Geographical Location: Central Mountain & Plains

February 19, 2016

Yellowstone National Park implements bison management actions

Yellowstone National Park began a bison cull at Stephens Creek Capture Facility on Feb. 15, according to the National Parks Service. The park plans to remove a total of 600 to 900...

February 4, 2016

Wyoming Chapter backs ungulate migration policy

The Wyoming Chapter of TWS supports new mitigation policy approved by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission that will protect the migration corridors of mule deer, elk and other ungulate...

February 2, 2016

Canada lynx persist in spruce beetle impacted forests, research shows

Lynx are making good use of some sections of forest impacted by spruce beetles, according to ongoing research. “The notion before we started the study was that it was possibly...

January 21, 2016

Colorado Issues Concerns Over Endangered Wolf Introduction

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission issued objections last week to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s plan to introduce endangered Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) into the state. The...

January 13, 2016

TWS 2015 Student Poster Winner: North Dakota Muskrats

When it comes to tracking the genetic similarity of one muskrat to another, the best thing to do is go the way the river flows, according to research presented at...

January 7, 2016

Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Deaths Increase

Last year, 59 grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) died in Yellowstone — the highest number of bear deaths in the region since 1970. Still, the impact may not be as large...

January 4, 2016

Greater Sage-Grouse Population Grows in Wyoming

Greater sage-grouse populations are burgeoning in Wyoming, according to the state Game and Fish Department. Agency representatives recently said that there were 1.7 greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) chicks per hen...

December 10, 2015

Are Bison Adopting Sedentary Eating Habits?

Bison that once roamed the continent in search of nutritious grass may be adapting to a wider diet to suit a more sedentary lifestyle. “If you’re going to be keeping...

December 7, 2015

Piping Plovers May Not Benefit From Watershed Drainage

Draining watersheds may not be helping federally threatened plovers, according to new research. “We could be continually making it harder for them to maintain and grow their population because there’s...

December 1, 2015

Wolf Pack Size Has Big Impact on Livestock Attacks

New information about the likelihood that a wolf pack will reattack livestock could give wildlife managers better tools to prevent such conflicts. “We found that the biggest factor that affected...