male tigers to the western part of Rajaji...
View ArticleCorbett tiger safari project in soup
DEHRADUN: The Centre has red flagged a proposed tiger safari project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park and asked the state government to first comply with wildlife norms. Uttarakhand ranks second...
View ArticleUttarakhand state administration takes forest officials to task over opening...
DEHRADUN : A few months after the Beatles ashram located in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve was opened for tourists with much fanfare by the Harish Rawat govt, the reserve's officials, after the dismissal of...
View ArticleRajaji, CTR to use mobile app to count tigers this month
Dehradun: For the first time, an Android mobile application (M-STrIPES) will be used for a countrywide tiger population estimation exercise. Forest officials at Corbett Tiger Reserve and Rajaji Tiger...
View ArticleThree new buffer zones of Rajaji not administered by tiger reserve authority
DEHRADUN: It has been almost one and half years since Rajaji was notified as tiger reserve and, three ranges, Laldang and Kotdwar of Lansdowne forest division and, Shyampur range of Haridwar forest...
View ArticleThird forest employee killed by tiger in Corbett
DEHRADUN: One after another, tigers in have killed three forest employees in a span of three months. The third was killed in wee hours on Saturday. The experts are blaming it on uncontrolled tourism in...
View ArticleWII confirmed tigers poached by Bawaria were from Corbett
DEHRADUN: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has confirmed that the four out of five skins , which were recovered from Bawaria poacher at Haridwar forest division were of the tigers from the Corbett...
View ArticleBulk online bookings: NIC revamping Corbett website after 6 suspicious IP...
The Corbett management has identified six IP addresses through which bulk online bookings were done, overshadowing individual bookings for day visit and night stay at the protected area in Uttarakhand....
View ArticleTiger estimation exercise begins in Corbett and Kalagarh forest division
DEHRADUN: The forest department is conducting monitoring and estimation of tigers in Corbett landscape without the assistance of Wildlife Institute of India for the first time. After installing the...
View ArticleFour poached tigers from Corbett, confirm officials, WII scientists
Dehradun/Nainital: Scientists from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have confirmed that out of the five tiger skins seized by the Uttarakhand police a few days ago, four belong to big cats from the...
View ArticleForest officers cling to Rajaji, refuse transfer
DEHRADUN: It has been a month since all nine range officers of Rajaji Tiger Reserve (RTR) were transferred. Barring two, none of them have taken up the new charge. The two wildlife wardens too have...
View ArticleCorbett resorts sold out for independence day
DEHRADUN: All the resorts around Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve have sold out their special packages to tourists on Independence Day. Corbett is closed till November 15, except Jhirna and Dhela zones. These...
View ArticleNew entrance for tourists may add pressure on Corbett tigers
More tourist inflow is likely to add pressure on the habitat of tigers at the Corbett reserve, which already faces a space crunch, wildlife activists said. The most densely populated Corbett tiger...
View ArticleLansdowne forest official seeks manpower for tiger protection
DEHRADUN: The good news for tiger conservationist this year is that 156 tigers have been spotted in Lansdowne Forest Division in March. The bad news is that forest patrolling in the area, which has...
View ArticleCorbett park reopens for tourists after monsoon break
NAINITAL: Jim Corbett National Park was re-opened for tourists today after being closed for five months during the monsoon season. Sameer Sinha, director of the national park, said that all the zones...
View ArticleNo headway in Corbett stand-off, workers adamant on ‘lock down’
NAINITAL: The administration has taken preventive measures to ensure that tourists visiting Corbett National Park face no difficulty in the wake of proposed stir announced by its workers union. The...
View Article‘How was Beatles ashram opened for tourists without clearances?’
Dehradun: A few months after the Beatles ashram, also known as Chaurasi Kutiya, located in the core area of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve, was opened for tourists with much fanfare by the Harish Rawat govt,...
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