At a time when national politics could not seem more polarized, and state politicians are struggling with nearly unprecedented budget issues amid a global pandemic, Wyoming’s wildlife are also facing issues, some of which have been building for decades.
JACKSON — Teton County elected officials are backpedaling on urging wildlife managers to start weaning elk off of artificial feeding, a step o…
The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a member of the Jackson Elk Herd should trigger a review of the state’s population goal of 11,000 …
Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) officials rolled out a series of webinars last week on the elk feedgrounds in the Greater Yellowstone …
Wyoming’s 22 elk winter feedgrounds are hotbeds and reservoirs for deadly wildlife diseases.
Conservation act passed this year could help Wyoming fight chronic wasting disease, invasive species
Since President Trump signed the ACE Act into law, state agencies and conservation groups working in Wyoming have spoken positively of the legislation, saying it could significantly help efforts already underway here.
“This legislation is a win for ranching communities in Wyoming,” the senator said in a statement.
Marilyn Kite was living in Jackson, working as an attorney and raising her son when she got the call.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan released Dec. 31 would delay feeding each winter so that elk could gradually become accustomed to surviving without human help.
Even after living for a century, Margaret “Mardy” Murie advocated for wild places, taking solace in nature everywhere, from Alaska’s far north…
A new study found the northern Wyoming river basins will likely continue pumping out clean water for its largely rural community for the foreseeable future.
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Beth Williams began her graduate work with a box full of slides of diseased deer brain.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed a buck mule deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Deer Hunt Area 50 in the Bighorn Mountains.
A diverse group of citizen stakeholders this week refined its recommendations for how Wyoming can stem the tide of chronic wasting disease, wh…
Protect our wildlife from CWD
Hunters on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border worry that chronic wasting disease cases have accelerated in the past year.
JACKSON — Chronic wasting disease is officially present in Teton County, and the clock is ticking to devise a plan for disposing of infected a…
JACKSON — All hunters who notch their tags on the National Elk Refuge must now leave behind the head of their animal or allow biological techn…
Montanans are entering an era when big game hunting may never be quite the same.
The discovery of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging deer in Montana this fall means restrictions for sportsmen who come from CWD-free sta…
A hand-picked team of Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are quickly working to try and design a first-of-its-kind special hunt to determine how widely chronic wasting disease has spread among deer in south-central Montana.
A mule deer buck shot in late October about 10 miles southeast of Bridger has tested positive for exposure to chronic wasting disease.
Early results from a chronic wasting disease study raise the possibility that the lethal and incurable disease in elk, deer and moose could po…
