Hunters: Submit your harvest survey
CHEYENNE (WNE) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department wants to know how your hunt went this year. Many hunters will receive a harvest survey electronically via email or postcard beginning Oct. 16 and continuing throughout the hunting season….
Game and Fish Gears Up For More CWD Monitoring
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department needs help from hunters this fall to collect Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) samples from deer, elk and moose for chronic wasting disease testing. Samples are requested across Wyoming in key deer and elk…
Grizzly bears relocated
CODY (WNE) — Two grizzly bears that attacked livestock on two different national forests in northwest Wyoming were recently trapped and relocated to the upper North Fork. After consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and…
Hall of Fame and Youth Conservationist Award nominations being accepted
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is currently accepting nominations for the Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame and the newly created Youth Conservationist of the Year award. These initiatives aim to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the…
Alpine WG&F presentation, ‘Living in bear country’
• Urges caution ‘when recreating around Alpine and across the state.’ Western Wyoming’s backcountry is a natural setting for bears, resulting in a presentation from Mark Aughton with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Aughton is the Large Carnivore…
Governor Gordon Appoints Angi Bruce Director of Wyoming Game and Fish Department
CHEYENNE, Wyo. –Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Angi Bruce Director of Wyoming Game and Fish Department. She becomes the first female director in the agency’s 51-year history, replacing Brian Nesvick, who will retire in September. Bruce has served as…
Leftover Draw Offers Second Chance At a Hunting License
There’s one more chance to get a limited-quota elk, deer and antelope license through the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s leftover license draw. Residents and nonresidents have five days to enter. The application period is open Monday, June 24 through…
Watercraft inspection stations are open and on the lookout for AIS
Watercraft inspection stations across Wyoming have opened for the boating season and are on the lookout for aquatic invasive species . By the end of May, four watercraft harboring invasive mussels were intercepted coming into the state by the Wyoming…
Wyoming, tribal impasse over hunting rights persists despite judicial order
• Legal direction is an important step toward the state and sovereign nations finding agreement, attorneys say. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com It’s been nearly five years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision recognizing tribes’ treaty-based…
Game and Fish wrestles with how to handle illegal introduction of fish in Wyoming waters
By Joseph Beaudet The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Fish that are illegally introduced to non-native bodies of water can cause lasting impacts to the water’s ecosystem and a community’s economy, according to Wyoming Game and…