Shot down, resuscitated: Hunting fee hike still alive
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com CHEYENNE—A once-dead measure that would boost the price of some nonresident deer and pronghorn hunting licenses by as much as 300% has been revived. Although it enjoyed support from a Gov. Mark Gordon-appointed committee and hunting advocacy groups, Senate…
Game and Fish leaders pressed on migration designation delays
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Pointing to a three-year delay in implementing Wyoming’s big game migration protection policy, some members of the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce encouraged wildlife managers to act during the group’s final meeting. “We’re missing opportunities,” Sen. Larry Hicks (R-Baggs) said…
Wildlife task force takes shaky aim at hunting license abuses
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Elk hunt area 124 south of Interstate 80 in the Red Desert, has been held up as a poster child for what’s wrong with the way Wyoming distributes special hunting licenses to landowners. The hunting zone…
Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce to meet May 23-24
Cheyenne – The Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce will gather for their next meeting at 8 a.m. May 23-24 in Casper at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 North Poplar St. The public is invited to attend and participate in-person or online through…
Wyoming to target elk, large carnivores to aid reeling mule deer
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Wildlife managers have millions of dollars in new funding at their disposal to collect statewide movement and mortality data on mule deer, a species that has been in a prolonged decline in Wyoming and across the West. Ultimately, data…
Idea of giving Wyoming residents more game licenses examined
By Alex Hargrave Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — Stakeholders are again exploring increasing residents’ share of big game hunting licenses from 80% to 90%, which would decrease the percentage of licenses available to nonresidents. The issue is…
WY Wildlife Taskforce to meet Nov. 18
CASPER — The Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce will gather for their next meeting 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 18 in Casper. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 North Poplar St. The public is invited to…