Game and Fish: Foal-killing wolves killed
JACKSON (WNE) — A landowner in the Gros Ventre mountains was issued a permit to kill wolves that had killed livestock, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department official confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Dan Thompson, the department’s large carnivore supervisor, told the…
Two Northwest College wrestlers mauled by grizzly
By Mark Davis and Zac Taylor Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL —Two Northwest College wrestlers were mauled by a grizzly bear while hiking Saturday on the South Fork. Kendell Cummings, a sophomore from Evanston, and Brady Lowry, a…
Governor’s Gas and Diesel Working Group Report Offers Ideas for Reducing Prices at the Pump
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Record-level inflation over the last year has hurt many hard-working Wyoming families, forcing difficult financial decisions. In June of this year, when gasoline prices rose to their highest recorded levels, Governor Mark Gordon established the Gas and Diesel…
Seven landowners were recognized as the 2022 landowners of the year by Game and Fish.
Cheyenne – For nearly three decades the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has recognized landowners who have demonstrated outstanding wildlife management and implemented habitat improvement and conservation techniques on their properties with the landowner of the year awards. These stewards…
Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2022
• Commemorate 150 Years of Yellowstone MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 567,587 recreation visits in September 2022. This is a 36% decrease from September 2021 (882,078 recreational visits), the most-visited September on record, and an 18% decrease…
Pair of Northwest College wrestlers injured in grizzly attack
A grizzly bear attacked and injured two men who apparently surprised the bruin while they were recreating in the Shoshone National Forest in northwestern Wyoming, state wildlife officials said Monday. The two men are athletes are from the Northwest College…
Development, wildlife collide along iconic Wyo migration paths
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com PINEDALE—Sublette County Commission Chairman Joel Bousman questioned if it was necessary to delve into wildlife issues as the board mulled whether to OK a grocery store-sized medical facility on a parcel that harbors portions of the longest-known…
County to Test Emergency Warning Sirens on Tuesday
Teton County Emergency Management will be testing outdoor warning sirens on Tuesday October 18, 2022. Emergency Management personnel will visit siren locations in Teton Village,Teton Pines, downtown Jackson, Gregory Lane, Adams Canyon, and Hoback Junction to test the sirens to ensure they…
WYDOT will be striping in Jackson area
Jackson, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation, along with contract crews from S & L Industrial will be striping roads this week on WYO 22 during the day and in the town of Jackson, possibly during nighttime hours. Crews began…
As invasive mussels creep toward Wyoming, ‘dirty boats’ show up in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Invasive mussels float down rivers as plumes of tiny larvae, latch onto boats to cross state lines and find new waters to infest. And they are inching closer…