WY Game & Fish news: Wyoming Free Fishing Day is June 1 and Wildlife health lab tests more than 5,000 CWD samples in 2023

May 20, 2024??

Wyoming Free Fishing Day is June 1

CHEYENNE ? Celebrate Wyoming?s five-star fisheries this year by fishing without a license ? for free. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department invites anglers to celebrate Free Fishing Day on June 1. Each year Game and Fish designates the first Saturday of National Boating and Fishing Week as a free fishing day when anyone can fish in Wyoming ? except within the Wind River Reservation and Yellowstone National Park? ?? without a fishing license.

Wildlife health lab tests more than 5,000 CWD samples in 2023

LARAMIE ? The Wyoming Game and Fish Department?s Wildlife Health Laboratory tested 5,100 samples from big game animals for chronic wasting disease in 2023. Testing was completed earlier this year and samples were submitted from throughout the state. CWD was detected in 711 of those samples submitted.

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