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A good reminder from Montana FWP that it's bear spray season. #mtnews

It has snowed two of the first three days of May in northwest Wyoming. Grumble grumble, but at least I got this pic of elk being pelted by graupel out of it, featured for WyoFile's photo Friday.

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A man who likes to joke he arrived in Wyoming 'around the upthrust of the Tetons' makes his social media video debut, 👏 Angus Thuermer.

For the first time in > a century, the Eastern Shoshone tribe hunted bison on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service' National Elk Refuge.

Pretty cool, IMO.

“I think it’s wonderful that they were out here on homelands that they historically utilized.'
—Refuge Manager Frank Durbian

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Even if it's illegal for someone in Wyoming to have/buy a firearm if they've been involuntarily committed, their name usually doesn't show up in background checks if they go to buy a gun.

Here's why ⬇️ wyofile.com/the-giant-ment…

The Owyhee is the largest wilderness proposal now before Congress and the largest national monument currently proposed nationwide. Will it make it across the finish line? My latest for High Country News: hcn.org/articles/whats…

At long last we're welcoming a final decision for grizzly bear restoration in the North Cascade Ecosystem, released today. This means grizzlies are finally going home to North Cascades National Park! npca.org/articles/3778-…

.Wyoming Game & Fish has made major changes to Wyoming elk management, like using hired guns to thin overpopulated herds and opening up new hunting avenues for landowners.

Hook-and-bullet groups are in support b/c of the alternative: the Wyo Legislature stepping in.

wyofile.com/hired-guns-unl…

BLM frustrates Gov. Gordon again with new public land conservation rule - story by Angus Thuermer WyoFile #publiclands wyofile.com/blm-frustrates…

I really enjoyed this Canadian hunting podcast's exploration of the Wyoming wolf controversy. Specifically I learned a bunch from host Mark Hall's discussion about the (lacking) ethics of running over coyotes and wolves with snowmobiles.

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/aro…

Latest WyoFile story on the Wyoming wolf abuse saga:

Outrage still burns white hot here in Wyo. That was clear at this week's Wyoming Game & Fish Commission meeting.

But will it last into May/June, when legislative committees that can actually do something meet?

wyofile.com/rage-over-a-wy…

I've taken plenty of heat about the press inflaming the wolf incident. Frankly I've struggled with the constant stream of stories (working on my 6th today).

Appreciate the Wolf Connection Pod for letting me explain why I think the coverage is necessary.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

The sounds of nature are disappearing...
theguardian.com/environment/20…

What do you get when you combine beautiful mountains, a town with no government, and a developer eager for influence and backed by a private equity firm? Probably something like Big Sky, Montana.

On the future of skiing in the West for Harper's Magazine
harpers.org/archive/2024/0…

Look at all those ungulates moving across the West! New westwide map now published in Vol4 of our USGS report. Map represents 182 herds of pronghorn, mule deer, elk, and other spp, plus a lot of work from our many State, Tribal and Federal partners.
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EXCLUSIVE: Firsthand accounts of a wolf’s abuse that has generated outrage around the world have lacked — until now.

A bar patron tells WyoFile what happened. 👇wyofile.com/eyewitness-des…