Public comments wanted on mountain lion and gray wolf hunting regulations
A public meeting for two Wyoming Game and Fish Department regulation updates will be held in Jackson on May 12. The meeting will be held at the Teton County Library at 5 p.m. The Game and Fish is seeking public…
Snake River flows start slow and steady, with Jackson Lake unlikely to fill
By Jim Stanford Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — In a departure from customary practice, federal water managers have begun increasing the flow of the Snake River from Jackson Lake Dam and plan to maintain that flow…
Jackson and Pinedale 2022 Hunt Season Setting Meetings
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department welcomes the public to upcoming 2022 hunting season meetings in the Jackson and Pinedale regions. Season setting meetings are held each spring to present proposed license allocations, season length changes and other proposals for…
Nearly 10,000 pounds of meat collected with Food from the Field in 2021
◆ Hunters are helping feed families in Wyoming. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced that 215 harvested animals, totaling 9,841 pounds of meat, were donated to food banks around Wyoming in 2021, thanks to the Food from the…
B-T Forest officials look at closing antler hunt loophole
JACKSON (WNE) — Bridger-Teton National Forest officials are considering changing the opening hour when people can begin to hunt for antlers on the east end of the National Elk Refuge to 6 a.m. May 1, six hours later than in…
Moose Calf Rescued from Icy Pond
On January 24th, an unusual kind of rescue took place in a subdivision just outside of Jackson. A calf moose had fallen into an iced-over pond on private property. Gary Fralick, a wildlife biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish…
Hunting Applications Now Open
Hunting applications for the 2022 season open on the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website on Jan. 3. Hopeful hunters can submit elk, deer, antelope, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and spring wild turkey applications. Hunters will need to have…
Lummis, Western senators renew push for state management of grizzlies
By CJ Baker and Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — A group of Republican senators from Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are calling on Democratic leaders to take “immediate” action on a bill that would return management…
Teton areas eyed as off-limits to help bighorn sheep population
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —An interagency collective of biologists is recommending that 21,233 acres of high-quality winter habitat in the Teton Range be made off limits to humans to help an imperiled, declining…
Raymond Mountain Public Access Area Project near Cokeville dedicated
◆ Project improves public access to BLM and state land. Provided by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Sportsmen and women and other outdoor recreationists now have access to more than 32,900 acres of previously difficult to reach public land in…