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…
G&F Director Nesvik looks to a promising hunting season
◆ G&F Director calls hunting ‘the ultimate social distancing activity.’ With the start of September comes the start of the fall hunting seasons in some parts of the state. Early archery hunts started with the new month. “Today marks the…
Grizzly bear relocated near Moran
Jackson– At the direction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated a sub-adult female grizzly bear on July 1, 2020. The bear was captured in association with livestock depredation on…
Dirty campground lures bear, leading to its death
————————- By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Food, garbage and vomit were scattered around a dispersed Darby Canyon campsite early June 14 when state wildlife officials arrived to respond to a report of a…
Game and Fish working to restore Snake River Cutthroat to Game Creek
◆ Game Creek to be treated south of Jackson. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced plans to treat Game Creek south of Jackson. Following the treatment, native Snake River cutthroat trout will be restored to the area, according…
Game and Fish 2019 antelope harvest survey data available
◆ Pronghorn hunters in Wyoming tend to have a high success rate. Provided by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Antelope harvest data from the 2019 hunting season is now available on the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website. The…
Govorner Gordon applauds halt of planned aerial gunning of mountain goats
Governor Mark Gordon expressed his gratitude to Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt after the Secretary intervened to call off a planned mountain goat culling through aerial gunning in Grand Teton National Park. The culling was scheduled to begin last…
Former wildlife official says start over on Elk Refuge plans
By Mike Koshmri Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange A former federal wildlife health chief says the National Elk Refuge’s plans to reduce feeding are “likely to fail” and it’s doubtful they’d slow the spread of disease. It would…
Wyoming News Briefs: Beet harvests, sharing grizzlies and vape detectors in school
Beet harvest halted with beets still in the ground POWELL (WNE) — Western Sugar Cooperative has officially declared that any unharvested sugar beets will not be accepted. Last week’s announcement effectively ends the 2019 harvest — and means that all…
G&F Biologist provides overview of fall hunt in Western Wyoming
◆ Deer, elk, sheep, moose and bear hunts reviewed. As the numbers come in for the deer hunt of 2019, Wyoming Game and Fish Biologist Gary Fralick is anticipating a successful hunt after a mild winter on the east side…