Legislature strips Game and Fish of elk feedground closure power
Due to fears over the growing threat of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) among Elk populations of Wyoming, a bill was passed in the Wyoming Legislature that transitions the authority to…
Read More...Wildlife’s Most Ferocious Predator: Human Sprawl
The conversion of working lands to subdivisions threatens rural livelihoods and the viability of wildlife populations throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. With urban sprawl just a few short years away…
Read More...US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers) of some of the highest priority sage-grouse habitat in the…
Read More...Judge: US agency illegally paid for Colorado predator hunt
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illegally helped pay for a Colorado program to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears in an experiment to determine if the predators…
Read More...Legislature strips WY Game and Fish of elk feedground closure power
The Wyoming Legislature passed a bill March 29th that strips the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission of the authority to close any of Wyoming’s 22 winter elk feedgrounds and gives…
Read More...California relocates mountain lions making a meal of endangered sheep
In order to save one endangered species, California scientists are having to relocate another iconic creature that is, regrettably, eating it. The California department of fish and wildlife is in the process…
Read More...New Federal Report Shows 80-Percent Decline in Greater Sage-Grouse Populations
The United State Geological Survey (USGS) released a groundbreaking report today showing that Greater-Sage Grouse populations have declined 80 percent since 1965, a more dramatic decline than previously thought. There are more…
Read More...In Montana, Bears and Wolves Become Part of the Culture Wars
Several bills are headed to Mr. Gianforte’s desk that would allow for more killing of wolves in the state to drive down their numbers. Practices that are being proposed include…
Read More...Montana FWP’s ‘grizzly guru’ tries to defuse human conflicts with bears
As the human-wildlife interface continues to expand across Montana, the potential for conflicts with grizzly bears increases as well. But Kalispell-based grizzly bear biologist Tim Manley says it doesn’t have…
Read More...Lummis introduces bill to delist grizzly bears in Wyoming
A bill removing grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species List was introduced today by Senator Cynthia Lummis. The bill titled The Grizzly Bear State Management Act…
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