we should recognize that a lot of these overperformances would be flying under the radar were it not for @taniel.bsky.social and @boltsmag.org

Excited to have this one out after over a decade of work. Strong evidence for why migration matters for ungulates.

Central Wyoming birders are atwitter over recent sightings of two great gray owls in Fremont County. Though the large raptors primarily inhabit more mountainous territory in northern portions of the state, they expand their range significantly during the winter, an owl researcher said.

Rock Springs police responded to a protest at a hotel where ICE officers were staying, the police department said. A crowd of people had gathered around the agents' cars and used vehicles to block the officers from leaving the hotel parking lot. Read more ➡️ wyofile.com/ice-protest-...

🧵Go to Berlin and you will see squares of metal in the old cobblestone sidewalks in front of residential buildings. Upon each one is a name, when the person was taken from their home, and their fate. Thousands of them. They are called Stolpersteine.

A Wyoming mule deer advocate is leading a Trump administration review of the National Wildlife Refuge System as former agency officials worry the effort is being rushed and may lead to divesting of federal land owned by all Americans.

Jeff Davis, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife director, resigned under pressure in November. Weeks later, he signed on with the Wyoming Fish and Game Department to replace recently retired deputy director Doug Brimeyer.

You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️

Rich and important stories about Wyoming landscapes and their inhabitants are a mainstay every year, and 2025 was no exception. Habituated wolves, DOGE cuts, pronghorn migrations and the incursion of nonnative grasses were among the many subjects reporter Mike Koshmrl dug into for WyoFile.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Wyoming's governor is moving ahead with a long-delayed pronghorn migration corridor designation, but he opted for a version preferred by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association that forgoes protections in the Red Desert and Golden Triangle regions.

To survive, migratory species need a series of connected sites where they can feed, breed & rest along their routes. Protecting ecological connectivity means identifying these key places, ensuring they remain suitable & accessible, and understanding what may be preventing species from reaching them.

go work with Liz!

I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.

Our preprint is out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Peter Skovorodnikov and I are excited to present FERAL: a new video-understanding toolkit that maps raw video directly to behavior, no pose estimation required. It works across species, from lab to field, and even in collective systems. (🧵1/n)

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

World’s largest sage grouse lek and longest mule deer migration threatened by oil & gas lease sale in western Wyoming. wyofile.com/drilling-lea... Public comments due Monday, 17Nov. eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui...

Damn. We lost a great one. RIP

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments. My response ⬇️

OKC just finished a memorial to honor the lunch counter sit-in that Clara Luper and her students did in 1958. kfor.com/news/local/c...

Only four #taxidermy bluebuck are known in #museums (Paris, Leiden, Stockholm, Vienna): the only large mammal species to become extinct in Africa in recent centuries. Bluebuck disappeared in ~1800. (It feels weird to know I've seen them all - the only physical evidence of what bluebuck looked like)

Polls will begin to close very soon. And it'll feel like there are a million things to watch! One resource to bookmark: my cheat sheet to election night. We'll be updating with results as they're known: so once you know what happened in VA, NYC, NJ, you can check out the all the down-ballot stuff!

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

Polls don't close until 9 p.m., but here's a gift link to the results page for the NYC mayoral election to bookmark to watch once they do. (No needle for this one.)

🧪Now that the flaws in Ripple et al. (2025) are on record, it’ll be an interesting test of scientific integrity to see if and how that paper is used. This Science letter, for instance, cites Ripple et al. (2025) in calling for strict wolf protection across Europe. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The executive order allows Gov. Mark Gordon to send emergency funds to charitable organizations and churches amid a government shutdown that's stalled food assistance for thousands in Wyoming.

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

Casper-based Kirkwood Oil and Gas successfully nominated leases in a restricted area where the parcels overlap with pronghorn and mule deer migration routes, and 'priority' sage grouse habitat. BLM staffers and conservationists question why land use plans weren't followed.

Just looked at the site full of details of large mammal migrations in Wyoming. Really interesting

As part of today's historic return of ancestral land in the Sierra Nevada foothills and Central Valley back to the Tule River Tribe, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is helping reintroduce tule elk to the area. It's a critical step in restoring balance to the lands and waters of their ancestors.

My op-ed on Chronic Wasting Disease response in British Columbia cranbrooktownsman.com/2025/10/28/c...

Cheyenne is seeing more federal workers lining up for food assistance. Two cities are looking at ways to prevent liquor license violations and underage drinking. In Teton County, electricity rates are on the rise, partly due to the data center boom.

The topic of migrating herbivores should be on everone's radar. If it's not, then please watch this excellent video from Bill Sutherland and give the Wyoming Migration Initiative a follow @wyo-migrations.bsky.social Restoring herbivore migrations will fix a whole heap of problems.

New research using 46 GPS datasets from 17 wildlife species to validate our pan-Canadian connectivity model rdcu.be/eMWN5

Exciting pic from WCS Mongolia. Khulans on the Eastern steppe where we are working with partners to bring them back. Last year, a WCS survey counted 300 there, beyond their IUCN range. Recently, a follow-up confirmed that figure and we spotted foals—a great sign. 🌏

🐎October 25 marks #KhulanConservationDay! The #Khulan roams tens of thousands of km each year across the Gobi-Steppe, Mongolia. One of earth’s most mobile mammals, their routes face fences, roads & fragmentation. Let’s protect their #BoundlessMigration & keep Asia’s wild heart connected. @wcs.org

Sad but true. #AI

Hi friends! It's that time again. From today through Thanksgiving weekend, all prints on my website are 25 percent off, including a big old print of my recent mural painting in Tonasket! Go get you something nice 🦋 www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...

A BLM auction next summer could test the state's migration policy to an unprecedented degree. "We simply can't lease and allow development in our big game migration corridors if we want our kids and grandkids to have the same hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities that we've enjoyed."

Endorse!

Hundreds of Wyomingites rallied in streets and parks, on sidewalks and boardwalks in the nationwide No Kings Day of protest Saturday, declaring love for their country and saying “No!” to what they characterize as President Trump’s monarchical ambitions. wyofile.com/wyomingites-...

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Prof. Jens-Christian Svenning's inspiring talk held 2 weeks ago for Naturnahe Weidelandschaften e.V. is online now. No one else can argue as clearly & precisely for integrating grazers into modern conservaton. Great thanks to you, Jens! @jcsvenning.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqHS...

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.

Civilian federal workers in Wyoming furloughed during the government shutdown say they’re stressed, angry and trying to help one another as their paychecks are cut, leaving them languishing in uncertainty. wyofile.com/furloughed-f...

Camera traps in the polar desert: At 82°30′ North, this Peary caribou grazes atop a hill — and atop the world. From our biodiversity monitoring study area at CFS Alert, Nunavut, Canada (2 July 2025). 🧪🌿🌎🦊 #wildlife

Ewe U15 is 10. She has weaned 3 lambs over her lifetime, 2 are still alive. This year she lost her lamb at or soon after birth and by mid-September she was 79Kg, 10 Kg more than last year when she weaned a son. #LongTerm