Today marks the start of Wyoming’s wolf hunting season. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has recently increased the state’s trophy wolf quota from 38 to 44 animals in the Wolf Trophy Game Management Area, even though the most recent count tallied just 163 wolves, barely above the minimum population target. Within this management zone, wolves are treated as trophy game; outside of it, they are classified as “predatory animals,” meaning they can be killed year-round without a license, without

Did you know that Wyoming Game and Fish has a forensics and fish health lab? What do they do there? Watch the video (or you can visit this page to learn more: http://bit.ly/28Qsmdo) For 50 years the Game and Fish Laboratory in Laramie, WY has provided services to the department as well as other state and federal agencies. The main focus of the laboratory is fish health and wildlife forensics. Additional duties include aging of big game teeth using a technique called cementum annuli analysis. The

Did you know the Wyoming Game and Fish Department stocks fish throughout the year, even through ice? Fisheries personnel brought a holiday season treat to the Lander region this week — freshly stocked and catchable rainbow trout! These fish were used as brood stock to rear new rainbows at the Boulder Fish Hatchery. With 100 fish stocked in each, the trout are now ready to be caught through the ice in the Big Bend Ponds 4, 5 and 6 in Riverton. Grab your family or a friend and enjoy these ready-to

In partnership with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, FWP successfully translocated two grizzly bears from the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem in Montana to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming. FWP takes pride in the hard work and dedication of our staff and partners in managing the recovery of one of Montana's most iconic natural resources – the grizzly bear. Find more details at: https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor_Gianforte_Governor_Gordon_Celebrate_Successful_Gri