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  1. Wildlife managers look to slash Grand Teton elk hunt by more than 90%

    … fall, wildlife managers are planning to offer 90% fewer tags to hunt elk in Grand Teton National Park.   In 2022, they offered 475 tags. This year, they’re proposing to offer only 40.   … we just don’t need to remove very many elk through that program to keep the herd at objective,” said Courtemanch, …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  2. In the Rockies, goats beat bighorn sheep

    … of on-the-ground hunting with “skilled volunteers,” a program that saw hunters take out 63 goats, and another … outside the park. State wildlife officials issued 48 goat tags a year for the past few years in those areas, though … continued. This year Game and Fish reduced the number of tags to four. The goal, Courtemanch said, is to give hunters …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  3. Buffalo resident earns rare hunting opportunity

    … roughly $1.6 million this year and $9.2 million since the program’s inception — goes to conservation projects, … sale now through Jan. 31, 2023, at the WGFD website. Super Tags for individual species cost $10 apiece, while Trifecta …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  4. In the Laramie Mountains, too many elk and no easy fixes

    … if not for a Wyoming Game and Fish Department compensation program.  “Our total hay crop is usually around 800 … licenses doled out, and by 2009 distributed 5,000-plus tags for the zone, elk area seven, which treads into five counties: Albany, Carbon, Natrona, Converse and Platte. Now tags top 6,000. Managers also “dramatically liberalized” …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  5. Numbers down for hunt season

    … year, and this year marks the lowest number of antelope tags available over the course of his 30-year career.  … licenses valid for spike elk. Harvest of spikes on these tags has been modest at best,” Sandrini said. “So, this … Game and Fish is running an elk hunter management program in the Black Hills that works with private …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59

  6. Hungry elk frustrate landowners and wildlife managers

    … and adaptability hinder both hunters hoping to fill their tags and ranchers whose properties sustain damage, according … Harvest success, or how many hunters are able to fill their tags, varies from year to year, though Wyoming tends to lead … landowners participate in the department's Access YES program or offer outfitting services. While a lot of …

    admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38

  7. Coal mandate continues to cost electric customers

    … located at the Wyodak complex outside Gillette. Both price tags far exceed the original costs of the plants, according … $2 million annually.   In addition to the giant price tags, critics point to costly budget overruns and … that the recently expanded federal “45-Q” tax credit program for carbon capture facilities, along with …

    admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16

  8. WIC expands benefit options to combat baby formula shortage in Wyoming

    … chain disruptions, the Wyoming Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, has expanded its coverage options. … sizes of formula that were not previously covered by the program, which is run by the Wyoming Department of Health. … is made by Abbott Laboratories, is off the shelves, with tags marked: “Temporarily out of stock from …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  9. Move em’ out

    … under the requirements of the Global Animal Partnership program. That program, established in 2008, works primarily to foster … and hay," Belus said. Belus' cattle wear specific ear tags that denote them as being part of the GAP program. If …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  10. Committee chairs proud of bills to come out of the interim

    … though.  He said it would expand the current program for senior and low-income residents and change the … children.  “I’m hopeful that the upper payment limit program will enable us to just bolster the reimbursement … instate hunters’ chances of drawing certain desirable tags,” she told the WTE. “We’ll have a few bills that …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

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