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Wyoming biologists working to expand range of rare fish
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Tucked away in the remotest stretches of some of the remotest streams is a small fish that in the spring uses its head to build forts for its eggs. The hornyhead chub, known for strange bumps that help in fort building, is one of...
Burned, beetle-ravaged Wyoming forest expected to flourish
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The morning of Sept. 17, as Scott Butler clambered over fallen log after fallen log and around dead trees as far as he could see, he thought about how only a fire could create the renewal long needed. The Savage Run Wilderness, ne...
Elk and deer herds in danger decades after disease discovery
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — In a pen surrounded by 8-foot-high fences, at a research station by the side of a winding canyon road in southeast Wyoming, stand seven elk that are going to die. The creatures don't look sick yet. Their caramel-colored fur s...
