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The Wiggins Fork Bison Jumps Complex is a high-elevation area in the Absaroka Mountains where different Indigenous tribes worked with and enhanced the landscape’s topography to drive bison off cliffs for harvesting. In comparison to other jumps throughout the state, the site outside of Dubois is big, old, and highly sophisticated, with multiple stone-circle campsites and seven different bison jump sites.
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Preliminary results from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem antler study show that with a new one week lead time locals may return to areas they haven’t shed hunted recently.
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University of Wyoming and partners to award over $30,000 grant to help Wyoming communities adapt to climate change
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University of Wyoming launches center dedicated to non-partisan firearms research
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Researchers have developed a snow and rain tracker that gathers data from citizen scientists in an effort to improve the accuracy of storm warnings and water management.
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The National Audubon Society kicked off its annual bird count Wednesday — a program that helps experts understand how birds respond to climate change.
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NASA’s first of several planned missions to the moon is on track to return to Earth on Dec. 11, and the space agency is getting help from dozens of companies across the U.S., including some in Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico and Colorado.
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Polling data shows that many voters of color in the Mountain West were influenced by climate change more than the electorate at large during the 2022 midterm elections.
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Flu infections are rising fast after a two-year dip due to COVID. Health experts say infection rates are getting back to normal.
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The National Centers for Environmental Information released its national climate report for September, indicating that the month's national average temperature was 68.1 degrees Fahrenheit — the fifth warmest September in the 128-year record.
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Though the death rate in rural America has decreased since the end of September, it is still significantly higher than in urban areas.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts published a report calling on policy-makers and landowners to help animals migrate across the West. That report also highlights the latest science on animals like mule deer, elk, and pronghorn.