Wyoming Game and Fish Department

Efforts to start to regulate the industry finally floated through the legislative process this year after sinking several times in the past decade, but the rules haven’t been set in stone yet.

It's been a year since a rural ranching community in Sublette County was cast into the international spotlight because of outrage over what many deemed "torture" of a wolf. The legalities and culture around the incident are still hot button issues.

Recent chronic wasting disease cases on a feedground near Bondurant tells one wildlife biologist that disease prevalence in that area is higher than previously thought.

Otters are officially off the state’s list of protected animals. Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill reclassifying the species into law on Feb. 24.

While commercial fishing is largely unregulated in the state, the proposed bill would start to change that. But Senate lawmakers amended the bill to remove language that would have given preference to in-state guides.

Wyoming has hit another unfortunate milestone: A second elk feedground with chronic wasting disease. The detection has the potential to threaten the future of western Wyoming’s elk herds.

A chronic wasting disease case was confirmed in two elk on the Dell Creek Feedground, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. This is the second incident of CWD on a feedground in Wyoming ever.

President Trump is looking to a longtime leader of Wyoming wildlife to oversee the nation’s – as director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A bill to regulate commercial fishing guides is back in the Legislature after several failed attempts over the last few decades. HB 5 wants to give Wyoming Game and Fish, with guidance from an advisory committee, the authority to require registration for commercial fishing boats.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) has detected the first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease on an elk feedground in the state.