1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (525+ words) JACKSON—Chris Servheen was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s grizzly bear recovery coordinator for 35 years. Nevertheless, he’s not sure what to make of a new rule from the agency, published in the federal register today, intended to increase management…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (670+ words) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing to return management of the threatened grizzly bear to the states. The announcement came from the secretary of the interior and governors of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming via a windy livestream from Big…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1742+ words) Leslie Patten hiked into a remote reach of northwest Wyoming’s Sunlight Basin in December to post a trail camera where she’d earlier seen wolf tracks. At the time, a winter closure was fast approaching, and the Park County resident wouldn’t…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1440+ words) Wyoming wolves are stout compared to some other Lower 48 subpopulations, and the reason why they tend to run hefty is complicated. In May, biologist Ken Mills published an annual report of Wyoming wolves that included an analysis of their weights…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (188+ words) In the domestic sheep world, there’s a phenomenon woolgrowers fear known as a “crush.” It occurs when a frightened flock tries to take refuge in the comfort of each other and it doesn’t go well. Don’t underestimate the hazard of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (592+ words) Environmental advocates want the courts to force federal wildlife officials to decide whether pygmy rabbits ought to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Pygmy rabbits, the world’s smallest rabbits, dwell in southwestern Wyoming and parts of seven other western…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (747+ words) Trail runners, mountain bikers, cross-country skiers and townsfolk just out for lunchtime walks take to the trails around Jackson in droves. Bordering wild country that includes a wilderness area and wildlife refuge, recreators regularly bump into and sometimes conflict with…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1352+ words) CASPER—Sparse snow cover made killing predators more challenging and “dynamic” this past winter in Fremont County, Rob Crofts recalled. Even if tracking and spotting wildlife was trickier, contracted trappers and hunters incentivized by a bounty program still managed to…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (656+ words) CASPER—Chronic clashes between an apex raptor and domestic lambs grazing Wyoming rangelands reached cabinet-level officials at two branches of the United States government early this year. U.S. Department of Agriculture research biologist Lindsey Perry briefed Wyoming officials about the…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (573+ words) Wyoming wildlife managers plan to reduce how many wolves can be hunted by 50% following a canine distemper outbreak that has cut the state’s wolf numbers to the lowest level in two decades. A 22-wolf cap is the fewest number of…...