Wyoming Game and Fish weekly update
*Feb. 13, 2023??*
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Game and Fish initiates emergency elk feeding due to increase of damage, co-mingling with livestock
Elk, winter
CHEYENNE ? Much of Wyoming is under a blanket of deeper-than-normal snow and experiencing severe, cold temperatures, causing elk to raid haystacks and livestock feedlines. *Due to the increase in damage and the risk of co-mingling with livestock, Game and Fish Department officials have initiated emergency elk feeding in several locations in western Wyoming. [ [link removed] ]*
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*Wyoming Game and Fish Department public meetings: 2023 season setting*
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CHEYENNE ? *The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is holding public meetings and has opened a comment period to gather public input on several hunting seasons. [ [link removed] ]*
* Chapter 2, General Hunting Regulation
* Chapter 5, Antelope Hunting Seasons
* Chapter 6, Deer Hunting Seasons
* Chapter 7, Elk Hunting Seasons
* Chapter 8, Moose Hunting Seasons
* Chapter 9, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat Hunting Seasons
* Chapter 11, Upland Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Seasons
* Chapter 14, Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons and Light Goose Conservation Order
* Chapter 15, Wild Bison Recreational Hunting Season
* Chapter 20, Fall and Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Seasons
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*Four landowners celebrated with 2022 Access Recognition Program award*
Land owner recognition
CHEYENNE ? The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is extending congratulations to four landowners who were recipients of the 2022 Access Recognition Program award. *The program honors Wyoming landowners who provide access to or through their lands to hunters and anglers. [ [link removed] ]*
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Wyoming Wildlife captures 13 WPA awards
CHEYENNE ? "Wyoming Wildlife "magazine won 13 awards, including six first-place honors, in the 2022 Wyoming Press Association?s Associates Contest. Winners were announced at the WPA?s annual convention in January in Cheyenne.
*First place*
* *Column writing: *First-place tie with "Wyoming Wildlife "editor Tracie Binkerd and associate editor Robert Gagliardi.
* *Op-ed writing: *?From the director? pieces by Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik?
* *Photo page-story: *?Summer showcase,? Game and Fish staff.
* *Feature photo: *?Flying fox,? Mark Gocke, information and education specialist in the Jackson and Pinedale regions.
* *News photo: *?Pilot Hill WHMA work,? Breanna Ball, public information officer.
*Second place*
* *Feature photo: *?Go for it,? Chris Martin, digital content creator.
* *Photo page-story: *?When time stands still,? Mark and Emmie Gocke
* *Publication: *"Wyoming Wildlife "May 2022 issue.
* *Magazine article: *?That?s not my name,? Tracie Binkerd, "Wyoming Wildlife "editor
*Honorable mention*
* *Photo page-story: *?That?s not my name,? Patrick Owen, art director and graphic designer
* *Publication: *"Wyoming Wildlife" February 2022 issue.
* *Magazine article: *?Competition in the desert,? John Kennedy, deputy chief.?
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The Wyoming Outdoorsman
This week on the?*Wyoming Outdoorsman radio show* [ [link removed] ]
* *Wildlife-friendly fencing in Pinedale Region [ [link removed]-(1).mp3 ]*
* *Get ready for boating season, register your boat [ [link removed]-(1).mp3 ]*
* *Family, youth camps at Whiskey Mountain [ [link removed]-(1).mp3 ]*
*Outdoor tip/PSA [ [link removed] ]*
* *Get ready for boating season, register your boat [ [link removed]-(1).mp3 ]*
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Video News
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* *Pinedale Region [ [link removed] ]*
* *Sheridan Region [ [link removed] ]*
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