Grizzly found, killed in the Bighorns
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Wyoming officials on Sunday detected a grizzly bear living in the Bighorn Mountains, a range 100 miles east of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that grizzlies haven’t occupied for…
Winter of 2023 factors into proposed big game seasons
• Game and Fish holds SV meeting. Commission will meet April 16-17 to finalize seasons. The winter of 2023 was still on the mind of many sportsmen when they checked in with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department at a…
Fury over Wyoming wolf torture allegations sparks demands for steeper penalties, reform
• Incident that’s putting the spotlight on Sublette County is being compared to some of the most infamous animal welfare fights in history. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com During his 14 years leading the Humane Society of the United…
Wyoming cites law to justify secrecy about wolf’s alleged torture. But it may not apply.
• Twelve-year old law was intended to protect the identity of legal wolf hunters, and that doesn’t fit the description of a Sublette County man who broke the law by taking possession of a live wolf. By Mike…
Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik announces Sept. Retirement
CHEYENNE – Wyoming Game and Fish Department Director Brian Nesvik will retire in September after 29 years of dedicated service to conserving Wyoming’s wildlife. Nesvik’s journey with the department began in 1995 as a game warden in the Laramie Region. His…
Pronghorn productivity declining in Wyoming
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is home to a whopping 50% of the world’s pronghorn, the iconic ungulate so named for its laterally flattened, blade-like horns. But that may not be the…
As disease threatens feedground elk, Wyoming mired in planning and consensus-seeking
• Although changes are tenuous and at least a couple years away, the “opportunities are limitless,” one state official says. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com For the first time in its history, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has…
Game and Fish moves forward in designation process of Sublette antelope migration corridor
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission voted to identify the Sublette antelope migration corridor and directed the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to advance in the designation process at its meeting last week in Pinedale. Game and Fish wildlife managers…
Reduction to elk herds even more important without reimbursement plan
• A serious rural issue By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Last year, the Game and Fish Department removed more than 100 head of elk from rangeland in southeastern Wyoming, salvaged the meat and…
‘Path of the Pronghorn’ protections advance despite industry opposition
• Conservationists, oil and gas industry debate merits of state protection. By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — After two hours, John Masterson had read the room. The oil and gas industry was fighting…