The overall goal of the plan is to reduce elk’s reliance on feedgrounds while increasing
opportunities for elk to winter away from feedgrounds in an effort to decrease disease transmission amongst the elk.
Last week the Wyoming Game and Fish released eighteen black-footed ferrets on an historic recovery site near Meeteetse, according to a news release. They coaxed twelve males and six females into burrows in their new wild lands home.
It's no secret that Wyoming is home to pretty cool animals. The Wyoming Game and Fish have collected their favorite photos from traveling across the state.
While large wildlife visiting the city of Cheyenne is not necessarily an everyday occurrence, it's not all that unusual either, and not always just on the outskirts of the city.