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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is actively monitoring the impacts of the harsh winter on big game populations across southern, central, and western Wyoming. As a result of extreme winter impacts, Game and Fish wildlife managers have made significant adjustments to hunting season proposals in many areas of the state. Wildlife managers evaluate forage…
Data collected from mule deer herds across Wyoming tell a tragic story – young animals dying and adults struggling to forage through deep, hard snowdrifts as a harsh winter continues. Much of Wyoming is experiencing an increase in snowfall and frigid temperatures this winter. As a result, wildlife managers across the state are actively monitoring…
Since they are already changing their behavior to seek food in severe winter conditions, elk feeding will prevent them from raiding farms and ranches for hay & avoid the potential spread of disease from wildlife to livestock. Much of Wyoming is under a blanket of deeper-than-normal snow and experiencing severe, cold temperatures, causing elk to…
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