Hunters and Anglers Await Sen. Barrasso’s Vote on Land and Water Conservation Fund
Sportsmen and women delivered a letter urging reauthorization of successful program. LANDER (10/1/18) – Wyoming sportsmen and women delivered a letter to Senator Barrasso today calling on him to support full-funding and reauthorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund(LWCF). The letter highlighted LWCF’s support for projects like land acquisition providing public access for hunting …
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Jackson Field to Table
Join us in Jackson For 81 years, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation has been the conservation voice for hunters and anglers in Wyoming. Throughout that time, our work has helped to conserve wildlife and fish populations, protect critical habitat, and provide exceptional outdoors access and opportunities, and we have done so through the generous contributions of …
Last Minute Archery Hunt Checklist and Gear Insight
And just like that, September is here and archery seasons are opening around the state. If you’re like me, you may be feeling a bit caught off guard – I was just getting the hang of June – when all of a sudden the leaves on the cottonwoods have a subtle golden hue and the …
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Press Release: 173,000 acres of oil and gas leases deferred in southwest Wyoming
ROCK SPRINGS – Hunters and anglers praised the Bureau of Land Management’s Preferred Action to defer approximately 173,000 acres of oil and gas leases in the Greater Little Mountain Area of southwest Wyoming. The decision to defer leasing honored years of input from Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, former Governor Dave Freudenthal, the Sweetwater County Commission, …
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Wyoming Wildlife, BLM Leasing, and D.C. Politics
Last week Wyoming Wildlife Federation visited the U.S. Capitol. Every once in a while, it is critical for Wyoming folks to visit directly with those working in D.C. – with close to a million acres of Wyoming’s public land being auctioned for oil and gas leasing in a six-month period here in 2018 – the …
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Red Chile Braised Elk Tacos
For me, creating wild game dishes for friends and family is fundamental to why I hunt. I live for those opportunities to share a meal, engage in conversations (phone free), and connect with people through food and shared human experience. Often times it’s connecting with folks who may not hunt but, can’t help but see …
Cowboys in the Swamp
Sometimes we have to do it – two weeks ago I flew back to Washington D.C. – I was there for a few reasons, to attend the National Wildlife Federation annual meeting, meet with Wyoming’s elected officials and meet with the Department of Interior to talk about the recent oil and gas leasing in sage grouse core habitat, designated big game migration routes, and the Greater Little Mountain Area.
Conservation In The Anthropocene
Currently, there are over 7 billion of us living on the planet and I tend to think that with a population of the magnitude – with no sign of slowing – our ability to affect lasting changes on our planet, both positive and negative, cannot be overstated.
Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
Started in 1989, MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivor-ship) is a program that provides demographic information to explain population trends.
Veteran Hunt Program
Wyoming Wildlife Federation participates in the Wounded Veteran Hunt program, which is intended to honor wounded servicemen and women for their duty and service by providing them with a complementary hunting experience in Wyoming’s beautiful backcountry.
Science Friday: Boreal Toad Project Summary
Summary of Boreal Toad Project for Jesperson Award 2018 Emerging infectious diseases pose a significant threat to global biodiversity. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (commonly known as the amphibian chytrid fungus), an emerging fungal pathogen primarily affecting amphibians, is of particular concern because it has caused severe population declines and several extinctions in amphibian populations worldwide. Our current …
Science Friday: Breeding Bird Surveys
By: Reg Rothwell Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS) are the source of some of the most important, comprehensive, long-term data on avian populations in North America. Initiated in 1966, there are more than 4500 established routes in the US and Canada. Approximately 70% of these routes are routinely run each year. In Wyoming there are 80 …
Help Protect Our Way of Life
We need everyone who values the wild spaces of Wyoming to get involved. Are you ready?