Group proposes changes to migration corridors
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Throughout the summer months, an eight-person team has been stewing over how to preserve two key pillars in Wyoming — economic growth and migratory ungulates. After laboring over the…
Group continues work on wasting disease
By Floyd Whiting, Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — A working group formed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is exploring options and taking public opinion on the management of chronic wasting disease throughout Wyoming. In April,…
Number of bears killed around Yellowstone drops
By Mark Davis, Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — The rate at which grizzly bears have been “lethally removed” by wildlife managers in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has dropped significantly this year. Through mid-August, nine grizzlies have been…
Feds to start weaning elk from feeding at refuge
By Mike Koshmrl, Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Federal wildlife officials aiming to avert a lawsuit are pledging to implement a long-delayed plan to wean the National Elk Refuge’s namesake animals off of supplemental alfalfa ahead…
Game and Fish complete 2019 Palisades Mountain Goat survey
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently completed their 2019 Mountain Goat Parturition (Birthing) Areas study for the Palisades Herd. According to Wildlife Biologist Gary Fralick, the department spends “considerable time in late spring and early summer trying to locate…
Most agree Teton mountain goats must go
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Aloft in a helicopter surveying the Tetons the other week, Aly Courtemanch again spotted mountain goats in new nooks of the range. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department…