Mark Heinz

Wyoming

Outdoors Reporter at Cowboy State Daily

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Articles

Bambi, A Disabled 250-Pound Goat That Lives South Of Laramie, Needs A Leg Brace

4 days ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

When Bambi the Nubian goat arrived at the Home On The Range Animal Haven south of Laramie in August 2022, he was a shy, 100-pound juvenile with a back injury he suffered in a tussle with a belligerent ram. Now he’s grown to a whopping 250 pounds, but his old injury is ruining his ability to stand and walk. A leg brace would probably do the trick.
Casper-Based Company Wants To End Feuding Between Hunters, Landowners

5 days ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Hunters and outdoors gear-makers working together could put to rest longstanding tensions between hunters and landowners in Wyoming and across the West — or at least that’s the hope of some Casper-based entrepreneurs. “We are hoping that the private sector and the outdoors industry can get onboard and expand this throughout the West,” Sam Seeton, the founder and CEO of Infinite Outdoors, told Cowboy State Daily.
Helicopter Drops Christmas Trees Into Popular Montana Lake To Save Yellow Perch

6 days ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Canyon Ferry Lake in Montana is one of the region’s most popular recreation and fishing spots – but in recent decades illegally-introduced walleye bullied yellow perch and trout, throwing the fishery out of balance. So, starting in the early 2000s, state agencies every spring have used helicopters to fly in strings of old Christmas trees and drop them into the water. The trees are weighted with cinderblocks and sink to the bottom.
Yellowstone Bison Goring The Latest In A Bad Week For Floridians Vs. Wildlife

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

A Florida man who was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday, but lived, is lucky compared to other Floridians – killed by a bear and an alligator this week. A 47-year-old man from Cape Coral, Florida, suffered only minor injuries when he was gored by a bison Wednesday afternoon in the Lake Village area of the Park, according to the National Park Service (NPS). The NPS didn’t release the man’s name.
Wandering Colorado Wolf Transplanted From Canada Logs 1,230 Miles Around State

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Mark Heinz

Over the last 18 months, reintroduced wolves in Colorado have trekked across vast swaths of that state, including one female who logged 1,230 miles between January and April. Wolves will also be safe if they cross state lines into Utah, New Mexico or Arizona. Those states have cut deals with Colorado to trap and return the wolves. Policy for wolves that cross into Wyoming remains the same — they’re not protected here and may be shot on sight.
Wandering Colorado Wolf Transplanted From Canada Logs 1,230 Miles Around State

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Over the last 18 months, reintroduced wolves in Colorado have trekked across vast swaths of that state, including one female who logged 1,230 miles between January and April. Wolves will also be safe if they cross state lines into Utah, New Mexico or Arizona. Those states have cut deals with Colorado to trap and return the wolves. Policy for wolves that cross into Wyoming remains the same — they’re not protected here and may be shot on sight.
Grizzly 399 Offspring Hit And Killed By Car In Grand Teton

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Fans of Wyoming’s beloved Grizzly 399, still saddened by her death from a vehicle strike last fall, were dealt another blow on Tuesday. An offspring from her world-famous 2020 litter of quadruplet cubs was confirmed dead after apparently being hit by a vehicle days earlier in Grand Teton National Park. Grizzly 1058, a 5-year-old male, was found dead near Highway 26 inside the park, east of the Buffalo Fork River, the National Park Service reported in a statement on Tuesday.
States Move To Ban Glocks Over Worries They Can Be Made Fully Automatic

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

So-called “Glock switches,” after-market devices that can convert Glock pistols from semi-automatic to fully automatic fire, are already banned, but some states want to take it a step farther, banning the pistols themselves. Bills have gained traction in the California and Illinois state legislatures to ban the sales of Glocks or other handguns that could possibly be converted to full-auto fire with after-market switches.
Ringtail, Rare In Wyoming, Spotted Near Baggs - And Game And Fish Wants It

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Distant relatives of raccoons, ringtails are mostly nocturnal, skilled climbers and many people would say, incredibly cute – with huge eyes and pointy, cat-like ears. They’re also seldom seen in Wyoming and are mostly found in deserts in the Southwest United States. However, rural Baggs-area resident Katherine McAllister and her family had a ringtail visit them early Sunday morning. They tried in vain to catch it “with towels and a net,” she told Cowboy State Daily on Monday.
After Surviving A Brain Tumor, Casper Boy Can’t Wait To Get A Service Dog

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

The intertwining story of two Casper families includes elements of undaunted tenacity in the face of seemingly impossible odds, tragedy, inspiration and healing. And dogs. Because, after all, dogs make any story better. At the center of it all is 9-year-old Mikey Jonnassen. After he was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 6, he suffered devastating medical complications. Doctors told his mom, Shantae Smith, that he would spend the rest of his life bedridden. But Mikey wasn’t having any of that.