Black Bears Return to the Eastern Nevada Landscape
After an 80-year hiatus, black bears have returned to their historic range in the Great Basin of eastern Nevada. Two decades worth of research and data from a recent study have confirmed successful re-colonization of black bears in the region. The “E” Word Extirpation, or the process of completely removing a particular species […]
Three Sentenced in Muti-Year, Tri-State Elk Poaching Investigation
Spanning over three years and three different states, officials have closed the case involving two Utah residents, an Idaho resident and a variety of poached and wasted animals. A Nevada game warden was locked and detained behind closed gates while attempting to investigate the killing of a bull elk he had witnessed moments earlier in […]
New World Record Archery Buck Crowned to Nevada Bowhunter
Joined by his son, Aaron, Frank Cheeney set out on his archery mule deer hunt in southeastern Nevada, unknowingly about to set a new world record. “My son Aaron and I headed out a bit late that morning, and we began glassing the area as soon as we arrived,” said Frank Cheeney. “We spotted […]
Utah Man Faces $20,000 Fine for Poaching Elk
A multi-year investigation has finally concluded as a Utah man was finally sentenced for the felony killing and waste of a bull elk outside of Pioche, Nevada. The investigation began in August of 2015 after a bull elk carcass was recovered after it was shot, the head removed and the rest of the animal […]
Nevada Fish Biologist Uses Shotgun to Save Two Bull Elk
Jacob Stoller, a cutthroat trout specialist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife found himself in a unique situation when he was called upon to help a pair of bull elk in distress. The two elk had been tangled up for a couple of days according to reports from residents and Stoller and two other […]
First Confirmed Wolf Sighting in Nevada in Nearly 100 Years
It’s official. After an investigation spurred from some video footage, the Nevada Department of Wildlife has confirmed the state’s first wolf sighting since 1922. After acquiring droppings from the animal, the department sent the sample to the University of Idaho’s Laboratory for Ecological, Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics who recently confirmed that the scat was […]
Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Adds $10k to Reward for Nevada Mule Deer Poaching Case
Since September, nine mule deer have been recovered by Nevada wildlife officials, all believed to have been killed illegally. Eight of those animals were believed to have been killed during a three week period in the state’s Spring Mountains. The ninth case was uncovered towards the end of November, with the animal’s head partially removed, […]
Nevada Dept. Of Wildlife Offers Cash Rewards in Wake of Illegal Mule Deer Killings
Nine illegally killed mule deer have been recovered in the state of Nevada since September and state wildlife officials are reaching out to the public for help. The nine deer were killed in two separate instances and as of now, officials do not believe the two incidents are related. Over a three week period in […]
Drunk Vandals Could Be to Blame for Death of Endangered Fish in Death Valley
Law enforcement officials in Nevada have arrested three men in connection to a recent alcohol-fueled rampage near Death Valley National Park that might have caused the death of an endangered species of fish. The critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish has been described as the world’s rarest fish and is believed to have evolved only […]