Drones and Dragon Eggs Improve Vital Elk, Mule Deer Habitat in Wyoming

Drones and Dragon Eggs Improve Vital Elk, Mule Deer Habitat in Wyoming

Stretching nearly 60 miles north-south along the western flank of the Salt River Range south of Jackson, Wyo., the Star Valley Front provides tens of thousands of acres of public land for hunters and big game to roam. Yet wildlife habitat here has become less than optimal due to decades of fire suppression, which has allowed shrublands and aspen stands vital to elk, mule deer and moose to become old, decayed and invaded by conifers. In 2021, the…