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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has reported a sub-adult male black bear was euthanized by Game and Fish personnel on the afternoon of June 20. According to the department, personnel have been responding to multiple reports of a bear accessing garbage and other attractants at various locati

Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials are once again asking for the publics help preventing bear conflicts.

Eric Maichak has been selected as the Sheridan district wildlife biologist and began his duties on Jan. 23, 2023. Maichak replaces Tim Thomas, who was promoted to Sheridan Region wildlife coordinator. According to the Wyoming Game and Fish, Maichak has a bachelor’s degree in science from the Uni

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reports that hunters have long been considered an invaluable resource for the department’s efforts to collect biological samples for study and testing. This fall elk hunters in select hunt areas are again being asked by the department to collect blood samples fro

This fall elk hunters in specific hunt areas are again being asked by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to help brucellosis surveillance efforts by taking a blood sample from their elk immediately after harvest with a Game and Fish sample kit, keeping it cool and submitting it soon-after harvest.

CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is offering prizes through a raffle as a way to encourage hunters to submit blood samples from elk

Hunters submitted hundred of blood samples from elk harvested during the 2021 hunting season, aiding Wyoming Game and Fish as they monitor brucellosis.

The Bighorn Basin will have a chance to give their two cents on Chronic Wasting Disease management for two deer herds in the area next week.

CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be hosting public meetings in Greybull and in Worland in order to discuss management of chronic

Wyoming Game and Fish continues to engage with Bighorn Basin communities in the ongoing effort to spread awareness of chronic wasting disease in the region.