Gordon: Legislature should lead on wolf policy reform
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — After a Daniel man’s treatment of a wolf set off international outrage, Gov. Mark Gordon wants the Wyoming Legislature to take the lead when it comes to reforming…
Once again, drilling advances in Path of the Pronghorn
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Wyoming officials have approved another oil and gas lease in an area that state officials, biologists and wildlife advocates hope will one day preserve the iconic “Path of…
Gray wolf report outlines management and conservation efforts
Wyoming’s gray wolf population continues to achieve all management goals, according to the 2023 Wyoming Gray Wolf Monitoring and Management annual report by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and partnering agencies. Wyoming is maintaining wolf numbers at healthy levels, and…
Governor Gordon to host inaugural Wyoming Sportsperson Conservation Forum on May 22 in Dubois
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon, alongside the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and many of Wyoming’s conservation leaders, invite the public to attend the inaugural Wyoming Sportsperson Conservation Forum, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. May 22 at the National Museum…
Grizzly found, killed in the Bighorns
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Wyoming officials on Sunday detected a grizzly bear living in the Bighorn Mountains, a range 100 miles east of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that grizzlies haven’t occupied for…
Winter of 2023 factors into proposed big game seasons
• Game and Fish holds SV meeting. Commission will meet April 16-17 to finalize seasons. The winter of 2023 was still on the mind of many sportsmen when they checked in with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department at a…
Fury over Wyoming wolf torture allegations sparks demands for steeper penalties, reform
• Incident that’s putting the spotlight on Sublette County is being compared to some of the most infamous animal welfare fights in history. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com During his 14 years leading the Humane Society of the United…
Wyoming cites law to justify secrecy about wolf’s alleged torture. But it may not apply.
• Twelve-year old law was intended to protect the identity of legal wolf hunters, and that doesn’t fit the description of a Sublette County man who broke the law by taking possession of a live wolf. By Mike…
Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik announces Sept. Retirement
CHEYENNE – Wyoming Game and Fish Department Director Brian Nesvik will retire in September after 29 years of dedicated service to conserving Wyoming’s wildlife. Nesvik’s journey with the department began in 1995 as a game warden in the Laramie Region. His…
Pronghorn productivity declining in Wyoming
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is home to a whopping 50% of the world’s pronghorn, the iconic ungulate so named for its laterally flattened, blade-like horns. But that may not be the…