In The Bull’s Eye: A Human Swarm Is Overwhelming The Yellowstone Region
Challenges to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem including rural subdivisions, sprawling towns, and unprecedented levels of recreation and tourism are threatening ecosystems, migration corridors and communities.
Read More...Ranchers demand more money for grizzly-killed stock, again
Wyoming Game and Fish commissioners backed agency staff last week and approved compensation for trophy game damage to stock that amounted to $388,696 less than two ranchers claimed.
Read More...Landowners weigh how to help ‘dire’ grassland bird populations
Grassland bird populations have been in a free-fall for decades, decreasing overall by 57 percent across the prairies from 1970 to 2016.
Read More...First Female grizzly in 40 years collared in NE Washington State
Wildlife officials have captured and collared a female grizzly in Northeast Washington State for the first time in 40 years. As grizzlies expand their range, there is opportunity for conflicts…
Read More...Minnesota DNR calls off wolf hunt this year despite support from farmers, hunters
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday, July 7, said there will be no wolf hunting and trapping season in Minnesota in 2021 as the agency continues to develop…
Read More...US to take longer look at contentious Montana bison proposal
Federal officials will give the public more time to comment on a contentious proposal to expand bison grazing on public lands in north-central Montana. The move comes after Republican Gov.…
Read More...Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Keystone Policy Center Launch Online Open House
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Keystone Policy Center announced today the launch of an Online Open House and detailed Comment Form available on Colorado’s Wolf Restoration and Management Plan…
Read More...Wolf reintroduction happened so fast in Montana and Idaho, the states are expanding hunting. Here’s what Colorado can learn.
Taking Montana and Idaho as case studies, Gray wolf populations in Colorado will expand quickly once introduced. In this article, Wildlife officials highlight how hunting manages wolf populations once their…
Read More...Why the poaching of one gray wolf in Washington can matter
While poaching of a single breeding female wolf can significantly affect the viability of a pack, wildlife managers share that the loss of a single wolf does not hinder overall…
Read More...WDFW: Only open-and-shut wolf attacks confirmed
Washington Fish and Wildlife officials concede that they likely undercount depredations by wolves, but say the high standard is necessary to maintain scientific integrity and legal certainty.
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