Wyoming- For more than 10 years Hunters in Wyoming and anglers The AccessYes program was set up shortly after the walk-in area program began as a method to provide a payment source to compensate landowners for providing access. Game and Fish state access coordinator Matt Buhler said that in 2008, hunters and fisherman gave $131,375 to AccessYes. An additional $45,261 was gifted by conservation organizations and sportsmen. "Most of the donations are made at the time of license purchase," according to Buhler.

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CODY--The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has unveiled a new grizzly bear management Web page on the department's Web site. The new page provides up-to-date information on grizzly bear conflict, research and education efforts, including weekly updates on bear management activities in Wyoming.

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CHEYENNE-- If the winter of 2008-09 so far is any indication, wildlife should be entering the spring in good shape and biologists are looking forward to a good production year from Wyoming's major big game species.

However, game managers caution that more spring rains or snows are needed if the range is to be able to sustain the habitat improvements that were made with the moist conditions of the previous year. In general, it is an open winter in most parts of the state and the animals are getting through the cold months in very good condition.

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WHEATLAND-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will offer a hunter education course at the Platte County Library, beginning May 26. Classes for the five-day course will be held on May 26 and 28 and June 2, 4 and 6. Classes the first four days will run from 5 to 9 p.m. each night. On Saturday, June 6, class will begin at 9 a.m.

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CHEYENNE-- If the numbers of ducks and geese in the northern marshes and waterways are any indication, waterfowl hunting could be good this year according to Wyoming Game and Fish Department waterfowl biologist Larry Roberts.

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CODY-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Shoshone National Forest are urging hunters and other backcountry users to carry bear spray for th...

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CHEYENNE-- If the numbers of ducks and geese in the northern marshes and waterways are any indication, waterfowl hunting could be good this year according to Wyoming Game and Fish Department waterfowl biologist Larry Roberts.

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When you've got the smallest human population of any state in the Union on the ninth largest land area, the hunting forecast is always a pretty dang good one. But a variety of other factors: namely drawing a good license and favorable weather, enter in to make the trip complete.

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CHEYENNE - A new Wyoming program helping beginning hunters to try hunting with a mentor before taking hunter safety is now available.

If you were born on or after January 1, 1966, you must complete a hunter safety course before hunting in Wyoming. Wyoming's new Hunter Mentor program, however, allows any person who has not yet received hunter education certification to apply for special authorization to hunt while being accompanied by a mentor. This allows a hunter to experience hunting before committing to the coursework required to complete hunter safety.

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The Jackson Hole and Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center was a flurry of activity earlier this month when Wyoming Game and Fish Department personnel banded 42 geese on the center's lawn, a project that specifically targeted members of the Rocky Mountain population of Western Canada geese. The visitor center is located on the National Elk Refuge, adjoining Flat Creek where Canada geese are frequently seen.

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CASPER-- A day outside is a great way to learn new skills, have fun and connect with family, friends or just yourself. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department hopes you'll start your outdoor adventures at the Wyoming Hunting & Fishing Heritage Expo, Sept. 11-13 in Casper.

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CHEYENNE-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has opened a public comment period on a number of proposed changes to regulations and seasons including Gray Wolf Hunting,hunters saftey, mountain lion hunting and more

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SPRING HUNTS   by Al Langston, Information Specialist   It's no secret that March is often thought of as one of those waiting months. Y...

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You can apply for a big game or turkey license in the traditional manner (through the mail) or through the Internet. And you can take hunter education in the traditional manner (classroom with an instructor) or through the Internet now.

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CHEYENNE - A pair of ring-necked ducks - a diving duck with a white stripe on its bill - will find their way to the back of the bird licenses of 6,000-plus Wyoming waterfowl hunters in 2007.

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CASPER - The vast majority of Wyoming duck hunters approve of the bag limit and season length of the last five years and would continue hunting if the bag limit were reduced to as low as three birds a day.

Those sentiments were revealed in the National Duck Hunter Survey 2005 sponsored by the National Flyway Council and the Wildlife Management Institute.

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