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Dam Good Work: WYCAP Teams Up for Wyoming's Beavers
Wildlife, Conservation, Education Merav Ben-David, PhD Wildlife, Conservation, Education Merav Ben-David, PhD

Dam Good Work: WYCAP Teams Up for Wyoming's Beavers

Research shows that beaver activity can increase water retention by hundreds of millions of cubic feet of water in a single watershed, reducing flooding and creating natural fire and drought resistance. The benefits of beavers to landowners and agricultural producers, hunters, anglers, recreationalists, wildlife advocates, and all water users across society are innumerable. 

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A Fed Bear Is a Dead Bear: Why Keeping Wildlife Wild Matters More Than Ever This Fall
Wildlife, Education Sage Lefkowitz Wildlife, Education Sage Lefkowitz

A Fed Bear Is a Dead Bear: Why Keeping Wildlife Wild Matters More Than Ever This Fall

On September 11, 2026, Grand Teton National Park staff euthanized a black bear near Delta Lake, one of the park's most popular backcountry destinations. The bear had not attacked anyone, in fact it had nothing wrong. It died because people gave it human food.

Park officials were blunt about who was responsible: this bear was lethally removed because of poor decisions made by park visitors.

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