A two-decades-running legal fight to establish federal protection for the wolverine — an alpine species scientists say is imperiled — is advancing in the courtroom once again.
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State wildlife officials are blasting Grand Teton National Park’s decision to lead off its mountain goat eradication efforts with aerial gunning.
The group renovating Astoria Hot Springs Park has checked off another item on its to-do list: accept a donation of nearly 100 acres.
Five Jackson Hole Fire/EMS paramedics and emergency medical technicians were stranded in Idaho on Monday and Tuesday during emergency trips to Idaho Falls. The high-and-dry first responders were just one casualty of a winter storm cycle that has inundated the Tetons and Jackson Hole the past…
Two cherished streams draining the most central, developed parts of Jackson Hole are now listed as “impaired” by environmental regulators due to fecal bacteria pollution.
Photo safari trip leader Brent Paull’s game plan for last Thursday happily went out the window.
Every time a multimillion-dollar wildlife overpass or underpass is proposed to ease vehicle-wildlife collisions, one stakeholder or another suggests enacting a speed-limit reduction instead.
Eagle survey is Saturday
The Bureau of Land Management’s Pinedale office is seeking volunteers its annual midwinter eagle survey on Saturday.
A bumper-to-bumper line of cars snaked up Ski Hill Road as eager skiers vied for parking spots Sunday morning before lifts started spinning at Grand Targhee Resort. Likewise, skiers and snowboarders packed mazes for a chance at untracked powder at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
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A napping, lounging mountain lion immediately across the street from the Maverik gas station enraptured an audience of humans for a second straight day Thursday.
This is part one in a series about Teton County water quality. Next up, part two will delve into how the town of Jackson treats wastewater. — Eds.
Jason Wilmot was one of a lucky few posted up at the Maverik station Wednesday afternoon who wasn’t having his first brush with a mountain lion.
A trap line that caused an uproar due to its location near the well-trodden Cache Creek trailhead has been removed by a Wyoming Game and Fish Department warden, who cited the man who set the traps.
Persistent snow and low visibility have put the kibosh on Grand Teton National Park’s efforts to shoot and kill non-native mountain goats in the Tetons this week.
Real estate agent and longtime resident Ed Liebzeit has been selected for one of two seats that have opened on the Jackson Hole Airport’s board of directors.
Bear conservation conference coming
A conference is being planned in the Northern Rockies that will explore bear conservation issues in a changing world.
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A large swath of the high Tetons will be off limits next week to buffer the public from contracted aerial gunners who will have their sights set on mountain goats that have invaded the range and put a native species at risk.
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With some last-minute changes being made to satisfy the state of Wyoming, the National Elk Refuge is moving forward with a 5-year plan to start whittling down its historic elk-feeding program.
Federal wildlife scientists have put to rest the idea that the late-season elk hunt in Grand Teton National Park draws in and concentrates large numbers of grizzly bears.
Tighter Madison rules
Montana wildlife managers are embarking on a planning process to deal with crowding and conflict problems at a blue-ribbon trout fishery: the Madison River.
A policy that seeks to safeguard where big-game animals migrate across the Wyoming landscape has been released in draft form by Gov. Mark Gordon.
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For photographers and wildlife lovers in Star Valley and beyond, the sight of mountain goats coming down off the slopes of Ferry Peak is a seasonal delight.
A man who says he has set a trap line at one of the valley’s most popular dog-walking spots set off a flurry of commentary on social media.
An unusual set of circumstances led to an extremely habituated litter of wolf pups being raised near Slough Creek last summer, a behavioral trait that likely played a role in two pups being hit and killed on Yellowstone roads months later.
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation is losing its top employee, Executive Director Jon Mobeck, who’s moving out of the valley.
Aspen regeneration plan
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest is planning an big forest burning and thinning project that’s intended to regenerate Ashton-area aspen stands that are aging out and disappearing.
A gold exploration project in the headwaters of the Snake River’s Henrys Fork is temporarily on hold because of a judge’s determination that federal land managers failed to assess impacts on Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest has sent word of plans for an expansive forest burning and thinning project that’s intended to regenerate aspen stands that are aging out and disappearing in the Ashton, Idaho, area.
Retired climbing ranger Jim Springer worries about impacts to native wildlife from golden eagles to bighorn sheep when he contemplates the prospects of daily scenic helicopter tours near the western boundary of Grand Teton National Park.
There were no congressional naysayers Tuesday to a bill that would create a $7.4 million pot to fund research and unite state agencies around the goal of combating chronic wasting disease.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest has reauthorized use of the Alkali feedground under certain conditions, but wildlife managers say they have no intention of continuing to lay out hay at the historic elk feeding area.
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A hit-and-run collision that took the lives of two habituated Junction Butte Pack wolf pups is being investigated by Yellowstone National Park.
Mappers want you
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation is holding a certification course for people interested in being trained as citizen-scientist “Nature Mappers” at Teton County Library.
Meghan Warren was driving to pick up the remains of an especially rare raptor Thursday when an even more perplexing avian visitor caught her eye.
Wind River Air’s Tony Chambers will present his plan to offer scenic helicopter tours and the Jackson Hole Airport Board will take questions and feedback from the public from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Teton County Library.
Nature Mapping training is set
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation is holding a certification course for people interested in being trained as citizen scientist “Nature Mappers” on Dec. 19 at Teton County Library.
Irene Greenberg had been roving around looking for something to photograph the Sunday before last when she came upon a brook trout bloodbath that’s the subject of Jackson Hole wildlife-watching legend.
To give uphill skiers more options, Snow King General Manager Ryan Stanley made the call to put a lift ticket scan station 500 or so feet downhill into Leeks Canyon.
Rylan Lynam was feeling the pressure, and was itching to get his elk.
A Jackson Hole dude rancher and retired investigative journalist is imploring federal aviation safety officials to reconsider allowing a scenic flight company to do business in Jackson Hole.
Outgoing Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., is among federal legislators who are pushing a bill that aspires to create a fallback to operate when the U.S. Congress is unable to agree to fund the federal government.
First responders came to the aid of a hunter Friday after he shot himself in the leg and needed a ride to St. John’s Medical Center for surgery.
An oil and gas lease auction set to start Tuesday has environmental groups worried about potential impacts to Yellowstone ecosystem elk that migrate through and winter on blocks of land up for sale.
The days of rough riding are numbered on a potholed, tire-busting stretch of the Gros Ventre Road leading up to Lower Slide Lake.
A homegrown Jackson water sports business has beaten out an incumbent concessionaire to win a contract to guide multiday kayak trips on Jackson Lake.
Wyoming wildlife managers may intensively hunt down mule deer and hold populations low for long periods of time inn areas where chronic wasting disease threatens to become prevalent.
The Jackson Town Council is asking the Jackson Hole Airport to delay making any decisions about allowing scenic air tours until the Federal Aviation Administration has studied the impacts of such flights.
When Yellowstone wrapped up its telecommunications plan a decade ago, the park specifically designated historic buildings like the Old Faithful Lodge and Lake Hotel cabins as places that wouldn’t be modernized with Wi-Fi technology.
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