Grizzlies

Governor Mark Gordon has reacted to the federal government’s notice to review the Endangered Species Act status of Wyoming’s grizzly bear population. In January 2022, Wyoming petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear population. The Service has now initiated a 12-month status review of the bears. Governor Gordon … [Read more...] about Wyoming Governor welcomes feds grizzly review

  Three young grizzly bears have been put down in Montana in recent weeks after testing positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. The three bears, one near Augusta, one near Dupuyer, and another near Kalispell, were all observed to be in poor physical condition, showing signs of disorientation, partial blindness, and other neurological issues as a result … [Read more...] about Grizzlies felled by bird flu

A grizzly bear and her cubs were euthanized near Tetonia last week. On November 9th and 10th, officials at the Idaho Fish and Game put down a sow grizzly and two cubs who had become habituated to areas near homes in the Tetonia area. Because there were no relocation sites available in Idaho and because of consistent habituation and potential for human risk, Fish and Game … [Read more...] about Grizzlies euthanized in Teton Valley

65-year-old Lee Francis of Evanston was hunting Friday with his son in the Rock Creek area along the Sawtooth mountains in Sublette County when he was attacked by a grizzly bear. At 5:50pm Sublette County Dispatch received an SOS activated 911 call and Tip Top Search and Rescue volunteers were immediately paged and were sent to rescue Francis and bring him out of the … [Read more...] about Hunter attacked by Grizzly Bear in Sublette County

Its now official in what just bearly became law Monday night, a new claws in the Town of Jackson’s Rules now require a bear-proof garbage can is some parts of town. The Town Council approved an ordinance that mandates the use of bear-resistant containers in what are called bear-conflict zones inside the city limits. The zones consist of land adjacent to public lands on Snow … [Read more...] about Bear-proof cans required in Jackson