Game and Fish wants to sell 320 acres in Jackson Hole to the U.S. Forest Service
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON – Wyoming’s state game agency wants to sell 320 acres surrounded by federal lands in Jackson Hole to the U.S. Forest Service. That’s according to a public notice about…
Wyoming Game and Fish still working to delist the grizzly bear as an endangered species
Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvick joined SVI to give some updates on how the state is still working to get the grizzly bear delisted as an endangered species. He says Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon filed a petition to…
Grizzly bear mistakenly shot and killed by a hunter in North Idaho
The following is a news release from Idaho Fish and Game compiled by EastIdahoNews.com – UPPER PRIEST LAKE — On the morning of June 8, a nonresident hunter shot and killed a male grizzly bear he mistook for a black…
Game and Fish to begin grizzly bear captures for monitoring purposes in northwest Wyoming
LANDER – As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct capture operations in areas of northwest Wyoming beginning this spring and continuing through…
Grand Teton superintendent: Pandemic visitation was ‘a glimpse of the future’
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — As far as national park visits are concerned, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem saw a significant decrease in visitation in 2022. But park managers aren’t expecting that drop to…
Grizzly ‘delisting’ back on the table as feds reconsider state management
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Federal wildlife officials on Friday morning announced they will again consider surrendering management of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s grizzly bears, giving jurisdiction to the states. The news came in the form of a “90-day finding” in…
UNESCO report goofs; there are no glaciers in Yellowstone
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —There are no glaciers in Yellowstone National Park. That’s according to Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly. Speaking with the Jackson Hole Daily on Friday morning about the summer season, he…
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…
Grand Teton National Park receives huge legacy gift
JACKSON, WY, JULY 26, 2022—Grand Teton National Park Foundation received an unexpected legacy gift of nearly $2 million from a passionate conservationist and filmmaker—Myrna Berlet. This extraordinary gift will support the Foundation’s ongoing partnership work with Grand Teton National Park…
Game and Fish: Wolves remain recovered species
By Zac Taylor Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY – For two decades, Wyoming’s wolf population has been above the minimum population number to be considered a recovered species. Wyoming Game and Fish recently released its annual report on…