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Wyoming wildlife photos
Wildlifers often get a view of the natural world few others do. If they have a camera in hand, they come away with some amazing glimpses of wildlife in their element. In Wyoming, summer is …
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Cassie Ferri
Yellowstone aims to cull 900 bison this year
Yellowstone National Park has begun its annual winter removal of bison from the park’s herd in an effort to help sustain the population and reduce spread of disease to livestock, damage to private property and …
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TWS2021: Old bison horns can reveal lost ecological information
Long before wildlife managers struggled to translocate bison to new areas in an effort to recover lost herds, the giant bovines wandered across vast stretches of North America. While most people associate large herds of …
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Wyoming sees dip in sage-grouse reproduction
Early estimates from Wyoming’s 2021 sage-grouse wings indicate reproduction declined slightly in the last year. Wings from harvested chick and hen sage-grouse are collected from hunters who voluntarily drop them off at designated collection points. …
Dana Kobilinsky
TWS2021: Humans influence predator-prey dynamics in Jackson Hole
Around Jackson Hole, Wyoming, people are changing the ways wolves prey on elk, sometimes acting as a shield for the prey against their predators. Ungulates, like elk, in the area are increasingly using human-dominated landscapes …
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Wyoming managers release 20 black-footed ferrets
Wildlife managers recently released 20 black-footed ferrets to a historic recovery area in Wyoming where wild ferrets had been affected by a bout of plague. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the U.S. Fish …
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Disease outbreak affecting Wyoming deer, pronghorn
An outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease is threatening wildlife in Wyoming. Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologists say the disease is not uncommon in times of drought and hot weather, but this year appears like …
Brielle Manzolillo
DOI supports Wyoming’s migration corridor approach
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland supports Wyoming’s approach to designing and implementing wildlife migration strategies to conserve wildlife and protect migration corridors, she announced in a meeting with the state’s Governor Mark Gordon …
Joshua Rapp Learn
How can managers help ungulates cross fences?
Wildlife managers may be able to give long-ranging ungulates in the West greater land access by making key changes to fencing. “Fences have been in human civilization for so long, and now we are finally …
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Detection device reduces eagle deaths at wind farm
Detection devices using cameras and artificial intelligence algorithms can reduce eagle deaths around wind farms. “If [the device] calculates that the eagle is at risk of collision, it’ll shut down the turbine,” said Chris McClure, …