Dry Piney wildlife crossing project well underway

Construction continues on the first of nine highway underpasses in western Wyoming that will reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions in an important wintering area for one of the more premiere mule deer herds in the west. The Dry Piney wildlife crossing project, led by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Wyoming Department of Transportation, is slated to be complete by October of next year, with the first phase being finished this year.

Landscape project improves habitat for mule deer and sage grouse

The Troublesome Ridge shrub mowing project was the first project completed through the Medicine Bow Landscape Vegetation Analysis (LaVA) project. The project was aimed at improving habitat for wildlife, primarily mule deer. However, sage grouse will also benefit. LaVA was developed to address landscape-level tree mortality from bark beetles and the lack of disturbances in the Medicine Bow National Forest. LaVA was finalized in 2020 and allows over a quarter million acres of vegetative management to occur over the next 15 years.

Game and Fish and partners invested $10.5 million for habitat projects

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, alongside crucial conservation partners, invested over $10.5 million in aquatic and terrestrial habitat projects in 2021. The projects are valuable for conserving and growing populations of more than 800 species in Wyoming.

Game & Fish continues Restoration of Mystery Lake?

Members of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department?s Jackson Region recently stocked 750 Snake River cutthroat trout back into Mystery Lake in the Teton Wilderness.?The stocking of the fish is the final step in restoring the lake to its native Snake River cutthroat trout.

LAK reservoir closed to all watercraft?

Due to the recent discovery of invasive zebra mussels in Pactola Reservoir in South Dakota?s Black Hills, Game and Fish, in consultation with True Ranches, has closed LAK Reservoir east of Newcastle to all motorized and nonmotorized watercraft for the remainder of 2022.?At this time, the reservoir will remain open to anglers for shore and ice fishing.

Golden Trout rearing is proving to be successful

Back in 2009, the Wyoming game and Fish Department began an experiment to address anglers? search for gold in Wyoming?s backcountry?the gold being Golden Trout. This species is typically found in the state?s more remote areas like the Wind River Mountains, being transported in by helicopter, but in past years you may have seen them in community fisheries like Mavrakis Pond in Sheridan or Sloan?s Lake in Cheyenne. That?s because the experiment is now a well-tuned process that produces more than 200,000 golden trout eggs each year.

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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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