Wyoming Game and Fish
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Both the Cody and Worland Offices are planning prescribed burns between March and May to improve landscapes and habitats near Lovell, Meeteetse, and Ten Sleep. The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District plans to conduct prescribed fire projects within the Cody and Worland field office areas this spring as part of the B.L.M.’s…
Once again, Wyoming Game and Fish and its partners are giving away the spray that could save lives in an unlucky encounter with a grizzly bear. In partnership with the Safari Club International Foundation, Campfire Conservation Fund, and American Bear Foundation, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Shoshone National Forest will distribute bear spray…
The first wolf killed by Wildlife Services in 20 years because of predation happened in Big Horn County so say federal officials. The gray wolf was collared and reported killed near Horseshoe Bend north of Lovell by a “government trapper” who works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, according to the Powell Tribune.…
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…
To track the movement of mule deer on the ground, Wyoming Game and Fish will spend January catching, collaring, and releasing deer by taking to the skies. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is planning to capture and collar mule deer in the Absaroka and Bighorn Mountains as part of the new statewide Mule Deer…
Highly pathogenic avian influenza is spreading through Wyoming’s birds, so Wyoming Game and Fish wants to ensure the virus doesn’t pass to any hunters this winter. Waterfowl hunting season is in full swing. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department would like to remind hunters to take precautions to minimize their risk of contracting highly pathogenic…
Hopeful hunters can apply for six big game animals, and wild turkey – and the Wyoming Super Tag raffle – until the end of January. The ringing in of the new year signals the opening of hunting applications for many hunters. At 8 a.m. on Jan. 3, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will open…
Trout Creek Ranch More details are emerging about an unsafe hunting incident that took place near Wapiti on the 3600 block of the North Fork Highway in the early morning hours of November 30th, 2022. The Park County Sheriff’s Office and Wyoming Game and Fish responded to the scene after receiving reports of bullets crossing the…
The Park County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a “dark-colored vehicle”- its owner was trespassing and may have fired a shot into the engine block of a pickup truck on land near Meeteetse. On December 12, 2022, at approximately 11:44 a.m., the Park County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division received a report of property damage to…
The over 100 felony and misdemeanor charges resulted from a seven-year, multi-agency investigation spanning four states and four Wyoming counties. Three men were charged with more than 100 wildlife violations in one of the largest poaching cases in Wyoming history. The charges were prosecuted across four Wyoming counties, concluding in Park County in September 2022.…