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JACKSON — Brian McCooey thought it odd.

JACKSON — Brian McCooey thought it odd.

JACKSON, Wyoming (AP) — The state of Wyoming’s call for help to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s grizzly bear recovery coordinator, Hilary Cooley, came back on Oct. 18 after a wall-to-wall weekend of conflicts. It was a Monday, and local staffers at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department had become overwhelmed by the sheer […]

Gay Lynn Byrd couldn’t quite recall the last time she’d laid eyes on the Tetons, but her best guess was that it had been nearly 30 years. Hailing from Douglas, the Wyoming Game and Fish commissioner was certain of something else: She’d never seen a wild wolf. That changed last week. “We ranch, so we see livestock and wildlife all the time, but just to see it with the Tetons is great,” Byrd said. “This was the first time I’d seen a wolf in the wild. “Now we just have the keep them up here,” the 60-year-old added, “because we don’t want the...

Credit Kamila Kudelska The Wyoming House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committee has approved a bill that sets up a specific process if the Wyoming Game and Fish Department considers closing one of its 22 elk feedgrounds. There is no written process on how to close a feedground currently. The National Elk Refuge in Jackson is currently dealing with a lawsuit for not closing a feedground quick enough. The refuge had created a step-down plan that would gradually delay feeding elk over the years. The bill creates a more formal process. It would require the department to spe...