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Wyoming to experiment with relocating golden eagles to protect sheep ranchers By Brendan LaChance on April 26, 2021
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CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and other agencies plan to relocate up to 16 golden eagles as part of a research project which aims to “help mitigate predation on sheep ranches.”
“Researchers intend to move eagles up to 400 miles to evaluate the effectiveness of relocation as a management option,” Game and Fish said on Thursday.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved the proposal during their April meeting.
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Game and Fish said that researchers are carefully considering release sites and are evaluating several locations outside of Wyoming.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is backing a plan to trap 16 sheep-hunting golden eagles and move them up to 400 miles away, including out of Wyoming.
The plan is both a research project and a way to âalleviate conflictsâ with domestic livestock, according to a memo to Game and Fish commissioners from the chief of the agencyâs wildlife division. The matter is scheduled for consideration and potential approval by the commission Thursday at its Jackson meeting.
The goal of the research is to identify best practices for relocating depredating golden eagles and reduce conflicts, said Nate Bickford, a Colorado State University professor in Pueblo, Colorado, who proposed the project. With todayâs technology enabling researchers to fit tracking devices on birds, the project could benefit both eagles and stock growers, he said.