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POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Skeletal remains found at the Buffalo Bill Reservoir this week appear to belong to an ancient mammoth. Federal law enforcement agents and officials rushed to secure the site west of Cody on Tuesday afternoon as word spread quickly about the discovery. The spot is located on Bureau of Reclamation land and the Bureau of Land Management is assisting with security. "We don't have a huge amount of mammoth finds in Wyoming; it's a very important discovery," said University of Wyoming paleobiology professor Mark Clementz, in the de...
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — One Monday before sunrise, Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Leslie Schreiber was stationed at a small campground 5 miles off the highway on a dusty dirt road east of Lovell. A stiff breeze made the low temperatures uncomfortable, stinging Schreiber's cheeks and fingers, but she was pleased with the cold weather. Bighorn sheep overheat when they're stressed — and being netted and transported on the end of a tether by helicopter causes a lot of stress. When a school bus carrying some of Wendy Smith's students from Powell Hig...
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Hours after sunset, Karl Bear and a few farm hands began their work. With an order for 1,000 game birds due in Billings before sunrise, it promised to be a long night of work one recent Friday with few hours of rest. Bear manages Diamond Wing Upland Game Birds, LLC, a Powell business and the largest game bird farm in Wyoming. First up, loading 500 chukar by hand in specially designed crates. Bear uses a net to catch the speedy game birds. One of the hardest parts of the job is keeping count — 15 per crate. Luckily, his hel...
