A group of environmental organizations are pressing Bridger-Teton Forest officials to not wait ten years, or even five years, to phase out winter feeding of elk east of Jackson Hole. In fact, Lloyd Dorsey says the Sierra Club’s Wyoming chapter would like to see artificial feeding of elk at Alkali Creek stop as soon as possible, and no later than the spring of 2021.
“The harsh reality is that chronic wasting disease is literally surrounding the Gros Ventre Valley and Alkali Creek. The time to end baiting, feeding and concentrating elk is now, not in another decade,” Dorsey said.
Officials with Bridger-Teton National Forest recently released a proposal to allow the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to conduct “emergency feeding” of hundreds of elk, but the conservation groups accuse the agency of not having conducted a comprehensive environmental analysis as directed by a Wyoming District Court. The Forest Service wants to make way for another five years of feeding at the same location near Alkali Creek, and then end the practice.
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