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2022 End of Year Survey

By Jaden Bales | December 7, 2022

THANK YOU FOR LENDING YOUR INPUT! You are the lifeblood of the work at Wyoming Wildlife Federation. This sincerely helps us better serve you, and Wyoming’s wiildlife and wild places. Stay tuned. On January 2nd, 2023, one lucky respondent will be given a $200 gift card to use with our friends at Maven Optics as …

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Wyoming Oil and Gas Facilities

Wyoming’s Traditional Energy & Wildlife

By Nat Paterson | November 16, 2022

Wyoming is blessed with vast, iconic western landscapes that provide habitat for wildlife and offer hunting opportunities rivaled by few, if any, other states. Many of these areas are also rich in various fuel resources that we rely upon as a society for everyday life. The state has long been a major producer of fossil …

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Historic Wyoming Sage-Grouse Photo

Ernest Hemingway’s Letters On Wyoming’s Sage Grouse

By Edgar Castillo | September 8, 2022

Images abound of Ernest Hemingway holding rooster pheasants and ducks. He speaks of hunting Hungarian partridge and jacksnipe in Idaho, quail in Arkansas, and even grouse in Michigan. But there is another bird. One that escapes the headlines and paparazzi photos. It is mostly shared in letters to family and friends…I speak of Hemingway’s hunting …

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South Rock Springs Area

Our Lands, Our Wildlife, Our Waters | Southwest Wyoming’s Best

By Guest Contributor | August 26, 2022

Our Lands, Our Wildlife, Our Waters Southwest Wyoming’s Most Special Areas Written by Shelby Martin | Rock Springs, WY I am a Wyoming woman. I was born and raised in southwest Wyoming where I have had the privilege of hunting, fishing, and recreating with my dad in some of the most beautiful, rugged, and open …

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Group Circle Before Elk Ridge Fence Day

Volunteers Tear Down 8-Foot Fence For Wildlife

By Joy Bannon | August 11, 2022

On July 30th, volunteers circled the wagons near Elk Ridge in the Spence-Moriarty Wildlife Habitat Management Area. The task? Remove eight-foot tall elk fence from 9,000 feet in elevation so deer, pronghorn, and elk can travel across the landscape there. This six-tenths of a mile section was difficult to get to and was adjacent to …

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Bull Elk in Velvet

Taskforce Makes Decisions on Comprehensive Proposal

By Jaden Bales | August 10, 2022

For the past 14 months, the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce has debated some of the most contentious issues in wildlife management for the Cowboy State. Everything from license allocations to landowner licenses and habitat improvements has been at the table for this group. Throughout the entire process, members of the taskforce noted how many of these …

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2022 Sportsmen’s Candidate Forums

By Jaden Bales | July 25, 2022

This program gives hunters the opportunity to give back to local communities and it gives those in need a local, healthy nutritional component to their diet.

Renewables Development Baggs

Wyoming’s Renewable Resources

By Nat Paterson | July 25, 2022

Wyoming plays a significant role in supplying domestic sources of energy. Historically, this has meant oil and gas development, but renewables such as wind and solar are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Cowboy State, as well. In recent years, these sources of energy have become more cost-effective and efficient. A report by the Department of …

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Volunteer pulling Fence

Volunteers Needed: Fence Removal Near Dubois

By Jaden Bales | July 22, 2022

Local hunting and angling nonprofits – the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, the Red Canyon Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Bowhunters of Wyoming – are looking for volunteers to remove fence on Saturday, July 30, 2022, near Dubois, WY. The Fremont County fence removal project is the Wyoming Wildlife Federation’s longest-running project where volunteers …

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Jackson Wildlife on Tap

Jackson Wildlife On Tap

By Jaden Bales | July 20, 2022

This program gives hunters the opportunity to give back to local communities and it gives those in need a local, healthy nutritional component to their diet.

Gray Hunting Bison

Hunters For The Hungry in Jackson, WY

By Jaden Bales | July 18, 2022

This program gives hunters the opportunity to give back to local communities and it gives those in need a local, healthy nutritional component to their diet.

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