All About Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a mysterious and mindless killer that isn’t even alive, but it warps the very fabric of the brain. No, it’s not the latest horror movie trailer, it’s a prion. What is a prion? It’s a malformed protein that, when it touches other proteins, causes them to unfold and refold in …
Science Friday: How are Wyoming’s Moose Doing?
How are moose doing? The short answer is, not very well. Why? That requires a long answer. Moose appear to be a relative recent resident of Wyoming. Records of observations are lacking from the explorers and early travelers of the West. Moose are absent from Native American folklore and art in Wyoming, and moose appear …
What is in Jessi’s Pack
Wyoming Wildlife Federation and Artemis Coordinator, Jessi Johnson was nice enough to share what was in her pack before heading out into the Wyoming Range on a week long hunt. Jessi, what’s in your backpack? Stone Glacier 3300 Solo Pack-3 piece belt-2 side pockets 2 liter hydration bladder Sleep Pad- Big Agnes Ultralight stove and …
Rolling Thunder – Red Desert to Hoback Fencing Initiative
Rolling Thunder – the first fence modifications for the Red Desert to Hoback Fencing Initiative Steve Kilpatrick Four to six thousand mule deer will be starting to find their travels along this migration corridor a little easier – thanks to local landowners and multiple funders. WWF and several other partners sought funding to replace or …
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Get them out there: Update on Rock Springs BLM Filed tours
Rock Springs Resource Management Plan The Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs field office is currently revising their field wide management plan, consisting of 3.6 million acres. Wyoming Wildlife Federation has identified six priority habitats within this field office – Devil’s Playground and Cedar Mountain, Adobe Town, Jack Morrow Hills, Big Sandy, Greater Little Mountain …
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Captive Breeding Rules pass through the WGF Commission
Sage-Grouse Captive Breeding Update: In the 2017 legislative session a bill passed to create a program dedicated to captive breeding of the Greater sage-grouse. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) was charged with developing regulations for this program. A program that would allow private companies to gather wild eggs and raise birds for private …
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Fall Fund Drive – Hats, Stickers and a few nights in the hills
Fall Fund Drive Want to give back to the organization that is in the trenches of Wyoming’s wildlife conservation everyday? Want to give a few dollars to have the knowledge you have a voice in Cheyenne when it truly matters? Now is your chance. Give between now and November 1st and you get a few …
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Keep it Public Wyoming
“Whether historical or ecological, political or personal, the connective tissue that holds together or tears apart our public lands begins with “We the People”.”- Terry Tempest Williams Last Saturday over 130 people showed up in Laramie to voice their support for a bill to create an official Wyoming Public Lands Day in the state. …
Wyoming Public Lands Day
Celebrating our Public Lands Proposed Wyoming Public Lands Day Legislation keepitpublicwyo.com OVERVIEW The draft legislation proposes a Wyoming Public Lands Day established on the last Saturday in September. It requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation encouraging the observance of this day. The proclamation is flexible and can highlight the importance of public lands …
Field Day Volunteer for Wildlife!
Wildlife Habitat Enhancement on Green Mountain Join us to improve aspen and riparian habitat for wildlife on Green Mountain. Green Mountain? Yeah that Green Mountain out between Jeffery City and Muddy Gap. See some new country and do good for wildlife. We know it is hunting season, but one day will not hurt.
WGF Commission Meeting
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission On July 19 in Afton, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission recognized exemplary employees from each department. In honor of those employees and our appreciation for the work the Department and Commission does for Wyoming, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation hosted a lunch. “It was an opportunity for the Federation to …
Meadows: Allowing companies to capitalize on wildlife to make up for development is not a Wyoming value
First published in the Casper Star Tribune The current mess we are in with greater sage grouse is just history repeating itself. We have been here before, and we have made these mistakes — mistakes that have cost sportsmen and sportswomen of this country billions to try to repair the damage. Damage that could have …
Help Protect Our Way of Life
We need everyone who values the wild spaces of Wyoming to get involved. Are you ready?