Game & Fish asks public to help solve elk, CWD, feedground puzzle
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department last week wrapped up a six-town tour aimed at launching stakeholder groups to generate new ideas for management of Wyoming’s 22 elk feedgrounds, where…
Read More...How Kansas ranchers and the land benefit from going back to the way of the bison
A new generation of ranchers finds success experimenting with methods that go against the grain. They could be blazing a trail to more profitable ranching while aiding prairie wildlife.
Read More...ODFW kills 2 wolf pups from Lookout Mountain pack
Employees from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, firing rifles from a helicopter, shot and killed two wolf pups from the Lookout Mountain pack on Aug. 1. On July…
Read More...Conserving prime hay ground as well as Colorado’s elk and deer
Thanks to forward-thinking stewardship by the Etcharts, prime rangeland in NW Colorado will stay a working ranch forever, rather than being chopped up into a subdivision. In order to maintain…
Read More...Coalition seeks relisting of gray wolves in US West
Wildlife advocates petitioned federal officials to restore federal protections for gray wolves throughout the U.S. West after Idaho and Montana passed laws intended to drastically cut their numbers. The agency…
Read More...In This Wolf Man, There Are Enduring Echoes Of Aldo
Greater Yellowstone-based scientist Mike Phillips receives Leopold Award, highest honor given by The Wildlife Society for having an impactful career in conservation
Read More...Rancher’s cattle reimbursement request rejected by Game and Fish
A Crandall rancher had his more than $120,000 request in reimbursement for cattle losses caused by grizzly bears and wolves in 2020 mostly rejected by the Wyoming Game and Fish…
Read More...Heinrich, Blunt introduce legislation to fund wildlife conservation
The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, which U.S. Senator Heinrich of New Mexico is introducing along with Republican U.S. Senator Blunt of Missouri, would provide $1.3 billion annually in funding to states…
Read More...Groups: Idaho wolf law will cause grizzly bear, lynx deaths
Environmental groups have notified Idaho Gov. Brad Little and other state officials of their intent to file a lawsuit over an expanded wolf-killing law they believe will result in the…
Read More...Mexican wolf breeding program gets boost from zoo
Five gray wolf pups born at Mexico City’s Chapultepec Zoo are giving a boost to efforts to broaden the endangered species’ genetic diversity amid continuing efforts to reintroduce the animals…
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