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Grand Teton National Park is mulling winter backcountry closures in an effort to protect a small and isolated herd of native bighorn sheep. The proposal has become controversial among the backcountry ski community.
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Grand Teton National Park is working on a plan to address winter human disturbance on Bighorn Sheep, and several local groups have offered their feedback from a recent survey of backcountry users.
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Grand Teton National Park is exploring how to keep its shrinking bighorn sheep population from going extinct, which could change how people use the park in the winter.
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Spring break drew a diverse group of young people to Grand Teton National Park for the annual NPS Academy orientation.
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A new study from the Nature Conservancy in Wyoming found that many wildflowers and other plants in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone area are blooming and bearing fruit earlier than they did 50 years ago. Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska asked ecologist and co-author Trevor Bloom how the study came about.
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According to the Grand Teton National Park, the native bighorn sheep herd in Teton Range that have been there for thousands of years are now at risk of local extinction.Jeremy Barnum, the park's chief of staff, said reducing the invasive population helps the National Park Service protect resources for future generations.
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The Jackson area is home to a population of relatively genetically pure native cutthroat trout. In many other parts of the West, cutthroat trout have hybridized with rainbow trout. But a set of irrigation ditches off of Spread Creek have created a barrier for the Jackson area trout on their migrations. The fish get swept into irrigation ditches and eventually become stranded.
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This weekend two of the four yearling cubs from the famous grizzly bear 399 were captured and collared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This comes after the famous grizzly bear and her yearlings have traveled south outside of Grand Teton National Park.
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Wildlife biologists are proposing select winter closures in the Tetons in an effort to protect locally-endangered bighorn sheep. Some backcountry skiers aren't happy about it.
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The FBI confirmed the body discovered in Grand Teton National Park is that of 22-year-old Gabby Petito. The local coroner says the manner of death was homicide.