elk

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reducing the number of pronghorn and mule deer hunting tags for this year. Officials say it is largely due to disease and drought.

Once there is a seven percent prevalence of chronic wasting disease, the study predicts a modest decline of elk.

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.

A U.S. District of Wyoming Court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) improperly permitted two of the three feed grounds that were reviewed because they conducted improper environmental analyses.

The National Elk Refuge stopped its feeding Monday, March 29, two weeks earlier than normal in order to meet management goals.The National Elk Refuge in…

The Wyoming House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committee has approved a bill that sets up a specific process if the Wyoming Game…

A new study finds that human interference affects how much elk interact with each other.U.S. Geological Survey biologist Will Janousek said that…

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…

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is starting the process to rework its elk feedground management plan. The first step is a public comment period.For…

Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone 25 years ago, after intense debate and under serious scrutiny. Park rangers exterminated the last wolves in…