A large herd of elk graze in a Wyoming farmer's field. Photo by Alice Jones Webb A nonprofit conservation organization is paying Wyoming cattle ranchers for hosting elk herds on their land. The ...

The Wind River elk project Supports efforts to discover, understand, and communicate ways in which Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho people have known and celebrated elk through stories, songs, ...

Like plenty of other Wyoming stockgrowers ... A hefty herbivore that runs in big herds, elk are notoriously hard to live with for cattle ranchers whose bottom line depends on the volume of ...

According to the plan, the Scab Creek feedground, where the Chronic Wasting Disease-positive carcass was found, had an average population of 800 elk during winters between 2020 and 2023. That's ...

An always-fatal disease that wildlife biologists expect will diminish northwest Wyoming’s elk population for decades has spread for the first time into the state-run feedgrounds in Jackson Hole.

Elk (Cervus elaphus) occur in many areas with potential for energy development and are a popular game species throughout Wyoming. Evaluating the influences of energy development for elk on winter ...