grizzly bears

In light of two recent bear attacks, including one near Dubois in northwest Wyoming, the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department is reminding hunters to be "bear aware."

The poll showed that more than two thirds of Americans oppose opening up a trophy hunting season on grizzly bears in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has captured and relocated about two dozen grizzly bears in northwest Wyoming this year. Game and Fish supervisor Dan Thompson says this year's grizzly bear relocation cases are up from 2014 when a total of 16 northwest Wyoming grizzlies were relocated...

Governor Mead said there is no reason to wait to remove federal protections and return control of grizzly bears to the states.”

The Wildwest Institute and Alliance for the Wild Rockies sued after the government designated in 2011 that protections for the whitebark pine tree were warranted.

The first confirmed reports of grizzly bear activity in the Park were reported on March 4th in the Hayden Valley area.

Wyoming Supreme Court hears arguments on case of an environmentalist who says he was denied state records related to endangered species protection for grizzly bears.  Cheyenne Frontier Days General Committee has chosen Michelle Hess to replace Diane Humphrey as Cheyenne Dandies director...

Researchers say grizzly bear deaths have declined more than 50-percent this year in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated over $2.8 million for leasing rights on parcels offered at the agency's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction held Tuesday...

The lack of the natural food source could mean an increase in human-bear encounters this fall – especially for hunters in grizzly bear habitat.

Currently there are at least 50 wildfires burning in the west. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the agency is committed to expanded opportunities to reduce the fuel load on the national forests. Biologists say a bad year for whitebark pine cone output could lead to more hunter-grizzly conflicts this fall...