Wyoming Game and Fish Department

There are around 40 aquatic snail species in Wyoming, and during the snail survey the researchers found 18 species in the three areas they searched. The research was supported by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Restrictions are often implemented during the summer months when fire and drought conditions are the most severe and are often lifted in the fall and winter, though they can remain in place during these times as well. Protecting lands for hunting, preserving public access, and preserving wildlife habitats are major reasons that restrictions are put in place.

As Wyoming is seeing record temperatures, the Game and Fish Department is asking anglers to change their practices so as to not stress or exhaust fish.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) and Wyoming Department of Health have updated the recommendation for how much fish someone can safely eat that is caught in Wyoming waters. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), most fish contain mercury and too much can be harmful to one’s nervous systems, especially to young children, those who are pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.

Within a year, Wyoming will have a detailed elk management plan for the first time in history, and it will guide the state for the foreseeable future.The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) has been working with the public since late last year to address arising issues.

Former Wyoming Public Radio reporter Savannah Maher has taken a look at a pair of cases that were considered poaching in Wyoming. They both had different outcomes. The recent story for High Country News is called "Who does the state of Wyoming consider a poacher?" She joined Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck to discuss the article, starting with the case of former tribal game warden Clayvin Herrera who faced charges after asserting a treaty right to hunt on unoccupied land in the Bighorn National Forest.

The recommendations are aimed at making the system more equitable in the face of increasing complaints from hunters, many of whom claim that they won't be able to get a moose or bighorn sheep license for years under the current system. The public can weigh in throughout this month.

Conservation groups are calling for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) to phase out state-run elk feedgrounds. This request comes as the agency is drafting its feedground management plan.

Jackson Lake will see historically low water levels this summer, according to an announcement from federal water managers.Nearly all of the reserve water stored in the lake will be released into the Snake River to meet the downstream irrigation needs in Idaho. Legally, Wyoming only has rights to four percent of water in the Snake River system.

The depopulation order was carried out as a precautionary measure to try and limit the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which is spreading throughout Wyoming and North America as birds migrate during the spring.