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WWA Spearheads Efforts to Require Bear ID Courses in Wyoming and Idaho

JACKSON, Wyo.— Nine conservation organizations sent letters today urging the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Idaho Department of Fish and Game to require black bear hunters to take a bear identification course before getting a hunting license. Hunters continue to kill grizzlies, claiming they thought they were black bears. In May a man shot […]

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WWA Launches Jackson Hole Bear Solutions

New Program Delivers Bear-Resistant Trash Cans to Residents Regardless of Ability to Pay Jackson Hole Bear Solutions, hosted by Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, is partnering with the National Elk Refuge/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to store and deliver bear-resistant trash cans at reduced or zero cost to the residents of Teton County, WY. JACKSON, WY — […]

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AmeriCorps Member Spotlight – Grant Gallaher

We can’t begin to thank Grant Gallaher enough for his service to WWA this fall. Grant was with us from August through December and has even agreed to help out with the event we have on January 2 at the National Museum of Wildlife Art (NMWA) to roll out our Spanish edition of our wildly […]

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Big Win in Our Suit Against Elk-Harming Feedgrounds

On September 21, 2021 a Wyoming federal court agreed with environmental plaintiffs that the supplemental winter feeding of elk on the Bridger-Teton National Forest must receive additional environmental analysis. The court found that the agency improperly permitted feeding elk on two of the three feedgrounds under review, and that the claims made by the agency […]

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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 […]

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WWA Urges Grizzly Protection as Grand Teton Culls Mountain Goats

We remain seriously concerned about the safety of grizzlies that inhabit Grand Teton National Park as hunters (referred to as “skilled volunteers”) enter the park to shoot as many mountain goats as possible. We have asked the park to do everything they can to ensure that grizzly bears remain safe while hunters are in search […]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Grace Gorant

This summer we have been thrilled to have the help of AmeriCorps volunteer, Grace Gorant. The AmeriCorps program is administered by Teton Science Schools with members extending their service to non-profits in the valley. Grace is a rising senior studying Environmental Anthropology at Barnard College in New York. A native of the East Coast, she […]

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We’re Taking the Forest Service to Court – Again

In a lawsuit filed in District Court today, a coalition of conservation groups allege that, contrary to explicit direction in 2018 to the United States Forest Service from the United States District Court of Wyoming, the Forest Service is permitting continued winter elk feeding at the Alkali Creek feedground in the Gros Ventre drainage without […]

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An Evening With Our Ally: The Wolf

Evening with Our Ally: The Wolf Highlights the Wolf-Human Connection 6:00 pm Saturday, August 24 Jackson Hole Center for the Arts JACKSON, WY (AUGUST 12, 2019) – Hosted by Wyoming Wildlife Advocates (WWA), the Evening with Our Ally: The Wolf, brings the stories of the wolf-human connection to Wyoming. In a state where wolves are […]

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G&F Commission Denies Petition but Recommends Bear Spray be Carried by All

At Friday’s Commission meeting, the Commissioners determined that a new regulation should not be enacted to require hunters in grizzly bear territory to carry bear spray as our petition recommended. The petition that was put forth by WWA, the Humane Society of the U.S., Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, the Center for Biological […]

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