Hiker mauled by bear southeast of Yellowstone
According to information released by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, a hiker has been hospitalized after being mauled by a bear in northwestern Wyoming. The attack took place Monday as the mane was hiking on Francs Peak, a summit…
Jackson woman wins wild bison hunting license
JACKSON (WNE) — A lifelong hunter who won a coveted bison-hunting license wants to give it away to a disabled military veteran. Norma Winder’s name was pulled from 2,205 entries into Gov. Mark Gordon’s annual Wild Bison License Raffle. Instead…
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…
Conservation groups ask for end to elk feedgrounds
PINEDALE (WNE) — Six conservation groups submitted a 16-page recommendation to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Wednesday, requesting the state begin phasing out 22 state-run feedgrounds where elk are artificially fed each winter. This request was made to…
Gov. Gordon donates wild bison license for wildlife conservation
The license will be issued through a random raffle – For the fourth year, Governor Mark Gordon is donating a wild bison license to support Wyoming wildlife conservation. The license will be issued through a random raffle open only to…
Grizzly relocated to Sunlight area
CODY (WNE) – After consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on May 4. According to a G&F news release, the bear was captured for…
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…