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Habitat
27Apr
Montana Survey Reveals Widespread Support for Grizzly Bears
Public misconceptions remain regarding conflict management Contact: Bonnie Rice, Sierra Club, (406) 640-2847, bonnie.rice@sierraclub.org Jocelyn Leroux, Western Watersheds Project, (406) 960-4164, jocelyn@westernwatersheds.org Kristin Combs, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, (307) 413-4116, kristin@wyowild.org Montana— A recent survey of Montana residents by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) and the Human Dimensions Lab at the University of Montana shows […]
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: […]
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 […]
08Nov
Conservation Groups Object to Forest Service Proposal to Extend Elk Feeding Despite Court Order
Winter feeding at Alkali Creek must end because of disease concerns. Following a victory in a Wyoming court last September, four conservation organizations have told the Bridger-Teton Forest Officials that the Forest should not wait ten years, or even five years, to phase out winter feeding of elk at Alkali Creek in the Gros Ventre […]
04Nov
The New West – Learning From History
In light of recent conflicts involving people and grizzly bears in Northwest Wyoming, there is a real opportunity for learning. Let’s face a fact, there is a subset of the population that hates change. However, change from 19th Century values to even 20th Century values is long overdue, let alone making it all the way […]
13May
Wyoming Wildlife Services Continues Status Quo
In response to legal actions taken by environmental groups, Wyoming Wildlife Services (WY-WS) was responsible for completing an environmental assessment of their predator management actions – known as predator damage management (PDM). Wyoming Wildlife Services had four alternatives they put forth and collected public comments for 30 days. Predictably, they chose the alternative that kept […]