U.S. Department of the Interior approves paintballs to haze grizzly bears
According to a Facebook post from Montana FWP Prairie Bear Monitor, people may now legally shoot grizzly bears with paintballs if they come too close to homes or other possible…
Read More...Study looks at realities of increasing Yellowstone fees to pay for wildlife conservation
Longtime Wyoming researcher Arthur Middleton wondered what that could look like in practicality. So he assembled a team of economists, lawyers and biologists to run the numbers and probabilities of…
Read More...Colorado’s western slope prepping for wolves
This well-reported article from Elizabeth Stewart-Savery covers all the angles of the wolf reintroduction controversy in the state. A comprehensive and nuanced introduction to this important issue at a time…
Read More...Montana compensation fund dwindles as livestock losses to predators increase
A Wyoming rancher was awarded nearly $340,000 last month after disputing wildlife managers’ initial offer to pay for several livestock killed by grizzlies and wolves. While the large payout is unusual,…
Read More...Elk test positive for brucellosis outside of Montana’s disease surveillance area
State officials say brucellosis has been found in elk in southwestern Montana’s Ruby Mountains, the latest evidence that the disease continues to slowly spread among wildlife in the Yellowstone region.…
Read More...Washington rancher provides a clear, though sleepy-eyed, view of ranching with wolves
After losing a calf to a confirmed wolf attack earlier this month, Anatone rancher Jay Holzmiller is doing all he can to prevent another such incident — and he wants…
Read More...Utah legislation proposes predator hunting to achieve deer and elk objectives
Utah House Bill 125, which expands the use of hunting predators to manage ungulate herds such as elk and deer, is one of the predator wildlife management bills moving through this year’s…
Read More...Grizzly captures, kills, down substantially in Wyoming
Wildlife managers relocated or killed substantially fewer grizzly bears in northwestern Wyoming in 2019 compared to 2018. Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials say abundant natural food such as berries…
Read More...Panel abandons griz depredation comp model, awards ranch $339K
An arbitration panel ruled January 27th that Wyoming Game and Fish Department should pay a Hot Springs County rancher $339,927 for stock killed by grizzly bears and mountain lions, almost…
Read More...New Mexico ranchers say hungry elk are damaging property
Some northern New Mexico ranchers are asking state wildlife managers to do something about herds of elk they say are damaging property and eating hay that was stockpiled for cattle…
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