Livestock Predation

As predators like grizzly bears and gray wolves expand their ranges or are being recovered to more habitats, wildlife managers in the Mountain West are increasingly tasked with preventing conflicts between the animals and people. Some are turning to new strategies and technologies, including drones.

The recently passed Big Beautiful Bill includes plans to compensate ranchers for cattle lost to predation. The head of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association said this could take some pressure off the state's reimbursement program.

Wyoming Game and Fish killed four wolves in northwestern Wyoming last week as part of an effort to control their interactions with livestock.Wyoming was…