Jon Beckmann News Today

Last winter’s deaths of thousands of Wyoming antelope increased interest in “conservation leases.” But where wildlife advocates see hope, energy and ranching interests fear an attack on the “Western way of life.”

Sierra Nevada Forums brings Lions, Tracking, and Bears, OH MY: Amazing Creatures in Carson’s Backyard to the Plaza Event Center, 211 E. Ninth St., Carson City, on Thursday, Jan. 21. Come join in the presentations by Dr. Alyson Andreasen and Carl Lackey as they discuss the behaviors of mountain lions and bears in the Sierra Nevada mountains.