The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is continuing its multi-year research project on bighorn sheep in the Jackson Region with another sheep capture tentatively scheduled for Thursday. As in previous years, a helicopter crew will net capture the sheep and…
Next week, all winter closure areas will go into effect on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Forest officials stress the importance of winter wildlife closures, explaining that when people or their animals enter the closed winter range, wildlife is forced to…
Chronic Wasting Disease was discovered last week in an elk south of Pinedale. Wyoming Game and Fish confirmed three new positive tests for CWD in hunter-harvested bull elk, one in the Pinedale Region and two in the Sheridan Region. Last…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is moving forward with Phase II of the public collaborative process pertaining to the management of the feedgrounds. Brian Nesvik, director of Game and Fish explains, “This process is the next step in the…
Looking ahead to the upcoming winter-feeding season on the National Elk Refuge, Biologist Eric Cole says estimated Refuge-wide forage production was slightly above average in 2021 by about 2000 tons. Although much of the western U.S. has experienced significant drought…
