Employees at Wyoming?s 10 fish hatcheries and rearing stations have unique jobs and lives

Of all the cool and interesting jobs at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, working at a fish hatchery has to rank near the top. You get to be around and raise fish to be stocked in waters throughout the state for anglers of all ages to catch and enjoy. You live in picturesque parts of the state including Daniel, Story, Ten Sleep and Dubois. There also is a unique part of fish hatchery work ? full-time employees and for a couple of months a few temporary workers live on hatchery grounds. Can you imagine living where you work? It?s not for fun and scenery, though. Employees live on hatchery grounds because it is critical.

New ?Get Outside!? podcast episode discusses the harmful effects of illegal fish introductions

This month the Wyoming Game and Fish Department?s podcast ?Get Outside!? discusses how biologists address and respond to illegal fish introductions. These illegal introductions can be highly damaging to the immediate and surrounding ecosystems,?expensive to fix and often fail to achieve the results those who illegally stocked the fish had hoped for.

Wyoming updates fish consumption advice for mercury levels

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Wyoming Department of Health have issued updated guidelines for anglers who eat fish caught in Wyoming waters.?The new fish consumption guidelines provide recommendations on healthy servings of fish while limiting mercury consumption to safe levels.

Game and Fish suspends creel, possession limits at Saratoga Lake

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has temporarily lifted creel and possession limits on game fish at Saratoga Lake. Because of an illegal introduction of yellow perch to the fishery, Game and Fish plans to kill all of the fish in Saratoga Lake using rotenone in September. The chemical treatment is necessary to prevent the spread of yellow perch.

WY AIS inspection stations finding more mussels, invasive animals on watercraft

Wyoming aquatic invasive species inspection stations are intercepting an increased number of boats harboring invasive aquatic animals and plants. Close to four months into the 2022 boating season, Wyoming Game and Fish Department has stopped 10 boats with mussels attached, one with a live brook stickleback mixed with live-caught bait and one with curly pondweed.? The increased numbers indicate that AIS continues to threaten Wyoming waters, and boaters play a big role in keeping them out.

Over 150 anglers receive their Wyoming Cutt-Slam certificate

Another successful year for anglers involved in one of the more unique fishing challenges offered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The Wyoming Cutt-Slam capped its 25th year in 2021 with 168 anglers who documented catching the state?s four native subspecies of cutthroat trout: Bonneville, Colorado, Snake River and Yellowstone.

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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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