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.
Latest from Mark Heinz
Wyoming Public Hunters May Be Squeezed Out By ‘Landowner Tags’
Wealthy out-of-staters are shopping Wyoming properties with landowner hunting tags attached to them which, in turn, are pushing rank-and-file hunters out of premier hunting areas.
Mark HeinzSeptember 23, 2022
Gate-Crashing Poacher Gets Hefty Fine From Wyoming Authorities
Careening down a Johnson County road while crashing through gates with a slain deer strapped to his flatbed proved to be a fruitless escape plan for a poacher in Wyoming.
Mark HeinzSeptember 22, 2022
Hunter Drops Meth Pipe In Wyoming Game Warden’s Truck While Being Cited For Trespassing
It was not a good day for a Wyoming hunter who was being cited for trespassing near Glendo reservoir when he dropped his meth pipe inside a game warden's truck.
Mark HeinzSeptember 21, 2022
Wyoming Wildlife Crossings: How Wildlife Officials Got Animals To Use Them
During the winter of 1977-78, John Hyde was a game warden trainee with the Wyoming Game and Fish department and charged with figuring out how to get deer to use highway underpasses that are still in use today.
Mark HeinzSeptember 21, 2022
At 4.4 Miles, Wyoming Team Sets New Rifle Shot World Record
From the pull of the trigger, roughly 24 seconds elapsed before spotters heard the telltale plunk of a 422-grain copper bullet piercing the thin metal target 4.4 miles away, setting a new world record.
Mark HeinzSeptember 21, 2022
Elementary Kids Find Wounded Deer on Green River School Grounds, G&F Investigates
A wounded mule deer, likely shot within Green River City limits, was found lying in brush on school grounds by elementary school students; Wyoming Game and Fish Department is investigating and asking for tips.
Mark HeinzSeptember 20, 2022
E-Bikes Blur Lines Between Motorized, Nonmotorized Trail Use In Wyoming
E-bikes have potential to expand reach and scope of bicycling, but whether they should be considered motorized vehicles remains unclear.
Mark HeinzSeptember 19, 2022
Remote-Controlled Weapons, Live Video Tracking Likely Not Future Of Hunting In Wyoming
Killing big-game animals from behind a computer screen or on your smart phone is something Wyoming wont ever accept, said the states top wildlife manager.
Mark HeinzSeptember 19, 2022
Crowds, Flying Bullets Driving Wyoming Hunters Away From Opening Day
Former Wyoming Attorney General Pat Crank recalled three bullets zipping over him and his hunting partner as they were trying to close in on a cow elk during a recent hunting seasons opening.
Mark HeinzSeptember 17, 2022
2,000-Yard Wyoming Antelope Kill Rekindles Debate Over Ethical Hunting Shot Distance
Should shooting an antelope at 2,000 yards be considered fair chase? Just how far is too far for ethical hunting shots was the subject of a lively discussion before the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force on Friday.
Mark HeinzSeptember 17, 2022
Proposed Elk Tag Allocation Could Put More Nonresident Hunters In Eastern Wyoming
Proposed changes to Wyomings elk hunting tag allocations could concentrate more non-resident hunters in the eastern part of the state
Mark HeinzSeptember 16, 2022
Draft Bill Would Make Flying Drones Near Private Property Illegal And Considered Trespassing
Flying drones over or too near private property in Wyoming would be a form of trespassing, according to a draft bill forwarded this week by the Legislatures Joint Judiciary committee.
Mark HeinzSeptember 15, 2022
First Wildlife Overpass Across Interstate 80 In Wyoming To Be Built Near Elk Mountain
The first wildlife overpass across Interstate 80 will be at a location near Elk Mountain. The project received an additional $10 million appropriation for the project on Tuesday.
Mark HeinzSeptember 14, 2022
Experimental Vaccine Tests In Wyoming Elk Offer Hope In Wasting Disease Fight
The initial results of an experimental chronic wasting disease vaccine test on elk look promising, but arent a major breakthrough, researchers said.
Mark HeinzSeptember 14, 2022
Draft Bill Would Make Drone Delivery Of Weapons, Cell Phones, Drugs Over Prisons A Felony
A draft bill going before the Wyoming Legislature would make flying drones over prisons to deliver cell phones, drugs, and weapons a felony.
Mark HeinzSeptember 14, 2022
Draft Bill Would Give Wyoming Game Wardens More Authority To Ticket Trespassers
The draft bill would give game wardens the authority to write trespassing tickets in cases for which they currently have to wait for a sheriffs deputy
Mark HeinzSeptember 13, 2022
Wyoming Legislators Working To Make Sure Hunting With Drones Is Illegal & Strengthening Trespass Laws
Wyoming legislators plan this week to consider making sure drones are included in the legal definition of aircraft forbidden for scouting or hunting game animal.
Mark HeinzSeptember 12, 2022
Bird Flu Now Killing Wyoming Raptors; Roughly 100 Eagles, Hawk, Falcons Dead
Bird flu usually kills wild waterfowl and domestic poultry, but now its starting to take a toll on Wyomings raptors. Roughly 100 eagles, hawks, and falcons have died of the disease in Wyoming.
Mark HeinzSeptember 12, 2022
National Guard Airlifts Stranded Front-End Loader Stuck In Remnants Of Yellowstone Flood
When a National Park Service front-end loader got stranded in the remnants of the Yellowstone flood, a gigantic CH-47 Chinook helicopter was the only way they could get it out.
Mark HeinzSeptember 09, 2022
Wyoming Trapper Hopes Russia Raccoon Market Opens Again Soon, Not Concerned About Rabies Epidemic
As a raccoon rabies epidemic rages in the Eastern U.S., a Lander trapper said he hopes Russian relations warm-up so he can restart his raccoon fur business to the country.
Mark HeinzSeptember 09, 2022
Wyoming’s Medicine Bow Forest Under Fire Restrictions, Cooler Weather Won’t Help
Stage 1 fire restrictions went into effect on Thursday across the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland in east and southeast Wyoming, and impending cooler weather wont relieve them
Mark HeinzSeptember 08, 2022