Wyoming Game and Fish weekly update

*May 19, 2025*

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Grizzly relocated by Game and Fish
A grizzly bear being relocated in Wyoming

CODY — After consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on May 16. [ [link removed] ]

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Wyoming Free Fishing Day is June 7, events planned throughout state
Youth Fishing day in Wyoming

CHEYENNE — Celebrate Wyoming’s five-star fisheries this year by fishing without a license for a day — for free. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department invites anglers to celebrate Free Fishing Day on June 7. Each year Game and Fish designates the first Saturday of National Boating and Fishing Week as a free fishing day when anyone can fish in Wyoming — except within the Wind River Reservation and Yellowstone National Park  —  without a fishing license.  [ [link removed] ]

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Wildlife Health Lab tests more than 5,200 CWD samples in 2024
Close up of lymph node removal for CWD testing

LARAMIE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Health Laboratory tested 5,276 samples from big game animals for chronic wasting disease in 2024. Testing was completed earlier this year and samples were submitted from throughout the state. CWD was detected in 726 of those samples submitted.  [ [link removed] ]


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The Wyoming Outdoorsman

*This week on the Wyoming Outdoorsman Radio Show [ [link removed] ]*


* Game and Fish Continues to Seek Info on Kemmerer Pronghorn Poachings
* Springtime Flaming Gorge Lake Trout Fishing Offers Prime Opportunity
* Type 8 Elk Licenses Proving Successful

*Outdoor tip/PSA*


* Jet Ski Etiquette

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Video News
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Landowner License Change Proposals

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"The Wyoming Game and Fish Department manages and conserves more than 800 species of fish and wildlife across Wyoming.  For nearly 120 years, we’ve carried out our mission to conserve wildlife and serve people. Through these efforts, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ensures the public continues to enjoy Wyoming’s vast fish and wildlife resource  through  hunting, fishing, trapping, wildlife watching and other forms of outdoor recreation. Hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers contribute over a billion dollars to Wyoming’s economy each year."




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Cheyenne Headquarters
5400 Bishop Blvd.
Cheyenne, WY 82006                                       

 

Amanda Fry
Public Information Officer
(307) 777- 4637
[email protected]



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