‘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.
Aly Courtemanch
Goats now outnumber native bighorns in Tetons, become targets
Introduced by Idaho in 1969, mountain goats join habitat fragmentation and genetic isolation in threatening an iconic native sheep herd’s future.
Bighorn sheep survive migration loss, now pressed by skiers
Backcountry recreation reduces winter range for a unique herd of bighorn sheep that lives year-round in the Tetons.
