State, federal entities boost big-game program

A newly launched framework for migratory big-game conservation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has its roots in efforts piloted by Wyoming and informed by the state’s university.

The USDA’s “Migratory Big Game: A Framework for Conservation Action” document is described by the agency as the most unified, landscape-scale approach undertaken by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service to support big-game conservation while putting farmers and ranchers first by keeping working lands working. The USDA recently unveiled the framework.

PHOTO: Elk (Wapiti), Cervus elephas, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. (Adobe Stock-#189870605 │ Frank Fichtmüller)