Grizzly Knocks Woman Down in Yellowstone; Will Not Be Destroyed
The National Park Service said the grizzly was displaying natural protective behavior for its cub and will not be destroyed. Keep Reading | 498 words
Wyoming Game And Fish To Begin Bear Trapping
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced Wednesday that as part of an ongoing effort to monitor grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, it would conduct capture operations in the northwest portion of the state over the next few months. Keep Reading | 463 words
Grizzly Captured, Euthanized In Wapiti
A grizzly was bear captured and euthanized in Wapiti earlier this week after repeatedly breaking into a chicken coop. Keep Reading | 673 words
Grizzly Stops Attacking Cody Man After Accidentally Biting Can of Bear Spray
A Cody man survived a grizzly bear attack after the bear accidentally bit-down on his can of bear spray. Keep Reading | 491 words
Cody Man Mauled By Grizzly Bear Sustains Severe Neck Injury
A Cody man suffered a “severe" neck injury Friday morning after getting attacked by a grizzly bear in the East Painter Creek area of Park County. Keep Reading | 391 words
Grizzly bears visit Wyoming corn maze, family business works around “reality of recovery”
As Wyoming’s grizzly bear population continues to grow, the animals are increasingly moving into situations that put them in conflict with humans, according to a state Game and Fish Department official. Keep Reading | 505 words
Grizzly Recovery Reflected in Upper Green Conflict
The Bridger-Teton National Forest’s announcement of its decision to reauthorize cattle grazing in the Upper Green River region 30 miles north of Pinedale was met with the predictable hysteria of anti-grazing activists who claim the plan “institutionalizes overgrazing” and “negligent livestock management” on national forest lands. These activists are pushing to rid public lands of livestock and cite conflicts between grizzly bears and cattle in the Upper Green to justify their position. It’s no matter that the truth undermines their outrageous claims. Keep Reading | 1314 words
National Park visitors oblivious to the danger posed by a bull elk among them. (Photo credit: Cat Urbigkit)
Get real: Dumping Disneyland for nature
With more than 80 percent of the American public residing in urban areas, I understand the importance of connecting people to nature. But rather than have the American public remain ignorant about the natural world and its wild animals, we need to work to educate the public of the reality of human-wildlife conflicts so that we can seek to minimize these conflicts. Keep Reading | 1161 words
Bear Attacks Increasing Worldwide
A French composer on a trip to Canada’s Northwest Territories to record the sounds of nature was attacked in his tent in the middle of the night and killed by a grizzly bear earlier this month. Such an unprovoked attack is rare, according to wildlife officials, although large carnivore attacks on humans are on the increase worldwide. Grizzly bear attacks on humans in Wyoming are part of that worldwide trend. Keep Reading | 1477 words
Conflict Prevention Takes A Genius
Last week the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard testimony about the possibility of providing a financial incentive for the development of non-lethal, innovative technologies that reduce conflict between human and wildlife predators. Keep Reading | 1272 words