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Mark Heinz

Mark Heinz covers the outdoors and wildlife for Cowboy State Daily.

He previously worked or freelanced for numerous newspapers and magazines across Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, covering all manner of news and feature stories. He has a strong background in topics related to wildlife, hunting, and wildlands conservation. He's written extensively since the 1990s about the controversies surrounding wolves, grizzly bears and mustangs.

He also enjoys people-centric stories with quirky edge of humor and has written several such pieces for Cowboy State Daily. 

Mark lives in Laramie with his wife, Kendy, and the youngest of their five children.

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There is General consensus over preserving the Greater Little Mountain area in Sweetwater County, although a draft plan for managing other federal lands around it was slammed by Wyoming elected officials.

Wyoming Blasts BLM Over Plan To Limit Uses For 1.8 Million Acres

Gov. Mark Gordon and other Wyoming elected officials are blasting a draft BLM land management plan to limit uses on 1.8 million acres for environmental protection.

Mark HeinzAugust 17, 2023

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Yellowstone Grizzly Death Count Hits 24, Including 20-Year-Old Shot Last Week

A 20-year-old grizzly killed in Montana last week for preying on cattle is the 24th grizzly to die so far this year in the Greater Yellowstone area. Six have been killed in Wyoming for livestock depredation.

Mark HeinzAugust 17, 2023

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Anglers Warned Yellowstone River Fish May Be Poisoned From Train Crash

A train crash that dumped molten sulfur and asphalt into the Yellowstone River North of Yellowstone Park might have poisoned fish, and officials are warning anglers not to eat their catches from the river.

Mark HeinzAugust 16, 2023

This man photographed chasing wolves in Wyoming’s Lamar Valley could be the same man filmed jumping out his vehicle to charge at black bears by the roadside

Yellowstone Photographer Believes Shirtless Bear Chaser Started By Chasing Wolves

The mystery of an unidentified man caught on video harassing black bears has deepened – photos have surfaced of what could be the same shirtless man chasing wolves in Yellowstone

Mark HeinzAugust 16, 2023

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Anti-Hunters Appointed To Colorado Wildlife Commission Could Be A Warning For Wyoming

A former Wyoming Game and Fish commissioner says Wyoming doesn't need to worry about anti-hunters infiltrating its wildlife commission now, but is concerned with "up-and-coming wildlife biologists" because of the bias they are taught in the university system.

Mark HeinzAugust 15, 2023

Kenny Lankford of Albany, left, won the National NRA Match Rifle Championship at Camp Atterbury, Indiana in July. He’s pictured with Armanda Elsenboss, winner of the 2023 National NRA Service Rifle Championship and Overall Championship.

Wyoming Man Wins Prestigious National Rifle Association Rifle Championship

Now in his 70s, Kenny Lankford, of Albany, Wyoming proved he hasn't lost a step. In July, he hopped into his 1948 Willys Jeep station wagon and drove to Indiana where he won this year’s NRA Match Rifle Championship.

Mark HeinzAugust 14, 2023

A young male black bear on to the porch of Roseanne and Kim Gentry’s home in Big Horn on the afternoon of June 20, and was later killed by game and fish wardens.

Bear Breaks Into 82-Year-Old Woman’s House In Colorado, Woman Comes Out Victorious

A black bear broke into an 82-year-old woman’s home near Trinidad, Colorado, late Friday and the two got into a shoving match before the bear gave up and ran away. It was the fourth bear attack reported this year in Colorado.

Mark HeinzAugust 14, 2023

Infinite Outdoors CEO Sam Seeton with huge 5x5 archery bull

‘High-Tech Rednecks’ Offer Access To Private Land For Hunting Thru Digital App

Casper-based Infinite Outdoors say they want to change the way people hunt in Wyoming by getting them on exclusive private properties at rates average folks can afford. They say their approach will help keep hunting from becoming a "rich man's pastime."

Mark HeinzAugust 13, 2023

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Wyoming Has Too Many Elk, And Nobody’s Sure What To Do About It

There are way too many elk, particularly in eastern and northeastern Wyoming, and lawmakers, ranchers, hunters and the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish are in a quandary over how to handle it.

Mark HeinzAugust 11, 2023

A collection of firearms for sale at Rocky Mountain Gun Trader in Cheyenne.

Colorado Raising Gun Purchase Age To 21 Likely Unconstitutional, UW Law Prof Says

A new Colorado law raising the legal age to purchase a firearm in that state from 18 to 21 has already been blocked by a federal judge, and will likely be proven unconstitutional, a Wyoming gun law expert said.

Mark HeinzAugust 11, 2023

Jeff Royce of Bozeman, Montana applies medicine to bite wounds that his wife, Jen suffered earlier this month during an otter attack on the Jefferson River.

Montana Woman Says She Feared For Her Life During Otter Attack

A Bozeman, Montana, woman who survived a vicious attack by an otter while float tubing on the Jefferson River says she had a “this is how I’m going to die” moment.

Mark HeinzAugust 10, 2023

Stands of dead timber like this one in Yellowstone National Park are a common sight along Wyoming roads in the wake of a massive pine beetle epidemic. Efforts continue to remove hazardous trees before they fall into the road.

The Standing Dead — Wyoming’s Roadside Ghosts Forests Are Here To Stay

A pine beetle epidemic that ripped through Wyoming during the 2000s and 2010s have created roadside ghost forests in Yellowstone and just about anywhere else the Cowboy State’s roads wind through mountains with forested slopes.

Mark HeinzAugust 10, 2023

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