John is Hunting elk in Wyoming. But in the meantime, here is some bear news from the western part of Wyoming from the Wyoming Game and Fish.
Bear conflicts rise along with temperatures
Published July 11, 2007 at midnight
JACKSON, Wyo. — Bear conflicts in northwest Wyoming’s Jackson Hole region have increased sharply this year, in part due to hot, dry weather that has forced the bruins to look for food at lower elevations, state Game and Fish biologists say.
Grand Teton National Park also reports an increase in bear incidents, including one in which the bear had to be killed after he broke into a kitchen at Jenny Lake.
While Jackson Hole saw 34 bear incidents during 2006, this year the region is poised to pass that threshold by mid-July, Wyoming Game and Fish bear biologist Leon Chartrand said.
Read the rest of this story from the Rocky Mountain News…
May 16, 2008
Bear activity is increasing in the valleys of northwest Wyoming and the potential for conflicts is “really high,” officials say.On May 9, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department relocated a 400-pound male grizzly after it killed a cow calf on a ranch near Dubois. Game and Fish bear management officer Brian DeBolt said officials moved the bear to an area on the Shoshone River west of Cody.
Still, DeBolt said the season is off to a slow start in terms of actual conflicts despite the heavy snowpack and increasing bear activity in northwest Wyoming, including Jackson Hole.
Read more in the article in the Jackson Hole Wyoming news
