wildlife

There’s been a push recently to remove or replace fences to allow deer, pronghorn and elk to move about and migrate. But one of the biggest hurdles is knowing where all those miles and miles of fence actually are.

“Improving the Service’s interactions with the public, simplifying regulations, accelerating permitting with technology, and relying more on education, voluntary compliance, and verification,” he told senators on the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Ravens are commonly known for their scavenging abilities, but a Draper Natural History Museum Raptor Experience employee says they are also good at solving puzzles and are incredibly intelligent.

The East Yellowstone Brucellosis Compensation fund launched the first of January and has already seen two interested applicants.

Talks for what people will be allowed to do on the land – and how the state will use the sale proceeds – are slated to start this year.

Park County Open Lands worked with a landowner to conserve an 84-acre property in between Cody and Yellowstone. The area is frequented by big game.

An initial count of total elk harvests on the National Elk Refuge, an annual hunt with special restrictions, are low due to winter’s slow start.

It includes critical habitat designations for the first time in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico.

More than $120 million in federal grant money is being earmarked to support conservation programs across the country, including in our region. Almost half of the funding will support efforts involving Indigenous communities.

Hunting – the word itself can immediately divide people. But what about wildlife killing contests? It’s surging in some states within our region while others have outlawed it.