The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) not only manages fish and wildlife in cooperation with public and private landowners, it is also involved in habitat improvements and management. It also does a lot of habitat monitoring. Habitat monitoring includes assessing range quality and trend, response to habitat treatments, and production and utilization of key …
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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a mysterious and mindless killer that isn’t even alive, but it warps the very fabric of the brain. No, it’s not the latest horror movie trailer, it’s a prion. What is a prion? It’s a malformed protein that, when it touches other proteins, causes them to unfold and refold in …
How are moose doing? The short answer is, not very well. Why? That requires a long answer. Moose appear to be a relative recent resident of Wyoming. Records of observations are lacking from the explorers and early travelers of the West. Moose are absent from Native American folklore and art in Wyoming, and moose appear …
