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Grizzly Captures More Than 50 Bears Were Captured by Wyoming Game and Fish Last Year TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019 109TH YEAR/ISSUE 10 GRIZZLY CAPTURES MORE THAN 50 BEARS WERE CAPTURED BY WYOMING GAME AND FISH LAST YEAR BY MARK DAVIS instance, a grizzly got into Tribune Staff Writer a root cellar to eat some elk quarters, the report says; lmost half of all the griz- later in the month, a bear was zly bears trapped and trapped and released after Aeuthanized in the Great- getting into trash and climbing er Yellowstone Ecosystem last onto vehicles at a Park County year were in ranch. Park County, The major- according to a ‘It’s important to ity of grizzlies new report. relocated or The 2018 re- note that we are removed were port, compiled still below mortality done so for by the Wyo- thresholds that cattle depreda- ming Game tion. and Fish De- demonstrate the Data shows partment, said population is fully more than the agency cap- half of ani- tured a total of recovered.’ mals trapped 53 grizzly bears were “lethally in attempts to Dan Thompson removed.” Wy- prevent or re- Game and Fish oming’s large solve conflicts; carnivore team 29 of the now federally pro- euthanized 32 bears, accord- tected species were trapped in ing to the Interagency Grizzly Park County. Bear Study Team (IGBST). A total of 59 capture events Last year, Montana lethally was reported, as six bears were removed four Greater Yellow- caught twice. stone Ecosystem grizzlies and Grizzlies were trapped, re- Idaho removed two. Wyoming Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Brian Nesvik talks to employers at the armory in Worland on Friday in an effort to help ease the located or removed for a Bears were removed from upcoming deployment of 350 troops from Wyoming. Tribune photo by Mark Davis variety of reasons — from the population due to a history damaging apple trees, break- of previous conflicts, a known ing into buildings to killing a hunter. In early October, for See Grizzly, Page 3 Guard units prepare to deploy AS THE U.S. CALLS FOR MORE TIME FROM GUARD service members than they ever have — particularly of citizen UNITS, STRESS IS ALSO FELT FROM EMPLOYERS soldiers.” The trend isn’t likely to re- BY MARK DAVIS Basin. More are involved in Air ror kicked off in the early 2000s, verse, Nesvik said. Reserve sol- Tribune Staff Writer Guard deployments. it had a big impact on communi- diers are now asked to carry on Their roles have changed ties around our country and our as a citizen, transition into being he way we fight wars is since the turn of the century, state. We saw large deployments a warrior while training, be de- changing; National Guard said Brig. Gen. Brian Nesvik, of soldiers that in the guard we ployed (typically for a minimum Tunits are increasingly be- commander of the Wyoming Na- hadn’t seen before,” Nesvik said. of 12 months) and then return ing called up to deploy to danger tional Guard. “The bottom line is, right now to being a productive member zones around the globe. “When the global War on Ter- the Army is asking more of their of civilian society. Fortunately Units in Wyoming are no dif- for all involved, timing has im- ferent. There are about 1,500 proved. National Guard troops across the ‘You look at a little mom and pop organization “We’re better at predicting state of Wyoming; 350 of them deployments now,” Nesvik said. are set to be deployed to the and we tell them, “we’re going to take your Instead of being called to ac- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department trapped 53 grizzly bears Middle East in May — including employee for a year,” it’s a big deal for them.’ tive duty with a month’s notice, last year following conflicts. More than half of the bears were six guard members from Powell captured in Park County. Photo courtesy Wyoming Game and Fish Department and other parts of the Big Horn Brig. Gen. Brian Nesvik, Wyoming National Guard See Guard, Page 8 CODY ATTORNEY NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PRACTICE LAW BY CJ BAKER ‘INFIRMITY OR ILLNESS’ CITED BY COURT ting it down “in anticipation of a of being placed on disability inac- Tribune Editor military deployment overseas and tive status. “And when you add in attorneys say the status is applied order — is unable to work as a other ancillary matters.” the added pressure and stress of he Wyoming Supreme Court when an attorney is shown to be lawyer while on inactive status. In mid-January, the Wyoming staring down the extra work of a has directed a Cody attorney “unable to fulfill professional re- In a Friday interview, Struemke Supreme Court had suspended his deployment, it was just a lot. Just Tto stop practicing law, finding sponsibilities competently because indicated he had been stretched too law license after he failed to pay a lot.” that he is unable to continue serv- of physical, mental or emotional thin between his work as a lawyer his annual license fees to the Wyo- Under the state’s rules, the de- ing as a lawyer. infirmity or illness.” and as a member of the Wyoming ming State Bar. tails and circumstances that led The court transferred William “Transfer to disability inactive Army National Guard. “... It would be an honest state- up to last week’s order from the “Billy” Struemke’s law license to status is not a form of discipline Struemke closed his private law ment to say I took off more than I Supreme Court are not public in- “disability inactive status” in a and does not involve a violation of practice, Serviam Legal Services, could chew trying to help as many formation. Wednesday order. the attorney’s oath,” the rules say. last summer. In court filings at the people as I could. That’s a God- WILLIAM The rules governing Wyoming Struemke — who agreed to the time, Struemke said he was shut- honest fact there,” Struemke said See Attorney, Page 3 STRUEMKE FEELING THE BURN Cody man alleged to have inflicted brain bleed in girlfriend BY CJ BAKER edly kicked in the door to the Tribune Editor Sheridan Avenue residence, took his girlfriend and left. uthorities allege a Cody Charging documents allege man repeatedly hit his he then assaulted the woman on Agirlfriend’s head against the way to and at his residence a vehicle console and on Stagecoach Trail; the floor, drug her she reportedly suf- around and stran- fered a life-threat- gled her in an assault ening brain bleed. that left her with The Park Coun- a traumatic brain ty Sheriff’s Office injury. was called to Foss’ Brian A. Foss, trailer — just west 42, is facing three of the Buffalo Bill charges in connec- Reservoir — shortly tion with the New before 11 p.m. When Year’s Eve incident: deputies arrived, felony counts of ag- BRIAN FOSS they heard Foss gravated assault and yelling and his girl- strangulation of a friend came out of household member, plus a mis- the residence. demeanor count of domestic Although her face was red battery. In a separate case, he and swollen in spots, she ini- also faces a misdemeanor count tially told the officers every- of property destruction. thing was fine and they could Last week, Foss agreed to let go, Deputy Tom Toohey wrote his felony case proceed to Park in a statement in support of the County District Court. He re- charges. mained in jail on Monday, with However, out of earshot of bail set at $30,000. Foss, the woman later acknowl- Foss’ girlfriend had been edged that Foss had hit her and From left, Michael Snell, Steve Eck and Justin Saubert (in gloves) work their way through 3-pound buckets of hot wings during Saturday’s spending the New Year’s Eve dragged her around by her hair; Wings of Fire eating contest at Blair’s Market. Snell, Eck and Saubert took first, second and third place for wolfing down the most wings in holiday at a friend’s house in the 36-year-old said her jaw and three minutes — earning $100, $50 and $25 in Blair’s gift cards. They bested three other competitors in the annual Super Bowl weekend event. Cody. However, around 9:30 Tribune photo by Toby Bonner p.m., Foss showed up and alleg- See Assault, Page 3 LAST WEEK’S LOTTA NUMBER BELONGED LOTTA NUMBER - 7077 03/28/2019 TO VICKI WHITE OF POWELL WHO MISSED $20. PAGE 2 • POWELL TRIBUNE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019 EYES ON EWE the A bighorn sheep ewe pauses while browsing in the North Fork near the Shoshone River last month. The sheep scratched out a meal from below the snow. Ewes can PERFECT grow to about 150 pounds, about half the size of males, and with much smaller horns. Tribune photo by Mark Davis PAIR A Valentine Gift that’s Black and White and RED All Over! Legislature has work to do to bridge budget bills BY RAMSEY SCOTT mittee while the Senate came in Senate cut down its external House included $15 million in Wyoming Tribune Eagle at $19 million below the JAC’s cost adjustment formula, which additional funding to finance a Via Wyoming News Exchange recommendations. Representa- resulted in about $9 million less. new revenue tracking system, tives from both the House and “It will all be negotiated something Harshman said was HEYENNE — Wyoming’s Senate will soon meet to try to out, and it will be right in the necessary as the current system two legislative chambers hash out the differences.
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