wyoming game and fish department

Laramie-based wildlife forensics lab uses DNA to solve poaching cases

Willow Belden — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:17:24 +0000

INTRO: Each year, the Game and Fish Department discovers dozens of wildlife crimes in Wyoming. They range from hunting without a license, to killing an animal from the road. The department takes these infractions very seriously, and runs a cutting-edge wildlife forensics lab to investigate them. Wyoming Public Radio’s Willow visited the lab and filed this report.

Regulators to collect feedback on wolf management plan

Bob Beck — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:36:07 +0000

Next week the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will begin a series of public meetings. They’ll gather public input on the rules and regulations the department will use to manage wolves in the state. The rules will be finalized by the Game and Fish Commission in April. Chief Game Warden Brian Nesbit and the Department Director Scott Talbott talk with Wyoming Public Radio’s Bob Beck.

Wyoming authorities urge drivers to watch for wildlife

The Associated Press — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:54:07 +0000

Wyoming authorities are stepping up warnings about moose-vehicle collisions along Highway 390 in Teton
County after some game wardens had to shoot and kill a suffering mother in front of her calf.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says wardens had to shoot the cow moose Dec. 16 because her right leg had been shattered by a car. Afterward, her calf moose pawed at the corpse and ran around
in circles in distress.

New state fishing regulations are unveiled

The Associated Press — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:26:01 +0000

New Wyoming fishing regulations take effect
beginning in January.
Wyoming anglers generally will be allowed to keep six trout of
any size in lakes and rivers around the state but will only be
allowed to keep three trout from a river or stream, with only one
of the three trout being over 16 inches. There will be exceptions
to the general limit in certain waters around the state.
The new regulation will allow anglers to keep up to 16 brook
trout of any size. The old regulation specified only six brook