CWD may complicate brucellosis control in Yellowstone elk
Wildlife managers who feed elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to bolster the species’ numbers are facing a looming problem that may scuttle their effort to ...
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Conservation groups call for fence removal at Point Reyes
Fences in place for ranching operations are blocking tule elk from accessing water sources during a drought, the Center for Biological Diversity and Harvard Law ...
The July issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management
The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading ...
The April issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management
The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading ...
Climate affects which elk that wolves kill
Douglas Smith and his colleagues had been working on a two-decade-long project tracking gray wolf activity in Yellowstone when he began to notice something strange ...
Yellowstone’s growing bison herd is damaging ecosystems
Bison have made an incredible comeback in Yellowstone National Park, from only 22 in 1901 to more than 4,000 today. But in the Lamar Valley, in the park’s ...
JWM: Beetle-kill forests offer some refuge for elk from hunters
Elk sometimes turn to forests affected by bark-beetle epidemics, possibly finding refuges in areas hunters mostly avoid, according to new research. The ...
Minimizing disease between elk and cattle
Scientists in Alberta are looking at the risk of disease transmission between elk (Cervus canadensis) and cattle and how it can be minimized. “Livestock ...
Watch: Colorado embarks on urban elk GPS study
As Colorado’s Front Range becomes more and more urbanized, the changing land uses are affecting the behavior of elk herds in the area. In some cases, they’re ...
Disease research earns Hank Edwards Professional of the Year
The Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society named Hank Edwards professional of the year for his contributions of disease research to the wildlife field. This is the ...