The Wildlife News

Wyoming

  • Wyoming moose numbers are far below Game and Fish objective

    Ralph Maughan

    Deer and bighorn are down too. Pronghorn and elk doing well- Recently we ran the story how well Wyoming’s supposedly beleaguered elk population was doing. Every herd in the state was above Fish and Game objectives. It’s a different story for moose, which are only at 44% of objective. We ran a story how the…

  • A thousand or so wind turbines south of Rawlins, Wyoming?

    Ralph Maughan

    Anshutz plans 4-6 billon dollar development- Anschutz Corp. plans masssive Wyoming wind farm. By Matt Joyce. AP. Forbes. About 40 other remote wind projects are being considered. This single project would cover over 150 square miles. – – – – – – Related: Biologists study turbines’ effect on grouse. Billings Gazette. AP 5-26. For comparison:…

  • Game management

    Ken Cole

    Brucellosis is perpetuated by Wyoming feed grounds “If we could get rid of feed grounds and reduce population, we could solve much of our brucellosis problem,” Tom Roffe said. Game management By DANIEL PERSON Bozeman Daily Chronicle

  • Wyoming elk numbers surpass goal

    Ralph Maughan

    Folks should remember that livestock interests often strive to keep the goals low- This does throw more cold water on the “wolves have killed all the elk” belief. Wyoming elk numbers surpass goal. State census shows herds about 12.3 percent above objectives, likely more with uncounted animals. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr.. Jackson Hole News and…

  • Wyoming Landowners: Slow down wind energy

    Ralph Maughan

    These landowners realized that proposed wind energy is a lot more than a few scenic wind turbines tucked nicely away in an unimportant gully or flat- Laramine Range Landowners: Slow down wind energy. By Dustin Bleizeffer. Casper Star-Tribune energy reporter Unlike most of Idaho and Utah, they do live in a truly high quality wind…

  • New vehicle plan for Bridger-Teton National Forest goes in effect May 1

    Ralph Maughan

    The new travel plan for this high profile national forest is effective May 1- Developing a national forest travel plan nowadays is fraught with controversy and often lawsuits, but the Bridger-Teton seems to have pretty wide acceptance, relatively speaking. Years in the making, it goes into effect on May. 1. ATV, motorbike rules to go…

  • Officials hunt for pair of wolves south of Casper

    Ralph Maughan

    Let’s hope they don’t find them and the wolves make it to the legal safety of Colorado- Officials hunt for pair of wolves south of Casper. Casper Star Tribune.

  • Plan to dewater SW Wyoming to fuel growth in Colorado a bad idea

    Ralph Maughan

    NYT Times thinks so. It should be obvious to everyone- That’s what we need, more urban sprawl on the front range of the Rockies in Colorado; and the water to fuel it will by pumped in from far away — SW Wyoming — the upper Green River. This kind of thinking is so pre-recession, and…

Subscribe to get new posts right in your Inbox

‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

Latest Posts

×