WILDLIFE UPDATE
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Pronghorn antelope using the Trapper's Point wildlife crossing
WYDOT receives $24.3 million federal grant for Kemmerer wildlife crossing project

*In a victory for transportation safety and wildlife, the Wyoming Department of Transportation will receive a $24.3 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete a wildlife crossing project south of Kemmerer.* [ [link removed] ]






Game and Fish wildlife habitat management areas beginning to close for winter

Sunlight Basin WHMA covered in snow

Many of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Wildlife Habitat Management Areas are closing to human presence ? or already have ? for the season to provide protections for wildlife on their winter ranges. *The majority of WHMAs close or have restrictions for the winter annually ? see the list here. [ [link removed]-(11) ]*







AIS watercraft check stations break records in 2023

Boat inspection

*Over the inspection season, Wyoming Game and Fish Department staff at watercraft check stations broke records for number of high risk inspections, decontaminations and boats containing invasive mussels.* [ [link removed] ]




Holiday shopping? Five perfect gifts from Game and Fish

Deer grazing in a yard

Santa Claus and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department have a lot in common. Both wear red, look after deer and have gifts that will make anyone who enjoys the outdoors smile this holiday season. *These five gifts are perfect for the person who likes to hunt, fish or enjoy wildlife.* [ [link removed]-(3) ]






Ask Game and Fish ? How do Wyoming turtles survive through winter?

Western painted turtle in water

Turtles, like all reptiles, are ectotherms, meaning they use the environment to control body temperature rather than burn energy to regulate their temperature themselves. So to keep from freezing in the winter, turtles shelter in places where the temperature stays just above freezing and essentially hibernate. For ectotherms it?s called brumation.

In Wyoming, aquatic turtles spend the winter underwater and below ice in ponds that don't freeze solid.? Because their metabolism is so low when brumating, they require only small amounts of oxygen which they can get through parts of their skin with lots of blood vessels, like the inside of their mouth and?*even their rear ends [ [link removed] ]*!?

Wyoming is home to three native aquatic turtle species, the eastern spiny softshell, snapping turtle, and western painted turtle, and one land turtle, the plains (ornate) box turtle.?







*Reminder: Deadline to submit comment for Sublette antelope migration corridor Jan. 5*

Sublette antelope herd on snowy hillside

Wyoming Game and Fish Department regional wildlife biologists and game wardens are moving forward in the identification process for the Sublette antelope migration corridor and are seeking public input on the proposed migration corridor and threat evaluation.?The deadline to submit comments is Jan. 5, 2024. Comments can be submitted *online [ [link removed] ]* or by mail to the Pinedale Regional Game and Fish Office, PO Box 850, Pinedale, WY 82941. Written comments will be presented to the* Wyoming Game and Fish Commission [ [link removed] ]* before its tentative March 2024 meeting in Pinedale. The Commission determines the next steps toward identifying and designating the corridor.



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Migrations, Highways & Motorists
Migrations, Highways & Motorists YouTube video [ [link removed] ]




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*Sportsperson Hotline: ?*(307) 777-4600?| Open?8 a.m.- 5 p.m. MT Monday-Friday

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department manages and conserves more than 800 species of fish and wildlife across Wyoming. ?For nearly 120 years, we?ve carried out our mission to conserve wildlife and serve people. Through these efforts, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ensures the public continues to enjoy Wyoming?s vast fish and wildlife resource ?through ?hunting, fishing, trapping, wildlife watching and other forms of outdoor recreation. Hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers contribute over a billion dollars to Wyoming?s economy each year.

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