Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
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It was a zero-tolerance policy for Wyoming’s grizzlies in 2022 – fewer bears were captured, but most were permanently “removed” from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Wyoming Game and Fish has released its annual grizzly bear capture report to the public, which contains data on every grizzly captured and relocated by the department in 2022. The…
Over $1 million is available to stabilize and restore sections of Shoshone National Forest affected by the historically destructive floods of June 2022. The U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Regional Office announced today that Colorado and Wyoming will receive $40.15 million in disaster relief funds this fiscal year, made possible through the Disaster Supplement of…
Wyoming’s “Groundhog Day” is the first grizzly of spring, which has emerged from its hibernation in Yellowstone National Park one year to the day since the first bear of 2022 was spotted. On Tuesday, March 7, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to…
Grizzlies could lose their protected status as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is examining the merits of three petitions requesting the bears be removed from the Endangered Species List. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a finding stating that removing federal protections from grizzly bear populations in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental…
More than a third of all known elk habitat in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem remains open for human development, according to new analysis recently published in the scientific journal Biological Conservation. Dr. Laura Gigliotti, the report’s author, said data collected shows which of the park’s 26 herds are most vulnerable at different points along their…
As winter approaches, grizzly and black bears are getting more active as they prepare for hibernation – which means there’s a higher chance of potentially dangerous encounters in the wilderness. Black bear and grizzly bear activity is increasing at lower elevations in rural areas surrounding Cody. Landowners and outdoor enthusiasts are reminded to be bear…
Yellowstone National Park’s fire danger begins its slow descent as the promise of cold weather and winter snow gets closer, and the end of the 2022 summer season is imminent. On Tuesday, Sept. 27, Yellowstone National Park’s parkwide fire danger level dropped from Very High to High. It’s the beginning of the end of the…
The fire season “begins” in Yellowstone National Park, although several fires have already been spotted and contained throughout the park this summer – and the season isn’t ending anytime soon. Summer 2022 has been relatively quiet in Yellowstone National Park – at least when it comes to wildland fires. No significant fires have sparked this…
Within two days, Wyoming Game and Fish captures and relocates two grizzlies to drainages deep in Shoshone and Birdger-Teton National Forests. After consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department relocated a sub-adult male grizzly bear on July 31 and an adult male grizzly bear on Aug. 1.…
Record floods have given way to dry timber as Yellowstone National Park’s high fire danger is a reminder that it won’t take much for another record-breaking event of nature to devastate the region. On Wednesday, July 20, Yellowstone officials raised the park’s fire danger to High. According to the U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Assessment System, “a…