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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department plans to continue winter feeding of elk at Dell Creek

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department plans to continue feeding elk in the winter at the Dell Creek Feedground in Northern Sublette County. A recent court decision found that the department's previous permit to winter feed elk, granted by the U.S. Forest Service, expired at the end of 2017 and there was no record of renewal, despite the department continuing to feed there in the years since. ....

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Conservation Groups Aim to Eliminate Elk Feedgrounds in Wyoming via Legal Battle

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The Wyoming Fish and Game Department operates 22 elk feed grounds in the state, feeding as many as 17,000 elk each winter. Eight of the agency s 22 feedgrounds are on National Forest territory, and six are on BLM land.
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For decades, the running of feedgrounds has been a source of contention. Many wildlife activists believe that feedlots are a natural vector for the transmission of diseases such as brucellosis and Chronic Wasting Disease, a prion disease related to Mad Cow Disease in cattle.
Feedgrounds are widely supported by the livestock industry because they claim they mitigate elk conflicts on hay fields. Domestic livestock use of public forage on federal lands in the summer decreases wildlife carrying ability in the winter. ....

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New bill could transfer decision making for Wyoming feedgrounds

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Wyoming’s supplemental feedgrounds are a controversial topic. While they help elk during severe winters when food is hard to find, they also can act as a breeding ground for disease. Last week, seven lawmakers filed House Bill 101 in an effort to switch elk feedground closure authority from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) to the governor, WyoFile reports.
HB 101 would “require the governor to consider” the recommendations made by WGFD as well as comments from the Wyoming Livestock Board and public input. The purpose of the bill would be to establish “a transparent process for what would be a high-impact decision affecting more than just wildlife,” said lead sponsor and cattleman Rep. Albert Sommers (R, Pinedale). ....

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