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Camo at the Capitol 2025 Recap

By Bekka Mongeau | February 21, 2025

Camo at the Capitol last week was a huge success and we want to thank everyone who came out to be a part of our biggest C@C yet. We’re proud and grateful for how much this event has grown since it was started 8 years ago – our first year, we had 13 participants; this …

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2025 Commissioner Tag Auction Announcement

By Bekka Mongeau | February 20, 2025

2025 WY Commissioner Tag Auction Purchase a premium Wyoming deer, elk, or pronghorn license & support conservation! If you or someone you know is looking to purchase a hunt of a lifetime, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation has a 2025 Wyoming Commissioner Tag online auction this February 21, 2025 at 6 am through February 27th at …

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Bear Banquet 2025 Recap

By Bekka Mongeau | February 20, 2025

This year’s Bear Banquet was a big success and we couldn’t have done it without the support and partnership of the American Bear Foundation, our sponsors, volunteers, seminar speakers, and guests who came to celebrate, donate, and bid! We raised over $34,000 to benefit large carnivore management in the state of Wyoming at Bear Banquet …

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Legislative Update: end of Week 5

By Auna Kaufmann | February 18, 2025

This past week we celebrated our 12th annual Sportmen’s Legislative Reception and our 7th Camo at the Capitol class. We had record-breaking attendance this year, with nearly 70 hunters, anglers, and concerned citizens attending from around the state! We certainly made an impression on our afternoon visit to the Capitol, and we received many compliments …

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For Camo at the Capitol Attendees

By Jess Johnson | February 12, 2025

Thank you for signing up to join us for Camo at the Capitol 2025! Below you’ll find details on the event. We recommend business casual camo attire, which means we encourage you to incorporate camo into your nice clothes. This could include a camo shirt under a blazer, a camo tie, hiking boots, camo hat, …

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Contacting your legislators

By Auna Kaufmann | February 12, 2025

Wading into civic engagement can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! Here in Wyoming, we have a citizen legislature. That means your representatives and senators are members of your communities that have families, jobs, and homes near you. They’re not professional politicians, which makes them more accessible for Wyoming citizens. It also means …

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Perspectives: We, the people

By Pixie Herbert | February 5, 2025

Words from Pixie Herbert I live a stone’s throw from Shoshone National Forest outside of Dubois, WY; it’s a beautiful patchwork quilt of old ranches, new cabins, state blocks, and federal lands. It’s dense with wildlife, one of the primary reasons I live here. It’s first light, and I am watching a few hundred elk …

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Legislative Action Alert + Update: public lands bills

By Jess Johnson | February 5, 2025

Legislative Action Alert + Update: A trio of bad public lands bills working their way through both chambers of the Wyoming Legislature You’ve probably seen SJ0002 – Resolution Demanding Equal Footing in the headlines lately. This Joint Resolution is at odds with the value we as hunters, trappers, and anglers hold in our public lands …

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Your chance to win a commissioner’s Tag

By Bekka Mongeau | February 4, 2025

Tickets are going fast – Get a chance at a Wyoming Commissioner’s Tag! Have you ever dreamt about going on the hunt of a lifetime? This 2025 Commissioner’s Tag Raffle allows you a chance to make it a reality with each $150 raffle ticket purchased. There are 300 raffle tickets available. The drawing will take …

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Wyoming State Legislature: Week 2 Update

By Auna Kaufmann | January 29, 2025

Week 2 Update The bills keep dropping this legislative session and we are now tracking a whopping 35 bills that could affect hunters and anglers in Wyoming. Notable additions include: SF0118-Landowner hunting tags-amendments: On Wednesday morning this bill was set aside by the Sponsor and co-sponsors. Read the full letter here. SF0170-Grizzly bear management prohibition …

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Join us at Camo at the Capitol

By Bekka Mongeau | January 28, 2025

Join us on February 13th in Cheyenne for Camo at the Capitol! Post-election this year’s session has a lot of new faces in the legislature. This is an incredibly important time for sportsmen and sportswomen to make sure their voice is recognized and that good relationships are built. Public land transfer bills, Wyoming Game and …

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Wyoming State Legislature: Week 1 Update

By Auna Kaufmann | January 20, 2025

We are currently watching 24 bills that have been logged so far including bills on public lands management, wildlife management, hunting seasons and tags, conservation easements, and habitat projects. We are seeing several bills that could be problematic for public lands, including HB0118-Limitations on net land gains for the federal government, SF0105-An act to preserve …

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