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Why Hunters Should Care About Local Elections
“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” – Thomas Jefferson The world is a noisy place lately. International conflicts, inflation woes, and other political issues light up our cell phone screens on a daily basis. It is easy to forget the power of local elections on …
Planting for the Future in Sheridan
The weather was cool and breezy in Sheridan the last week of May this year – perfect weather to do some gardening. WWF Education Director, Andrea Barbknecht was in town to do the official ground-breaking for native plant plots at three Sheridan Elementary schools. Throughout the past year, WWF and the schools have been working …
New Beaver Dams Help Parched Landscape
Last weekend, the parched pasturelands near Little Mountain got a bit of help from nature’s original flood irrigators: beaver dams. These beaver dams were not built with teeth and tails, however. Over 70 different volunteers, agencies, nonprofit workers, businesses, and others all gathered on the Ramsay Ranch, where big head-cut banks line Trout Creek, to …
New WWF Executive Director – Joy Bannon
The Wyoming Wildlife Federation (WWF) proudly announces Joy Bannon as its new Executive Director. The Federation began an exhaustive nationwide Executive Director search in February that yielded multiple high-quality candidates from across the country. The Board of Directors decided that Ms. Bannon’s leadership, experience, and qualifications proved her the best person to take the organization …
Protected: 2022 Pronghorn Hunting Regional Roundup
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Two Vets Hunt the Wyoming Range
In 2020, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation’s Sam Lockwood opened his annual hunting camp in the Wyoming Range for five U.S. military veterans. The goal of the hunting experience was to share the incredible wildlife and wild places of Western Wyoming with those who have served their country so that others may live a full life …
A Certified Elk Hunter
I had moved to Western Wyoming from northern California on April 14th, 2008 as an assistant engine captain on a wildland fire engine with a federal land management agency. Living in California hadn’t offered many opportunities to hunt or fish for a few years, so I’d been out of the game for a bit. Halfway …
What Happened at the Wyoming Capitol in 2022?
The 2022 Wyoming State Legislative session has wrapped up and WWF staff have traveled home from Cheyenne and are getting to work on the 2022-2023 interim session. We wanted to round up all the events from the legislative session in one place for our members to keep you up to date on what happened and …
The History of Wyoming Range Mule Deer
Cover photo of Cal, a legendary Wyoming Range mule deer from the early 90’s. Photo taken by A. Ellis and provided by the Winter Range Foundation. I was just a small kid when my father took his first wildlife biologist job with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Kemmerer, WY – the year was …
Where Would WWF Take Commissioner Tags?
For many, hunting some of Wyoming’s premier deer, elk, and antelope areas is a far-off dream. The drawing odds are particularly poor to draw these special hunts via the Wyoming Game and Fish Department draw because of the demand created by their exceptional quality experience. Some hunts offer the chance to pursue mule deer in …
Protected: 2022 Mule Deer Hunting Regional Roundup
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Field Trips
Join us on our multigenerational arts and ecology field trips. Explore, learn about local ecology, and try out a new art skill. You will take an easy to moderate hike co-led by a WWF staff member and an arts expert who will guide you through interconnected information about the local ecosystem and a new art …
Three Reasons Sage Grouse Farming Should End
Update March 10, 2022: Senate File 0061 passed through the third reading on the House floor with a vote of 44 ‘aye’ and 15 ‘nay’ and 1 abstaining vote. The bill includes an amendment to sunset once again in 5 years. While the conservation community would have preferred to end Greater Sage-grouse farming, your voices …
2022 Wyoming Public Season Setting Meetings
Bringing hunters and anglers together and building an effective and informed advocacy voice is the mission for the Camo at the Capitol program.
How the CWD Research and Management Act Will Help Wyoming
At the end of 2021, the United States House of Representatives passed the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act with what most would consider flying colors. The final vote, tallied at 393-33, proved that most reps agree on the importance of this piece of legislation, which Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced on October 19. …
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A Four-By-Four By 40: A Lifelong Pursuit of Mule Deer
Lifelong hunters, my friend Mike and I reflected on bucks harvested one day when Mike realized he had never harvested a solid four-by-four (4×4) mule deer. This year was it. If he was going to harvest a mature buck by the young age of 40, then we had to make it happen. Tine count is …
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Big Horn Armory Pays It Forward This November
From Nov. 1 – 30, 2021, five percent of all net proceeds of purchases made from Big Horn Armory’s website will be donated to the WWF’s Hunters for the Hungry Program to help feed food-insecure families during this holiday season. Big Horn Armory (BHA), makers of big-bore firearms, is pleased to announce it has partnered …
Untouched: The Wonders of the Red Desert
Untouched: The Wonders of the Red Desert Why I return to Wyoming in search of wildness every chance I can Written By Trey Johnson | West Texas, USA Aldo Leopold, the father of wildlife management, once stated “(i)t is the part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the …
Classroom Resources
WWF has developed lessons to help Wyoming teachers bring their classes outside and to bring our wild Wyoming to the classroom. If you have any issues, want to request a lesson, or want help connecting your classroom to a local wildlife professional, contact Andrea Barbknecht at the email or phone number below or click on …
Sage Grouse…Bon Apetit!
“The flesh of the cock of the Plains is dark and only tolerable in point of flavour. I do not think it as good as either the Pheasant or Grouse.” These words were spoken by Meriweather Lewis of the famous Lewis & Clark expedition duo, on March 2, 1806. Lewis doesn’t describe a very promising …
How Do Landowners Benefit from the Red Desert To Hoback Corridor?
A Legacy of Conservation Benefiting Wildlife, Landowners, and Wyoming alike Wyoming is home to some of the most iconic, intact ungulate migrations in the world and also leads in recognizing these pathways through migration corridor designation. Landowners and Wyoming communities benefit from programs that protect migration routes crossing both private and public land. No one …
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Help Protect Our Way of Life
We need everyone who values the wild spaces of Wyoming to get involved. Are you ready?