The National Park Service is being urged through a petition filed by the National Parks Conservation Association to set rules about wolf hunts. The petition asks that regulations be set to protect gray wolves from being hunted inside the John D. Rockefeller Jr., Memorial Parkway, which … Continue Reading
Wildlife managers with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department have recently captured four mountain goats in the Snake River Canyon near Alpine in an effort to learn more about their health, reproduction, and seasonal movements. Spokesman Mark Gocke says … Continue Reading
Jackson residents may remember two years ago at this time when a pastor from Wichita, Kansas and a group of protesters with him set up picket lines to protest a doctor who performs abortions. Due to other activities on the town square, they were they were issued … Continue Reading
Students from local schools have again provided their artistic talents to dress up reusable tote bags to be given away at local grocery stores and be used rather than plastic bags for repeated shopping trips. Beginning Saturday, 500 bags are to be distributed at Jackson Whole Grocer beginning 9:30 am – no purchase is required. Since 2006, organizer Jim LaRue and students have given away approximately 55-hundred free tote bags at local area grocery stores.
An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit western Wyoming at 11:23 last night. The United States Geological Survey reports the epicenter was 14 miles northwest of Afton. No damage was reported but reports came in from people as far away as Pocatello who had felt the quake.
Wyoming’s U.S. Senator John Barrasso, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, is praising the Senate for their passage of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act by a vote of 83 to 14. Barrasso says the legislation will … Continue Reading
The meeting this week of the Wyoming Joint Judiciary Interim Committee is being termed a success by Co-chairman Keith Gingery. Gingery says the group of legislators considered a variety of topics including sobriety programs, controlled substances, post-conviction relief, aggravated assault, and Title 25 mental health legislation. In their consideration of … Continue Reading
During his visit with Jackson Hole Rotarians this week, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk revealed that efforts to eradicate lake trout from Yellowstone Lake have been very successful. Wenk says over 300-thousand lake trout were removed from the lake last year alone, and there are good indications that … Continue Reading
Organizers of JacksonHoleLive announced that the July 4th JacksonHoleLive concert will feature Old Crow Medicine Show, The Young Dubliners, Parker Milsap, and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, performing live via simulcast from Walk Festival Hall, as part of … Continue Reading
It has sometimes been referred to as the “Bambi syndrome” where casual observers in the public view baby animals they believe may be abandoned and want to intervene. Mark Gocke of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department says that is exactly the wrong thing to do. He explains that … Continue Reading
