National Elk Refuge revising plans for managing elk, bison
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — About 15 years after federal officials completed a lengthy process determining how to manage two of the most charismatic species that winter on the National Elk Refuge, officials…
CWD increasing in state deer, elk herds
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Sobering news resulting from a multi-year Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department between 2018 and 2022 shows significant increases in the fatal…
CWD found in new Wyoming deer hunt area
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Deer Hunt Area 131. The disease was detected in a targeted mule deer buck near Rock Springs that was euthanized by wildlife managers in late…
Illegal carcass dumping, CWD concerns rise with fees
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON – Soon after Michele Voorhees pulled the trigger, she realized something was up. It was Sept. 16 and Voorhees, 58, was out hunting in Granite Creek with her niece…
Hunters: Win great prizes when you submit a CWD sample
Hunters are critical to monitoring chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wyoming, a fatal disease that affects moose, elk and deer in the state. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is once again asking for hunters to provide lymph node samples…
Elk Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in Park
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Health Laboratory confirmed on December 16 that an elk in Grand Teton National Park tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The cow elk was harvested by a participant in the park’s elk…
Game and Fish plans for deadly disease at elk feedgrounds
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Fearful that Chronic Wasting Disease will ravage some 20,000 elk on 23 winter feedgrounds, Wyoming Game and Fish Department launched a statewide initiative Tuesday aimed at untangling a knotted management question: How to avoid…
Chronic Wasting Disease found in deer west of Continental Divide
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department have confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer hunt area 152, approximately 12 miles west of Bondurant on Willow Creek. The mule deer buck that tested positive was hunter-harvested. This is the first time…
Game and Fish to eliminate elk feedground
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will eliminate the legally embattled Alkali Creek elk feedground in coming years as the threat of chronic wasting disease looms. The Bridger-Teton…
Group continues work on wasting disease
By Floyd Whiting, Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — A working group formed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is exploring options and taking public opinion on the management of chronic wasting disease throughout Wyoming. In April,…