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Back - Andrew Johnson, Cheyenne Central Lineman - Quinton Mangus, Sheridan Details of the award ceremony are unknown at this time due to COVID-19 considerations. They will be announced at a later date. The Scholar-Athlete Awards are based 40 percent on football ability, 40 percent on academic achievement, and 20 percent on Extra-Curricular activities and Citizenship in their respective schools and in their communities. Leadership roles are a great incentive in scoring. To qualify, a scholar-athlete must have a Grade Point Average of 3.0 or better, according to a release by the Wyoming Chapt...

JACKSON — Lethal, incurable chronic wasting disease has been discovered for the first time in an elk that dwells in the region of the state where the ungulates concentrate most tightly on winter feedgrounds. The dire confirmation of a prion disease among the ranks of feedground elk comes from a cow killed just a few miles from where alfalfa pellets are lined out on the National Elk Refuge. The cow was shot by a hunter Dec. 2 in Grand Teton National Park. A lymph node near its throat was extracted by a park technician, and two weeks later the Wyoming Wildlife Health Laboratory got a posit...

An elk has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Grand Teton National Park. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a neurological disease that is deadly to deer, elk and moose. It has been identified in moose and deer in northwest Wyoming but this is the first elk in the area to have it. The area is contentious because it is home to the 22 state controlled elk feedgrounds and the National Elk Refuge in Jackson. Disease spreads quicker when animals congregate. Wyoming Game and Fish has just started a process to developing an elk feedground plan. Sy Gilliland, president of Wyoming Guides and...

JACKSON, Wyo. -- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reconsidering how it manages the state's winter elk-feeding grounds, in part to mitigate the risk of infectious diseases, and the agency is looking for public input to develop a long-term plan. Mark Gocke, public information specialist for the agency's Jackson region, said it's important to address the threats of chronic wasting disease at feeding grounds, where large numbers of animals congregate in close quarters. ...