WILDLIFE IN WYOMING

Saturday, August 13, 2016 – Friday, August 19, 2016

Note:  Information in this update is intended to highlight the week’s major grizzly bear management actions and is not intended to be a comprehensive detailing of all management activities.  Information in this update is draft and subject to change as details from the field become available.  Finalized annual reporting of this information is published in the annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team available at: http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/products/IGBST 

Verified Grizzly Bear Killed Livestock

-Verified four (4) calves and one (1) yearling killed or injured by grizzly bears in the Pinedale Region.
 
Research and Monitoring
 
-Continued grizzly bear observation flights in the Wyoming portion of the GYE; documented female grizzly bears with young for documentation of reproductive distribution. 
 
Bear Management (Captures, Relocations, and Removals)
 
-Captured and removed an adult male grizzly bear for chronic livestock depredation in the Cody Region.
 
 
Law Enforcement and Related Activities
-Nothing to report
 
Outreach and Education
 
-Multiple interactions discussing safety in grizzly bear habitat with backcountry hikers on the Continental Divide Trail.
 
-Check out the Bear Wise Wyoming page on the Wyoming Game and Fish website:https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Wildlife-in-Wyoming/More-Wildlife/Large-Carnivore/Grizzly-Bear-Management/Bear-Wise-Wyoming
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