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Wardens and biologists are finding ever-expanding uses for unmanned aircraft, which are being deployed across the state and saving on time and resources
Jared Rogerson, a disease biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, readies a drone for a reconnaissance flight to look for elk in February 2024.
WYOMING RANGE FOOTHILLS – From its mobile perch high in the sky, the infrared camera didn't detect so much as a jackrabbit.
Jared Rogerson, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department wildlife disease biologist, wielded the controller of the DGI Matrice 300 drone from a flat, grassy field just outside of the Bench Corral Elk Feedground's fenced haystacks.
He scanned one acre of sagebrush and grass after the next. This was the state agency's top-of-the-line drone, a roughly $12,000 machine, and he was familiar with its impressive critter-finding capabilities. Any body heat on the screen shows up white,...
