In this Star-Tribune file photo, a bull elk moves south along a ridge at sunrise in Jackson Hole. Wildlife managers are pleased with the results of a new hunt on the southern end of the National Elk Refuge, which has led the animals to linger longer on a range in Grand Teton National Park and helped preserve winter forage on the refuge. (Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent)
Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Justin Binfet holds a male sage grouse after netting it on a lek near Powder River late one night last week while Casper game warden Daniel Beach prepares to radio collar the bird. Binfet and Beach are helping University of Wyoming graduate student Cheryl Mandich collar the birds as part of the Western Natrona County Sage Grouse Distribution Project. Mandich is conducting the study to monitor the seasonal movements of the birds. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Justin Binfet holds a male sage grouse after netting it on a lek near Powder River late one night last week while Casper game warden Daniel Beach prepares to radio collar the bird. Binfet and Beach are helping University of Wyoming graduate student Cheryl Mandich collar the birds as part of the Western Natrona County Sage Grouse Distribution Project. Mandich is conducting the study to monitor the seasonal movements of the birds. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Tom Brokaw of NBC addresses the Western Governors' Association on Sunday in Teton Village. Listening to Brokaw are, left to right, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, Utah Gov. John Huntsman, U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. Photo by Bradly J. Boner, AP.
A lone bull elk walks along the western boundary of the National Elk Refuge at sunset recently. Mild weather conditions have stalled the elk migration to the refuge, to the chagrin of elk hunters in Grand Teton National Park and the refuge near Jackson. (Jim Laybourn/Star-Tribune correspondent)
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