Feeding continues even as chronic wasting disease moves closer-
Jackson, WY – Yesterday afternoon, a coalition of four conservation groups filed formal objections to the Bridger-Teton National Forest’s recent decision approving an elk feeding ground in Wyoming’s Gros Ventre Valley. They are Western Watersheds Project, Wilderness Watch, Wyoming Chapter of Sierra Club, and the Gallatin Wildlife Association.
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Continue Reading →“We’re basically playing chicken with the feds. It’s basically more like extortion, . . .”
Rep. Dan Zwonitzer (R-Cheyenne)-
This session of the Wyoming legislature has been one to nurse grudges when it comes to livestock and efforts to curb its harmful side effects.
The legislature passed a bill to criminalize the gathering of […]
Continue Reading →B-T Forest renews elk feedground while admitting it will spread brucellosis, parasites and chronic wasting disease-
Acting Bridger-Teton National Forest supervisor Kathryn Conant is going to renew the special use permit for Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Alkali Creek winter elk feedlot which is up the Gros Ventre River, sandwiched between the gravel road and […]
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State Agency Game Farming Is Not Compatible with Ecosystem Integrity
With the delisting of wolves from protection under the Endangered Species Act, management of wolves has been turned back to the individual states where wolves occur. In most of these states, we see state agencies adopting policies that treat wolves as persona no […]
Continue Reading →Wyoming Game and Fish Department offers extra elk licenses-
Now that Wyoming has gained the authority to manage wolves and will soon have a wolf hunt, the much lamented lack of elk due to those “insatiable packs of killing machines” — wolves — has suddenly turned around and there are said to be too many […]
Continue Reading →Elk in Wyoming are doing well, even when you look at individual herds-
The Jackson Hole News and Guide April 28 reported their analysis of the 2010 Big Game Management Summary of Wyoming Game and Fish. This article is not on-line, so I will summarize.
The annual census reported almost 103,000 elk in the 27 […]
Continue Reading →They read the article in Nature we posted last week!
Feces on feedgrounds could spread wasting disease. Officials call for phaseout of feeding elk herds. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
At least we heard from some groups and officials about the direct implications of the study in Nature, but what about […]
Continue Reading →Good news. Lack of feeding has kept wolves from keying on the feedlots-
In general not feeding is good regardless of wolves-
It is good news when elk don’t have to be, or simply are not fed.
Mike Jimenez, wolf coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said recently that wolves appear […]
Continue Reading →Captures occurring at multiple sites.
192 elk were captured on Tuesday at the Fall Creek feedground of which 122 were females and 6 of those tested positive for exposure to brucellosis. Another 150 were captured Wednesday at the Muddy Creek feedground of which 60 were females.
State sends six elk to slaughter
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Wyoming Game and Fish continues fourth year of elk test and slaughter program.
Jackson Hole Daily | Elk tests, kills to start
The article points out that $815,000 has been spent and that seroprevalence has declined. This reduction may or may not be associated with past test and slaughter efforts and will likely be […]
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