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Archive for Kristin Combs
27Apr
Wildlife Killing Contests Unfortunately Common in Wyoming
Ask any person on the street what a wildlife killing contest (WKC) is and they will likely tell you they’ve never heard of one. However, many of these horrific events where people compete to win prizes and cash by killing the most of a species are held annually in Wyoming. Now banned or limited in […]
25Jan
Callous Attitude Toward Wildlife Pervasive Among WY Elected and Appointed Decision Makers
Recently, a supporter sent an email to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon inquiring with him about how he feels about people running over coyotes with snowmobiles and the Wyoming Best of the Best killing contests being held in the state. The response he received from Governor Gordon’s Natural Resource and Agriculture Advisor, Joe Budd, was this: […]
21Jan
Special Art Event Benefits WWA!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 THROUGH MONDAY JANUARY 25, WWA RECEIVES 20% OF ALL SALES Elizabeth Mordensky is a wildlife guide in Yellowstone, thru hiker, avid wildlife watcher, and an amazingly talented artist. Her mediums are oils, watercolors, and acrylic. Elizabeth’s artistic abilities are expressed in two different styles. She creates super detailed landscape acrylic paintings, and […]
08Jan
WWA Featured on the Trip Outside Podcast
We were honored to be invited as a guest on the Trip Outside podcast. Listen in for more information about wolves, grizzlies, and elk in Wyoming and how recreationalists can be our strongest conservationists if we all are willing to think about preserving nature even if that means setting aside our own desires to go […]
22Dec
Advocates: Wolves Could Help Stave Off Disease in Elk, Deer
We were recently interviewed by Public News Service in response to an elk being found to test positive for CWD in Grand Teton National Park. What the state of Wyoming is missing here is that they are ignoring a tool that could prove very effective in the fight against CWD: wolves. Read the full news […]
18Dec
CWD FOUND IN AN ELK IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
BREAKING NEWS: CWD FOUND IN AN ELK IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK In 2018 a mule deer was found in Grand Teton National Park that tested positive with CWD but this is the first elk to test positive within the park. Most of the elk within GTNP winter on the National Elk Refuge or on […]
AmeriCorps Member Spotlight: Jack Polk
This fall we had the pleasure of working with Jack Polk through Teton Science Schools’ AmeriCorps program. Jack is from St. Louis, Missouri and recently graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Foreign Affairs. He has a deep connection to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as he spent most of his childhood visiting […]
25Nov
WWA and Coalition Urges Further Action for Coexistence
Conservationists: Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Land Managers Should Adopt Stronger Measures to Prevent Conflicts, Protect People and Bears BOZEMAN, Mont.— Today, conservation organizations sent recommendations to the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (YES Subcommittee)— calling on the group of grizzly bear and habitat managers to enact measures to prevent conflicts between […]
20Nov
Gift Items Celebrate 399 and the Quad Cubs!
We’ve teamed up with Idelia Labra of Blu Bird and I to develop some incredible jewelry and keychains that will show the world your love of 399, this special year, and her incredibly rare accomplishment of raising four cubs. The best part is 40% of the proceeds from sales go directly to us and our […]
20Nov
Wolves are Allies Not Enemies
As Wyoming continues to allow the killing of nearly 50% of its wolf population each year, new research from Yellowstone is showing that wolves might be our best bet against the spread and severity of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Chronic wasting disease is an always fatal malady that affects members of the cervid family like […]