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Teton County elected officials are backpedaling on urging wildlife managers to start weaning elk off of artificial feeding, a step one county commissioner said was prudent to avert the worst consequences of recently discovered chronic wasting disease. The request to do something sooner rather than later was expressed in a draft letter that commissioners were going to send to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Elected officials also mentioned giving private landowners incentives to tolerate e...

Jan 2, 2021 JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife managers are forging into uncharted territory as they keep feeding elk in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem while knowing that concentrating thousands of animals on feed will likely exacerbate the spread of the fatal chronic wasting disease. For the first time biologists also have detailed data showing just how bunched up elk are on northwest Wyoming’s historic feedgrounds as a result of doling out alfalfa pellets and hay during the harshes...

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling affirming the state of Wyoming’s authority over wildlife on private land within the borders of Grand Teton National Park. The effect of the case is that hunting within the inholdings scattered throughout the 310,000-acre national park remains legal. From the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, federal judge Jerome Holmes dug into seven-decade-old documents that preceded the creation of the national park to make his decision. “In sum, because the...

(Cheyenne, WY) – Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department applaud Wednesday’s ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Chief Judge Scott Skavdahl’s decision that the National Park Service (NPS) regulations prohibiting the taking of wildlife do not apply to private inholdings within the exterior boundary of Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). The State of Wyoming defended its authority, when groups had originally challenged the National Park Service...

Appeals court upholds state rights inside Grand Teton National Park 10th Circuit CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KIFI/KIDK)-The 10 th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Chief Judge Scott Skavdah’s decision that National Park Service (NPS) regulations prohibiting the taking of wildlife do not apply to private inholdings within the exterior boundary of Grand Teton National Park. The state of Wyoming claimed authority when groups challenged a Park Service decision that removed private lands from the Joint Elk ...

As we approach the end of a year unlike any other, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is proud to reflect on some of its top accomplishments over the year. Notably, the Department worked tirelessly to conserve more than 800 species of fish and wildlife that call Wyoming home.  “The pandemic certainly impacted how the Wyoming Game and Fish Department carried out business, but it didn’t stop us. Game and Fish took our charge to conserve wildlife and serve people more heartily than ever. Be...

Data shows how bunched up elk are in Northwest Wyoming’s feedgrounds; a worry for chronic wasting disease spread © Provided by Cheyenne-Scottsbluff KGWN-TV Stay away from deer and elk during the winter months, officials say. “Animals are trying to reduce energy expenditure, moving through deep snow is a really energy expensive task” CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - Wildlife managers are forging into uncharted territory as they keep feeding elk in the southern Greater Yellowstone Eco...

Wyoming Game and Fish updates lawmakers on elk feedgrounds Cheyenne – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department presented an update to the Wyoming Legislature’s Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committee Tuesday on the Department’s work to develop an elk feedgrounds management plan. Game and Fish recently held four virtual meetings to educate the public on feedgrounds and the complexities of management, including disease concerns as the start of a multi-phased public engagem...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department presented an update to the Wyoming Legislature’s Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committee Tuesday on the Department’s work to develop an elk feedgrounds management plan. Game and Fish recently held four virtual meetings to educate the public on feedgrounds and the complexities of management, including disease concerns as the start of a multi-phased public engagement process. “Given the growing complexities of feedgrounds, I feel st...

Efforts to modernize the state of Wyoming’s trapping regulations to cut down on conflicts with recreating people and pets have again hit a stumbling block. The Wyoming Legislature’s Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee showed no interest while meeting this week to craft a bill that would enable reforms supported by trappers themselves and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, which requested the legislation. Specifically, the state agency sought some jurisdict...