May 19, 2025

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.

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

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.

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.

The Wyoming Outdoorsman

This week on the Wyoming Outdoorsman Radio Show

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

Video News

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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