National Park Service planners have announced that beginning Saturday, they will implement a “One-Year Rule” for the upcoming 2011-2012 winter season, in order to allow time to better address significant public input regarding the proposed long-term regulation. Park Spokesman Al Nash explains … Continue Reading
Repeated waves of snow showers have been very beneficial to northwestern Wyoming which, until last week, was relatively snow-parched. According to the Natural Resource Conservation Service, snotel sites in area basins posted … Continue Reading
Officials of the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks have announced that the state is halting the hunting of wolves in areas north of Yellowstone National Park. The decision came in response to … Continue Reading
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee begins its annual winter meeting in Missoula, Montana today to hear updates on efforts made to create a Grizzly Bear Conservation Fund, and to discuss an IGBC policy statement in support of regulated hunting as a method of management for grizzly bears in … Continue Reading
Yellowstone National Park is reporting nearly 1900 more people were counted through the park’s entrances last month for a 15 ¼% increase in recreational visits over the same month a year ago. Non-recreational traffic into the park was up nominally as well. However, Spokesman Al Nash points out … Continue Reading
Caribou-Targhee National Forest has announced it is selling its administrative office in Island Park, claiming it is no longer needed for forest management there. The Island Park District Office will be offered through … Continue Reading
Gray Wolf Hunt Area 2, the Sunlight Management Area northwest of Cody, closed Thursday because the mortality quota of eight wolves was reached. That area becomes the fifth hunt area to close in the Trophy Game Zone – two in the Absaroka Management Unit and three in the Jackson Management Unit. Seven hunt areas remain open. Wolf seasons … Continue Reading
Access across Palisades Dam to the Calamity and Bear Creek areas closed to most motorized traffic Tuesday. Over the past summer, the new Palisades Bridge was completed by the Bureau of Reclamation just downstream from the dam, and then they built the access road from the Riverside Park campground to … Continue Reading
A report from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department this weekend revealed that the number of wolves killed by hunters in one area of the Trophy Zone exceeded the quota. According to the report, hunters killed eight animals in area eight of the Jackson Management Unit where … Continue Reading
The storm that passed through over the weekend was enough to push snow totals in the high country over the top. The Natural Resources Conservation Service is reporting … Continue Reading
