Game and Fish: leave it alone
A female moose walks along a alleyway off of Hutton Street Tuesday morning. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recommend residents leave the moose alone, as it will leave the city once the weather warms.
For the past few days, residents have seen a moose wandering around Hutton Street and the surrounding neighborhood and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department recommends residents to leave it alone.
According to Lucy Diggins-Wold, information and education specialist for the WGF office in Green River, the WGF is aware of the moose and plans to let it be as it hasn't threatened residents. She said darting and relocating the moose would be one of the last acts the WGF would want to do because it would stress the animal and could result in its death.
"We want people to leave it alone," Diggins-Wold said.
She said the WGF received a call about the moose Monday and are aware people had stopped to watch it from their vehicles, but hasn't received reports of anyone attempting to approach it.
Diggins-Wold said moose follow the river in search of food, which is what brought it into Green River. The WGF believes the moose will follow the river out of town once the weather warms.
Moose coming into Green River is a rare occurrence. She said the previous time was when a bull moose came into Green River in 2008.
"It's rare, I've lived here 26 years and this is the second time I've seen one," she said.
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