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Bad Tick Season Ahead? Winterkill May Increase Risk Of Ticks Attaching To People
A University of Wyoming entomologist predicts with so few deer and antelope left in parts of Wyoming due to the extreme winter weather, more ticks will start latching on to people.
Mark HeinzJune 25, 2023
Black Bears Acting Up In Sheridan Part Of A Regionwide Problem
Black bears have been acting up lately in and around Sheridan, and Montana and Idaho are reporting similar problems, says a Wyoming bear expert.
Mark HeinzJune 23, 2023
Hundreds Of ‘Stray’ Horses Rile Up Ranchers In Southwest Wyoming
Hundreds of stray horses are causing problems In southwestern Wyoming, and nobody’s sure what to do about them.
Mark HeinzJune 23, 2023
Video Shows Pair Ignore Warnings To Touch 175-Degree Yellowstone Thermals
In what could have ended as another “floating foot” case in Yellowstone Park, a pair of visitors left the designated boardwalk to dip fingers into 175-degree thermal pool.
Mark HeinzJune 22, 2023
Bridger-Teton Forest Considers Fees To Boat In Wyoming’s Snake River Canyon
Bridger-Teton National Forest officials are considering a fee system for private boaters on the Snake River in western Wyoming.
June 22, 2023
Man Who Chased Bears Still Unknown, Officials Say He Was Not In Yellowstone National Park
It’s not known where multiple videos of a man jumping out of his car to harass black bears were taken, but after investigating the incidents, officials say it wasn’t in Yellowstone Park.
Mark HeinzJune 22, 2023
Shady Network Sends Wyoming Mustangs To Slaughter As Congress Moves To Ban Practice
Wyoming Mustangs are being shipped off to slaughter in Mexico by people who cheat the system, some wild horse advocates say, as Congress moves to permanently ban horse slaughter.
Mark HeinzJune 21, 2023
Albany County Commissioners Vote 2-1 In Favor Of Changing Name Of Swastika Lake
By a 2-1 vote Tuesday, Albany County commissioners are officially recommending Swastika Lake in southern Wyoming be renamed Knight Lake in honor of a local geologist and paleontologist.
Leo WolfsonJune 21, 2023
Wyoming Black Bear Killed After Breaking Into Houses In Big Horn
Wyoming Game and Fish wardens killed a young male black bear after it entered two houses in Big Horn and was caught eating from a bird feeder on the front porch of a third home.
Mark HeinzJune 21, 2023
Wyoming Grizzlies With Cuddly Names Are Cute — Until Somebody Gets Mauled
As Wyoming’s grizzlies are named and gain social media fan clubs, a Wyoming fishing outfitter said he worries it’s giving the bears a “cuddly” reputation. A wildlife photographer said naming bears is a practical way to identify them.
Mark HeinzJune 20, 2023
Despite Soggy Spring, Experts Say Jury’s Out On Huge Mosquito Season For Wyoming
Many parts of Wyoming have become waterlogged this spring, but experts say it’s still too early to tell whether that means we’re in for a terrible mosquito season.
June 19, 2023
Famed Wyoming Grizzly Cub Jam Separates From Mom Raspberry; 399’s New Cub Still Unnamed
“Jam,” a famed Yellowstone bear, has finally separated from her mother “Raspberry,” while Grizzly 399’s cub still doesn’t have a name.
Mark HeinzJune 19, 2023
Patriots’ Owner Robert Kraft Wants The Name Of Wyoming’s Swastika Lake Changed
New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft is pushing to have the name changed of Wyoming's Swastika Lake in Medicine Bow National Forest.
Leo WolfsonJune 19, 2023
Screaming Chainsaws And Flying Axes Serenade Crowds At Wyoming Woodchoppers Jamboree
Chainsaws screamed and axes flew during the Woodchoppers Jamboree in Encampment over the weekend as the Cowboy State carries on tradition of timbersports.
Mark HeinzJune 19, 2023
Conservation Group Says Wyoming Industry Concerns About Conservation Leases Overblown
A conservationist with the Western Watersheds Project says that a proposed BLM rule to create conservation leases will not block grazing and natural resource development on public lands. Industry experts strongly disagree.
June 18, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Writers Would Get Mauled Immediately By Grizzlies
Readers were not impressed at all by the efforts of Cowboy State Daily's Bill Sniffin and Mark Heinz as they squared off against a robot bear. Most predicted they would have been killed instantly although some thought Heinz would only have his limbs torn off.
Jimmy OrrJune 18, 2023
Cheyenne Getting Overrun By Squirrels: 'It’s Like The Serengeti Out There'
Cheyenne Forester Molly O’Brien on Friday said the squirrel population has exploded because they’ve become domesticated. In fact, one squirrel was so friendly he jumped into a baby carriage last week at Lion’s Park.
Leo WolfsonJune 17, 2023
Contrary To What BLM Reports, Horse Advocates Say Winterkill Hit Wyoming Mustangs Hard
The BLM’s estimates of a thriving Wyoming’s mustang population are off, some wild horse advocates say, and that winterkill hit mustangs hard in some areas.
Mark HeinzJune 16, 2023
Flash Flooding In Casper As Soggy Spring Continues In Wyoming
A storm swamped Casper with as much as 3 inches of rain Thursday, causing flash flooding, a trend Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day says will continue.
June 16, 2023
More Grizzlies Mistaken For Black Bears Killed In Wyoming, Idaho and Montana
Grizzly bears have been killed by black bear hunters recently in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, again raising the question of proper bear identification.
Mark HeinzJune 15, 2023
Woman Says Criticism Of Photographer Who Got Out Of Truck During “Bear Jam” Is Unfair
Controversy that erupted over a photo of Teton Park’s Grizzly 610 near a Jackson man’s truck was based on false impressions, according to another photographer who said she was there during the same “bear jam”.
Mark HeinzJune 15, 2023
Eastern Wyoming Has Too Many Elk, And Hunters Can’t Kill Them Fast Enough
A Wyoming rancher says the state Game and Fish Department needs to do more to get an overabundance of elk off of his property — a problem shared by many Cowboy State ranchers.
Mark HeinzJune 14, 2023
Winterkill Wiped Out Deer & Antelope Herds, But Wild Horse Population Is Exploding
There are more than twice as many mustangs in Wyoming as there should be, according to the Bureau of Land Management, and the past harsh winter that decimated some antelope and deer herds didn’t do much to reduce their numbers.
Mark HeinzJune 14, 2023
With All This Rain, Why Is Yellowstone Fire Danger ‘Moderate?’
Determining fire danger in Wyoming ins't just based on weather. That's why despite a huge winter snowfall and wetter-than-normal spring, Yellowstone fire danger has been upgraded from "low" to "moderate."
June 14, 2023