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

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

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Shovels are in the ground, and we have HUGE NEWS for Wyoming's wildlife and drivers! This is the official groundbreaking for the Kemmerer South Wildlife Crossing Project on U.S.Highway 189! The project is the beginning of safer roads for us and fewer animals getting hit by vehicles 🚗💥🦌. Here’s why this is a game-changer: - 7 Underpasses, 1 Overpass Fencing! Along a 30-mile stretch, these carefully designed crossings will guide mule deer, pronghorn, and other iconic Wyoming wildlife safely acr

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Wildlife officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Wyoming Game and Fish Department have successfully translocated two grizzly bears from the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) in Montana to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) in Wyoming. On July 30, the states released a subadult female in the Blackrock drainage approximately 35 miles northwest of Dubois, Wyoming. On July 31, Yellowstone National Park personnel released a subadult male, within the park boundaries, in a rem

🔊 SOUND ON for the ultimate fish drop! High above the peaks of Wyoming, our team was hard at work a few weeks back on a great project: helicopter stocking. This isn't just for show. It's an important way to ensure that our most remote, high-elevation lakes—the jewels of our backcountry—have robust trout populations for anglers who are willing to go the extra mile. From the hatchery to the helicopter to their new home, every step is carefully managed by our dedicated crew. Your fishing license d

Watch hundreds of elk returning to the Gros Ventre on their spring migration. Dan and Norma Winder captured this clip about a week ago and what a spectacle! Thank you for the clip Dan and Norma! | Wyoming Game and Fish Department