Wildlife

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Supplemental feeding of elk and bison is starting on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson.

Officers planned to begin by distributing small amounts of alfalfa pellets on Thursday

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A National Park Service official says he would consider allowing wolf hunting in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway but doesn't think it's ideal.

The prospect of wolf hunting comes up now that state and federal officials have agreed to remove wolves from endangered species protection in Wyoming

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is pushing to change state law to allow baiting of big game animals, a tactic it says could allow hunters to lure nuisance whitetail deer away from towns to spots where it would be safe to shoot them

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — One of the five scientists retained by a federal government contractor to review Wyoming's proposed wolf management states in a recently released report that he sees shortcomings with it

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The federal government is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit over a fatal grizzly bear mauling near Yellowstone National Park.

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Each year thousands of Wyoming citizens led by local birders participate in one or more of the twenty-two plus Christmas Bird Counts held in Wyoming. This Sunday, January 1st, birders will gather at the Bates Hole Creek area home of Senator Charles Scott

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I always cringe when I see or hear a story of hunters acting irresponsibly. Breaking laws and mistreating wildlife is not the way that the majority of us act when in the field. Unfortunately most of the news you see only highlights those actions

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The annual Christmas Bird Count gets underway Wednesday in Wyoming - with folks headed out to about 20 locations statewide to chart species. Brian Rutledge with Audubon Wyoming, says the data collected over the years has shown how climate change and land-use affect bird populations - and there are disruptions to note in Wyoming

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