Geographical Location: Central Mountain & Plains

August 20, 2019

Wildlife Services to review predator management methods in Wyoming

Under the terms of a recent court settlement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services agreed to conduct an environmental analysis of its predator damage management activities on federal lands...

August 12, 2019

Tourists get too close to wild mountain goats

Photos from Mount Evans, Colo. are raising controversy after showing crowds of tourists getting within several feet of wild mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) and their kids. Colorado Parks and Wildlife...

July 31, 2019

Wyoming to build two wildlife underpasses

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission plans to spend $1.25 million to build two wildlife underpasses in western Wyoming on Highway 189. Commission officials say the stretch of highway sees...

July 22, 2019

TWS section meetings in August

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in August: August 22-24, 2019: Central Mountains and Plains...

July 15, 2019

Colorado student chapters reflect on spring semester

These updates originally appear in the Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Summer 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the chapter’s newsletter. Colorado State...

July 10, 2019

Colorado investigates wolf sightings

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists are working to confirm two recent reports of what is believed to be the first credible gray wolf (Canis lupus) sighting in the state in...

June 25, 2019

Watch: Recreationists use wildlife overpass

Humans are potentially ruining a newly-built $5 million wildlife overpass meant to give wildlife an option for crossing a highway in Utah. The Utah Department of Transportation built miles of...

June 21, 2019

Wolf tale opens eyes to ‘the unknown world of wildlife’

“Every year I sit alone with a wolf,” Douglas Smith wrote. “The wolf doesn’t agree to this, as I catch it as part of a research program on wolves in...

June 12, 2019

Group seeks to reintroduce wolves to Colorado by ballot

A group is seeking to introduce a ballot initiative that would direct Colorado wildlife officials to reintroduce the gray wolf (Canis lupus) there. “If you can put a viable population...

May 31, 2019

Watch: Mule deer use wildlife underpass in Wyoming

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are making use of a new underpass designed to reduce the danger of wildlife strikes in Sublette County, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation built two...