G&F to hold Hunt Season-setting Meeting in Thayne
• Additional meetings in Jackson and Pinedale The Wyoming Game & Fish Department is inviting the community to attend upcoming public meetings to discuss the current status of wildlife populations and proposed fall 2024 hunting season in the Jackson…
Spring is a great time to take hunter education
Big game applications are open, and if you’re thinking about hunting now is a good time to sign up for hunter education. Classes are offered statewide and volunteers are expected to post more in the next few months. To register…
Mule deer herd estimated to have lost nearly 20,000 due to harsh 22-23 winter
• Numbers are expected to bounce back. The winter of 2022-23 was one for the record books with snowfall setting new standards in many places of western Wyoming. It was also a very difficult year for wildlife and mule deer…
Wyoming’s latest coyote-killing plan results from brutal 2022-’23 winter
• State wildlife officials propose — and commissioners approve — a $200,000 bump in funding to kill coyotes from the air on deer fawning grounds. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Last winter killed most of western Wyoming’s mule deer. That…
Submit to Game and Fish stamp art contest by March 31
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is accepting original artwork for the Collectible Conservation Stamp Art Contest. The subject of the annual contest is the western tanager. Submissions for the adult and youth competitions must be received…
Governor Gordon Pushes BLM to Listen to Wyoming when it Finalizes Rock Springs RMP
Governor Mark Gordon is urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reconsider its restriction-heavy preferred alternative and deliver a reasonable plan incorporating more of Wyoming’s compromise approach to managing the Rock Springs area. The Governor submitted his comment letter, along…
Comment deadline for Elk feedgrounds is Jan. 16, 2024
• Interviews with the B-T and Wyoming G&F available here. The Bridger-Teton National Forrest will accept public comment through January 16, 2024 on the proposal to renew the lease for two elk feed grounds in the Star Valley region. The…
Hunting applications open
• Nonresident hunters should be aware of recent changes to license fees The new year is here and for hunters it means one thing — hunting season planning has officially started for the fall. Resident and nonresident hunters can submit…
Feedgrounds up for renewal with Bridger-Teton National Forest
• Comment deadline Jan. 16 The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking the Bridger-Teton National Forest for cooperation as they renew a permit that allows operations at the Forest Park and Dell Creek elk feed grounds in western Wyoming…
How to decimate a mule deer herd: A case study in Wyoming
• East of the Bighorns, deer are being stressed and depressed by a dizzying array of factors, from drought to disease to energy development. Now, their numbers are plummeting. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com POWDER RIVER BASIN — The…