What’s Driving the Obsession for Antlers?

May 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Madison Dapcevich

Antlers come in all shapes and sizes and their growth and patterns are influenced by many factors

As interest and the market for antlers soars, elk, deer and moose ‘sheds’ are selling for $13 a pound, up nearly double over the past two decades.

Critiquing the Emperor in Grizzly Country

May 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

Biologist David Mattson remembered for career of iconoclastic science on predators.

Wyoming Wildlife: Game and Fish Releases Revised Fencing Guide

May 21, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

Countless miles of fencing across the West can cause barriers for wildlife migrations

Third edition of landowner handbook reflects updates in research and wildlife-friendly fencing options.

The Phantom of the Rockies

May 13, 2025 // FEATURE

by Benjamin Alva Polley

Between human development, a warming climate and battles to remain on the endangered species list, the rare wolverine faces stiff challenges

Chasing wolverines on and off the endangered species list.

The Joy of Native Plant Gardening

May 9, 2025 // OPINION: Column

by Susan Marsh

Native plants in the garden bring beauty and comfort

Planting native flora in your yard (as opposed to grass) offers more than a water-saving landscape and haven for pollinators. It can also provide wonder and peace.

Trump Budget Proposal Portends Deep Cuts to Public Lands

May 5, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

President Donald Trump's budget proposal includes allocating $1.1 trillion to defense spending while reducing non-defense federal spending by $163 billion

Recommendations include new consolidated wildfire service, more tasks in state hands, less science.

A Case of Mistaken Identity? Some Hunters are Confusing Grizzlies with Black Bears

April 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Madison Dapcevich

While some black bears and grizzly bears look decidedly different, some can be similar colors and sizes. Nevertheless, hunters mistaking grizzlies for black bears say they can do better.

Over the last decade, more than a dozen Greater Yellowstone grizzlies have been killed by hunters who say they mistook them for black bears.

As CWD Spreads, Elk Occupancy Agreements Give Wyoming Elk Room to Roam

April 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Sophie Tsairis

Wyoming has a century-old tradition sustaining of elk on feedgrounds. Meanwhile, chronic wasting disease cases are increasing.

Wildlife managers say winter range agreements may be one pathway to reducing deadly disease transmission among elk on feedgrounds.

Rejecting Despair in the Arms of Nature

April 22, 2025 // OPINION: Column

by Susan Marsh

A mountain chickadee celebrates spring in Greater Yellowstone

In an effort to rise above a vicious news cycle, incessant politics and threats to our wildlife and public lands, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh seeks solace in nature and good friends.

Wyoming Looks to Designate Famed Path of the Pronghorn

April 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Alex Hargrave

Pronghorn are North America's fastest land mammal and migrate hundreds of miles along Wyoming's Path of the Pronghorn

A Wyoming Game and Fish Commission vote in July could bring a long-deliberated migration corridor for imperiled pronghorn a step closer to designation as a state corridor.