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Feds sow confusion with rule to "increase management flexibility" for grizzly bears
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (451+ words) JACKSON — Chris Servheen was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s grizzly bear recovery coordinator for 35 years. Nevertheless, he’s not sure what to make of a new rule from the agency, published in the federal register today, intended to increase management…...
Feds sow confusion with rule to 'increase management flexibility' for grizzly bears
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (463+ words) A grizzly bear walks near Frying Pan Spring in Yellowstone National Park. JACKSON — Chris Servheen was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s grizzly bear recovery coordinator for 35 years. Nevertheless, he’s not sure what to make of a new rule from…...
Feds look to return grizzly management to Western states
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (651+ words) CODY — Federal officials announced Tuesday a new proposal that would return the management of the threatened grizzly bear to the states. Under the proposal, the Department of the Interior would “increase management flexibility for grizzly bears in areas where the…...
Wyoming Game and Fish experiments with geofencing to reduce grizzly conflict
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (504+ words) JACKSON — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has plans to use geofencing on the Beartooth Highway to communicate bear safety messages to the public in the hopes of decreasing conflicts with grizzly bears. When people enter the geofenced area, they…...
Yellowstone’s oldest wolf pack, Mollie’s Pack, leaves the park, raising fears for its future
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1697+ words) Wolf 1090F, the alpha female of the Mollie’s Pack and now the fifth-oldest known wolf in Yellowstone National Park history. Leslie Patten hiked into a remote reach of northwest Wyoming’s Sunlight Basin in December to post a trail camera where she’d…...
Bat woman: UW grad student researches the eerie night flyers
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1030+ words) During some past midnight research, an extremely focused Melissa Moreno takes a biopsy of a bat’s wing before releasing the animal back into the wild at one of their many bridge sites June 12. Moreno and research technician Melanie McDonough captured…...
LeResche: New federal rule leaves taxpayers to clean up drillers' messes
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (565+ words) The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a revision to the 2024 Onshore Oil and Gas Rule that would remove the current requirement that drillers post bonds large enough to plug non-producing wells and restore drilling sites. Congratulations, taxpayers, you’ll be…...
Cheyenne Audubon invites public on birdwatching field trip
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (128+ words) Cheyenne Audubon is organizing a free birdwatching field trip to the Woodhouse Wildlife Habitat Management Area west of Cheyenne on July 18. CHEYENNE – Cheyenne Audubon invites the public, both birders of every level and nonbirders, for a free birdwatching field trip…...
Stone-Manning: Celebrate the nation’s anniversary by speaking up for public land
1+ week, 2+ day ago (446+ words) Two people hike in the Selkirk Mountains of Idaho. As we mark our nation’s 250th anniversary, it’s worth celebrating what we the people have in common. Memories of that backcountry trip. High meadow lakes. Campfires. A bird dog, smiling next to…...
Trump administration revives controversial Moose-Wilson Road project with eye on recreational path
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1003+ words) A car drives past fall foliage on the Moose-Wilson Road. Winding through dense forests and wetlands in the southwest corner of Grand Teton National Park, the 7.1-mile Moose-Wilson Road offers incredible wildlife viewing opportunities as moose, bears and other critters…...