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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Why You Should Get Your Deer Checked for CWD
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was first detected during the 1960’s in a captive deer research facility in Colorado. Although that’s not yet the worst thing that Wyoming has inherited from Colorado, it is becoming an increasing concern for wildlife managers and hunters. In summary, CWD is incurable, causes degradative neurological effects and weight loss, and …
Connor Rainey: A Not-So Trashy Mountain Man
Transitioning from oilfield worker to volunteer trash and reclamation operative came with a pay cut. But, after watching the mountain range he grew up in becoming increasingly polluted, Conor Raney felt he had to do something about it. Growing up in Pinedale, Wyoming, Raney spent much of his childhood in the surrounding mountains. He bonded …
What To Expect at the Darwin Ranch Retreat
The Darwin Ranch is nestled in a high mountain valley, an inholding surrounded by thousands of acres of the national forest in the Gros Ventre. With a history nearly as old as statehood, visitors feel transported back to a simpler time at the Darwin. Rustic but cozy log cabins, abundant wildlife in the valley meadows, …
Ecosystem Engineers: A residential dispute on dry land
I spoke with Jenny, an artist and Lander resident who has horses that rely on the river running through their pasture for water. Last year a beaver decided that this stretch of river was fantastic habitat and started building a dam. At first, Jenny was not too bothered. In fact, she was curious. She felt …
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Sam Cook: A Hunter Behind the Camera
Sam Cook is a man that cut his teeth in several major Wyoming industries but always seems to end up in the woods. Born in Wilson, Wyoming, Cook grew up interacting with public spaces. The enthusiasm in his voice peaked when recalling evenings spent bugling to bull elk with his dad. The father-son duo would …
Andrew O’Neill: A Hunting and Fishing Documentarian
Like a bloated seal lounging on the ice, our unofficial “guide”, who we met the prior day, was sprawled out in the bottom of the boat, sleeping off the previous night. Andrew O’Neill took over as ancillary captain as we floated down the Platte River. It was an odd situation that got progressively more uncomfortable …
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Taskforce Makes First Recommendation: Fully Fund WWNRT
Header Image: Mule deer winter along the East Fork of the Wind River where WWNRT has helped fund multiple habitat projects. Photo by Jess Johnson The way Wyoming allocates hunting licenses has been a point of contention over the last decade with various bills brought forth and contested. These allocation discussions divide current sporting opportunities …
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