Watercraft inspection stations are open and on the lookout for AIS
Watercraft inspection stations across Wyoming have opened for the boating season and are on the lookout for aquatic invasive species . By the end of May, four watercraft harboring invasive mussels were intercepted coming into the state by the Wyoming…
Wyoming, tribal impasse over hunting rights persists despite judicial order
• Legal direction is an important step toward the state and sovereign nations finding agreement, attorneys say. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com It’s been nearly five years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision recognizing tribes’ treaty-based…
Game and Fish wrestles with how to handle illegal introduction of fish in Wyoming waters
By Joseph Beaudet The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Fish that are illegally introduced to non-native bodies of water can cause lasting impacts to the water’s ecosystem and a community’s economy, according to Wyoming Game and…
Nesvik touts success of state-managed wolf plan
• Livestock depredations at lowest level since 2010. Wolves are always a hot-button topic in Wyoming and recent news regarding the killing of a wolf outside a Pinedale bar recently has made International headlines. But in a recent interview with…
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…