Wildlife
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Every year, Yellowstone National Park issues a warning at the beginning of elk calving season. It’s another annual sign of summer – the perfect time to remind this summer’s visitors that they’ll be taking their safety into their own hands when it comes to any wildlife. Female elk typically begin giving birth to calves at…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hold a public meeting in Cody on Tuesday, May 23, to discuss proposed changes to four existing regulations. Many changes deal with vernacular and exact definitions that will be modified. A sample of each proposed change is included below: Chapter 22 – Watercraft Regulation The term “kill switch”…
On Thursday, May 11, Wapiti resident Patrick M. Gogerty was charged with a misdemeanor count of taking a trophy game animal without the proper license or authority by Park County Attorney Byran Skoric. But this is only the beginning of what could be a very costly ordeal related to the discovery of a dead grizzly…
Wyoming’s most famous bear, Grizzly 399, hasn’t emerged from her hibernation with her cubs from a long, snowy winter. Should people be concerned? Let’s face it, it’s now mid-May, temps are well above freezing, grass is growing, farmers are planting, where is the bear matriarch? People on social media are eager with anticipation to see…
Why are these creatures so rare? Let’s get to know the Yellowstone wolverine and understand why they’re almost never photographed.
Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis achieved a legislative victory in the U.S. Senate, marking another concrete step toward the possible removal of the grizzly bear and other species from the Endangered Species List. On Thursday, May 11, a Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis’ (R-WY) that would have retained the…
As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct capture operations in northwest Wyoming beginning this spring and continuing through early fall. Established in 1973, the I.G.B.S.T. monitors and researches grizzly bears in their ecosystems as part of a…
What’s in a name, or in this case, a designation? A new collaborative study suggests a proper designation would improve wild horse management on public lands – and it might be the only foolproof solution to a persistent problem. According to a new paper by researchers at the University of Wyoming and Oklahoma State University,…
Grand Teton National Park has extended two existing wildlife closures to protect bighorn sheep because of persistent winter conditions and deep snowpack at high elevations throughout the Teton Range. The existing park closures near the summits of Static Peak, Mount Hunt, and Prospectors Mountain are extended through May 15, 2023. Recreational use in these areas…
You may not know it, but there are six species of Yellowstone reptiles that live within the park boundaries. Spoiler alert: five of them are snakes.