When it comes to lizards, sometimes understanding the species can come down to the DNA

No one likes being called by the wrong name, and if done for years it just seems rude. But what does it mean to a lizard if people call it by the wrong species name? The lizard may not care, but for wildlife managers it can mean a great deal.?Understanding the population and distribution can greatly impact management decisions.

Game and Fish begins drafting elk feedgrounds management plan

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is beginning to draft a long-term elk feedgrounds management plan to help guide elk management in western Wyoming for the foreseeable future.?This plan is the next step in the department?s elk feedgrounds collaborative process.

Experts create guide on native and invasive species of thistle

The Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, in partnership with the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council, recently released the Wyoming Thistle Field Guide. The guide educates?readers on the differences between native and invasive species of thistle in Wyoming, how to identify them and which types are beneficial to nature.

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.

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.

Watch a bighorn sheep lamb get released

In collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, research students at the University of Wyoming have been on a mission to capture and collar newborn bighorn sheep south of Jackson to monitor lamb survival. The study is designed to learn more about why some bighorn sheep herds are faring better than others, looking specifically at the relationship between nutrition and disease in three bighorn sheep herds in western Wyoming. Learn more about the project.

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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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