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
Here they come at last. Elk have begun their migration onto the National Elk Refuge with 628 animals having made the trek onto the reserve late last week and settling in on the southern end. Refuge Biologist Eric Cole adds that the first radio-collared elk was numbered among the group. Cole adds that … Continue Reading
In conjunction with Bridger–Teton National Forest winter travel restrictions, a portion of the National Elk Refuge Road has been closed to public travel as of Saturday and will not reopen until April 30th. The reason for the move is to protect wintering wildlife on the refuge. The closure begins … Continue Reading
Another coalition of eight environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Denver claiming the delisting of wolves in Wyoming violates the endangered species act. The groups maintain that the state’s management plan classifying wolves as predators that can be shot on sight in most of Wyoming is inadequate. Meanwhile, another lawsuit was filed earlier this month which also seeks to have the wolf returned to the endangered species list.
The fate of the federal budget is causing no small amount of concern for the nation’s parks, and among them, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Currently, the parks are being operated on funds provided under a continuing resolution that will remain in place until March, providing emergency funding until … Continue Reading
