Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Amy Anderson was recently named Partner of the Year for 2020 by the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust. Anderson is a habitat biologist in the Lander region. The award was presented in September at the Game and Fish Commission meeting by WWNRT Executive Director Bob Budd. “While many pa...
CWD Confirmed In 2 new WY Hunt Areas
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed two new hunt areas where elk have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Cody and Laramie Regions. CWD was confirmed in Elk Hunt Areas 45 and 114 with positive tests from two hunter-harvested adult cow elk. Elk Hunt Area 45 is in the southwestern Bighorn Mountains and over...
CWD Confirmed In 2 new WY Hunt Areas
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed two new hunt areas where elk have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Cody and Laramie Regions. CWD was confirmed in Elk Hunt Areas 45 and 114 with positive tests from two hunter-harvested adult cow elk. Elk Hunt Area 45 is in the southwestern Bighorn Mountains and over...
FWP seeking comment on proposed Musselshell River Rehab.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for public comment on a proposal to reconnect a channel of the Musselshell River southwest of Melstone that was cut off by flooding. Flood waters broke through a the river bank in 2018 and cut off the 1.5-mile loop in the river, leaving irrigation systems and homes without water and drying up wildli...
Trophy Deer Poached South of Billings…Reward Offered
BILLINGS – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is offering a reward for information about a trophy mule deer buck that was killed illegally and left to waste near Stratford Road in the hills south of Billings on Sept. 28, 2020. FWP game wardens also are looking for information about two men in a light-colored late-1990s or early-2000s Chevrole...
WGFD Assisting U. S. Fish & Wildlife Grizzly Investigations
– The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with two investigations involving conflicts between archery hunters and grizzly bears. On the evening of Sept. 24, a man who was archery hunting for elk in the Thorofare was attacked and injured by a grizzly bear. He was airlifted to a local hos...
WY G&F seeking tips on recent moose poaching
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking tips from the public concerning a cow moose that was illegally killed along Highway 414 south of Mountain View. The moose was discovered in the early morning hours of Sept. 24. Mountain View Game Warden Allen Deru is hoping to receive tips from anyone who might have seen any suspicious activity...
Piedmont Pond fishing consumption advisory
The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) conducted water sampling in the area as a part of their groundwater investigation of the Upper Jefferson Valley. They discovered elevated concentrations of arsenic in the pond and an adjacent monitoring well. The concentrations of arsenic found in the pond exceeded the Montana Department of Enviro...
WY Mullen fire prompts license refunds
Resident and nonresident hunters with specific license types in the area of the Mullen Creek Fire in the Medicine Bow National Forest may be eligible for either a license reservation or refund due to limited access in the Snowy Range. The Mullen Creek fire began on Sept. 17 in the Savage Run Wilderness area approximately 40 miles southwest o...
WY Mullen fire prompts license refunds
Resident and nonresident hunters with specific license types in the area of the Mullen Creek Fire in the Medicine Bow National Forest may be eligible for either a license reservation or refund due to limited access in the Snowy Range. The Mullen Creek fire began on Sept. 17 in the Savage Run Wilderness area approximately 40 miles southwest o...