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…
Carnivores and scavengers could help reduce CWD
• Bobcats may only deposit a fraction of the infectious prions on the landscape that they eat, early study results show By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and technicians have spent the last year and a…
CWD confirmed in Elk Hunt Area 58
CODY – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 58. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested bull elk in early October. Elk Hunt Area 58 is in the…
CWD detected in new Wyoming deer hunt area near Jackson
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested buck mule deer in September. Deer Hunt Area 154 is in the Jackson…
Game & Fish to cover carcass disposal fees in Teton County
In an effort to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is offering to cover the cost for local hunters to dispose of their big game carcasses at the Teton County trash transfer station….
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…