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Paying ranchers to host elk? Novel approach could help wean Wyoming off its feedground habit.

Summary by Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Like plenty of other Wyoming stockgrowers, Luke Lancaster is an outdoorsman who appreciates seeing wildlife on his Star Valley ranch.

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Paying ranchers to host elk? Novel approach could help wean Wyoming off its feedground habit.

Like plenty of other Wyoming stockgrowers, Luke Lancaster is an outdoorsman who appreciates seeing wildlife on his Star Valley ranch. There’ve been exceptions. A hefty herbivore that runs in big herds, elk, are notoriously hard to live with for cattle ranchers whose bottom line depends on the volume of grass growing on their rangeland and having enough hay stacked up to get through the winter. On top of that, the native ungulates can transmit th…

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Wyoming Ranchers Are Getting Paid to Let Elk Graze Their Land

A nonprofit conservation organization is paying Wyoming cattle ranchers for hosting elk herds on their land. The initiative led by the Greater Yellowstone Coalition is billed as an effort to reduce the state’s reliance on elk feedgrounds, which can be breeding grounds for chronic wasting disease. Payments for wildlife tolerance are a move that’s becoming more common in the West and has wide appeal for landowners, but also gives some public hunte…

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WyoFile broke the news in on Monday, March 31, 2025.
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