Opinion
by 16 Comments The Legislature’s failure to ban “coyote whackin’” reiterates Wyoming’s fraught history of wildlife management with toxic politics trumping sound science. grizzly bears
Judge reinstates Yellowstone grizzly protections
A federal judge returned the Yellowstone grizzly bear to the endangered species list ending state management of the species and cancelling a planned Wyoming hunting season.
New info on dead grizzlies won’t change Wyo hunt
State rejects plea that was based on late discovery of female bear killed in 2017.
Groups challenge grizzly hunt on news of another dead female
Conservationists say a female bear that died in 2017 wasn’t counted when Wyoming set its hunting season and a key part of a scheduled hunt should be stopped.
Memos chart Yellowstone super’s fight to keep job
Park Superintendent Dan Wenk loses skirmish with Trump administration and is told to decide by Aug. 2 to accept transfer, resign or face firing.
