Author – The Durango Herald

To aid ferrets, vaccine treats planned for prairie dogs

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Feeding peanut butter kibbles to millions of prairie dogs – by flinging the treats from four-wheelers and dropping them from drones – could be the next big thing to help a s...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Drone puts elk on the run in western Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Add this to the long list of problems caused by buzzing drones: Frightening 1,500 elk into stampeding at a time of year when too much stress can be deadly for the animals. ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bison, cars endangered by deep snow in Wyoming’s Grand Teton

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Unusually deep snow in Grand Teton National Park has made life dangerous for bison lumbering on the park’s only plowed highway and for motorists traveling the route, prompti...

DATE: Feb 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Sold: Pristine Grand Teton view

$46 million deal protects a square mile of land

DATE: Dec 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cave dig yields clues to past

Team finds ‘quality’ remains of animals from last ice age

DATE: Aug 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photo exhibit shows Yellowstone changes over 140 years

Photographer retakes shots of William Henry Jackson

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Great American Eclipse draws tourists to path of totality

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Where’s the best place to watch next year’s eclipse? If you’re thinking the grand open spaces of Wyoming, you have plenty of company. Hotel rooms across the Cowbo...

DATE: Apr 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Travel

Federal eagle take permit weighed for huge Wyoming wind farm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to seek public comments on whether to allow what could be the biggest wind farm in the U.S. to kill a limited number of bald and gol...

DATE: Apr 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Dependence on fossil fuels tough on Wyoming economy

State officials back various schemes in bid to rescue coal

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Grizzly bear deaths rise as Yellowstone population grows

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The number of grizzly bear deaths or removals in the Yellowstone region climbed to an all-time high in 2015, but biologists say they’re not worried about the animal’s long-t...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

A taste of Cold War at Wyoming missile site

Deep underground, nuclear launch center will open to tourists

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Grizzly raids rise at landfills as bears leave core habitat

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Grizzly bears have been finding easy snacks lately at Wyoming landfills, the latest twist as more of the potentially dangerous animals venture into populated areas away from...

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World