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13Aug
AmeriCorps Member Spotlight – Jenna Henderson
We are so thankful for Jenna Henderson’s very generous service term with us this summer. Jenna was able to complete some much needed projects and has prepared our fall term AmeriCorps member with a lesson plan that we can use with local youth about coexistence with wildlife. Jenna is a resident of North Carolina and […]
13Aug
399 and Cubs Need Your Help
DON’T FEED THE BEARS! The most famous bear in the world, Grizzly 399, is once again outside of the park boundaries. She needs your help to keep her and the four cubs safe. Grizzly 399 is smart and can find her way around human dominated landscapes quite well, however, if she begins to rely on […]
05May
AmeriCorps Service Member Spotlight – Andrew Miller
We are delighted to highlight our AmeriCorps service member for winter/spring 2021. Andrew Miller is a University of Wyoming graduate with a degree in geology and geohydrology. He currently lives in Laramie, Wyoming, but grew up near Denver. We have greatly enjoyed and appreciated the time Andrew has spent with us the past couple of […]
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 […]
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 […]