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An elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 18th continuing through Sunday, December 10th in Grand Teton National Park. The park’s enabling legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program, with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, w
Culling of the elk herd at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming begins Saturday and runs through December 10.
The park’s legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program when necessary for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.
Here are some significant environmental and regulatory rulings and administrative actions from December 2020. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT Texas v. New Mexico On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a water rights controversy involving sharing the water of the Pecos River. The 1949 Pecos River Compact provides for the equitable apportionment of the use of the Pecos River’s water by New Mexico and Texas, and a “River Master’s Manual,” approved by the Court in 1988, implements the Compact. These are very dry areas, and access to this water is very important. In 2014, a rare tropi...
(Cheyenne, WY) â Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department applaud Wednesdayâs ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Chief Judge Scott Skavdahlâs 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 Serviceâs decision about the inholdings and the NPS decision that removed certain private lands from t...