Wildlife

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Large areas of Yellowstone, Yosemite and Glacier national parks could remain closed to summer traffic weeks later than usual, while visitor centers and campgrounds at several other national parks might have to close

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Regulations recently enacted by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission add additional calibers that can be used for big game, trophy game, and wild turkey hunting. The new regulation adds some calibers and ammunition that previously were not legal to hunt these species and simplifies language for other regulations

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Wyoming Game and Fish Department investigators have charged two men with poaching deer after linking trash found at the scene of the crime to them.

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The sponsor of the Stage Stop Sled Dog Race will donate dog food to eight animal shelters along the race route.

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RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The Riverton City Council has voted to allow residents to keep chickens within the city limits.

The Associated Press reports that the council on Tuesday rejected a suggestion from city staff to limit residents to six chickens and ban from keeping the birds for commercial purposes

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wolf hunt area northwest of Cody is closed now that hunters have killed the local limit of four wolves.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department closed Hunt Area One on Wednesday

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Biologists with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department warn that dry conditions in Wyoming this year are leaving wildlife susceptible to high mortality this winter.

The game department reports that plant growth has been low because of lack of moisture

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding hunters that general and some limited-quota elk licenses will remain on sale through next January.

The game department says general licenses are valid in several of the late-closing hunt areas

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Deer Hunters heading out to the Black Hills can expect better than anticipated numbers of animals this fall.

In a recent survey, Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and wardens counted about 30 percent more white-tailed compared to last year, despite drought and the effects of disease.

"Basically the concerns were based on that we've had a prett

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