‘Decade of the elk’ for hunters as herds top goals by 32%
Game and Fish Department counts, estimates find 112,900 wapiti. “Elk hunting should be really good for people this year,” said one manager.
wildlife
Volunteers begin Grand Teton National Park goat shoot Monday
After randomly selecting teams of skilled shooters, Park Service is ready to let them kill as many mountain goats as possible to protect bighorn sheep.
Montana sage grouse estimates jump 73% in 2020
Biologists in the state with 11% of greater sage grouse estimate the population at about 78,000 birds, up more than 33,000 from 2019.
Magical cows and the colonization of Western public lands
Opinion
by 14 Comments In rebuttal to a recent guest column, Jennifer Molidor and Erik Molvar argue that grazing’s effects are antithetical to wild habitat conservation.
Greater sage grouse counts tick up West-wide
Although experts caution that one year’s figures do not represent a trend, Wyoming sees a “leveling out” after three years of declining numbers.
