feedgrounds

The feedgrounds are a hot topic for debate in Wyoming because ranchers and outfitters generally support the feedgrounds because they keep elk away from cattle and help them survive the winter.

High Plains Journal 2008

Last year, some of them stalked wolves on the elk feedgrounds in Wyoming and gunned down, among others, the famous Druid wolf Limpy.

Louisa Willcox: Wolves in the Crossfire, Again 2009

For the first time in 33 years, Wyoming Game and Fish wildlife managers have kept the Gros Ventre's three feedgrounds closed and the herd segment's elk on natural forage.

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"A number of logistical challenges have been overcome to conduct these elk trapping efforts, not the least of which is snow removal on the roads into the feedgrounds," said Talbott.

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Louise Lasley, public lands director for the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, praised the decision to keep feedgrounds closed, but said wildlife managers should use the option more often.

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Beginning this year, trapping efforts will be conducted at all three elk feedgrounds within the Pinedale elk herd - Muddy Creek, Scab Creek and Fall Creek feedgrounds - along the west slope of the Wind River range south of Pinedale.

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Beginning this year, trapping efforts will be conducted at all three elk feedgrounds within the Pinedale elk herd - Muddy Creek, Scab Creek and Fall Creek feedgrounds - along the west slope of the Wind River range south of Pinedale.

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"A number of logistical challenges have been overcome to conduct these elk trapping efforts, not the least of which is snow removal on the roads into the feedgrounds," said Talbott.

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The Buffalo Pack frequently visits state-run elk feedgrounds up the Gros Ventre, but Jimenez said a dearth of snow in that area this winter has precluded the need for feeding.

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Beginning this year, trapping efforts will be conducted at all three elk feedgrounds within the Pinedale elk herd - Muddy Creek, Scab Creek and Fall Creek feedgrounds - along the west slope of the Wind River range south of Pinedale.

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Wyoming has attracted national criticism for refusing to shutter nearly two dozen feedgrounds where tens of thousands of elk and deer gather in close confines every winter and are fed artificial forage to bolster their numbers.

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