Wyoming Game and Fish

Wyoming high school championships culminate this month with the state hunting championships May 30 in Upton. Officially called the Youth Hunter Education Challenge, this National Rifle Association-sponsored event allows Wyoming hunters 18 and under who have passed hunter education to showcase their skills and have a good time...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department cautions sportsmen that the flushing flows causing sizable increases in water flows in the North Platte River have been extended one day. Flows began on Mar. 16 and were originally scheduled to continue through Mar...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s annual surveys of pronghorn antelope and mule deer herds this fall and winter show higher than average numbers of fawns. This is significant because population growth is driven by the number of fawns that are born and survive to their first birthday. Gam...

  The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has launched a new method for the public to report poaching incidents. Game and Fish has added a text message reporting system, as well as an Android app, to the Stop Poaching Program. Anyone with a cell phone can now report critical poaching information to the Game and Fish by sending a text message to 847411 (TIP411) with WGFD as the first word of their mes

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will start broadcasting its meetings to the entire state via the Internet starting this month. The Commission serves as the policy making board of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. It meets at least six times each year...

  As the weather changes, many big game animals leave their summer and fall ranges to head for traditional wintering areas. Some animals move significant distances while others only move a few miles…but regardless of the distance, migration does occur every year and the migration routes often lead animals into conflict with motorists as they cross numerous highways on the way to their wintering ar

Boaters wanting to get a jump on the 2015 boating season can take care of their upcoming boat registration now for next year’s boating season. No boats were registered during October as the Game and Fish closed out the 2014 watercraft registration season and prepared for the upcoming 2015 season...

Wyoming Game and Fish Department employees inspected more than 40,000 watercraft in 2014 for aquatic invasive species (AIS). Aquatic invasive species include quagga and zebra mussels. Of the inspections, nearly 2,000 watercraft were considered high risk and Game and Fish personnel did 860 decontaminations to eliminate any AIS being transported on watercraft into Wyoming...

Anglers near Casper have a unique opportunity to catch Arctic grayling and now golden trout in a community fishing pond. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department stocked a limited number of both Arctic grayling and goldens in Jessica’s Pond (near Speas Fish Hatchery) in mid-October...

Wildlife professionals from across Wyoming have named Jill Randall, Pinedale Habitat Biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, as their 2014 Wildlife Professional of the Year. The Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society, an international organization of professional wildlife researchers and managers, presented the award to Randall at their annual meeting in Sheridan recently...