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  1. Teton bighorn hunt puzzles backcountry skiers

    … They wonder: Why increase tags while considering decreasing skiing to protect sheep? … after Wyoming wildlife managers increased the number of tags on the Tetons’ west slope from one to two.   But … Courtemanch acknowledged that the role hunters play in funding Game and Fish was considered when the department …

    admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16

  2. Game and Fish in good position to mitigate increasing costs

    … in fiscal year 2022.  The department doesn’t receive funding from the state’s general fund but wanted to … for 2023. Those include sportsperson fees, licenses and tags (65%); federal aid in the form of taxes collected from … each year to defer the costs of free and reduced price tags. But the department has been returning the funds to …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  3. Hungry elk frustrate landowners and wildlife managers

    … and adaptability hinder both hunters hoping to fill their tags and ranchers whose properties sustain damage, according … Harvest success, or how many hunters are able to fill their tags, varies from year to year, though Wyoming tends to lead … bill did not have a fiscal impact estimate at this point. Funding that goes toward paying damage claims comes out of …

    admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38

  4. Shot down, resuscitated: Hunting fee hike still alive

    … and Fish Department to keep the other 60% of nonresident tags on the cheaper side. The theory of the two pools is … take away money-making nonresident elk, deer and pronghorn tags, Hicks and others explored options that could offset the potential funding loss for the state agency.      Ultimately, …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  5. Coal mandate continues to cost electric customers

    … located at the Wyodak complex outside Gillette. Both price tags far exceed the original costs of the plants, according … $2 million annually.   In addition to the giant price tags, critics point to costly budget overruns and … their energy needs.”   ‘Vigorous pursuit of grant funding’   The initial cost estimates — ranging …

    admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16

  6. Winter crushes Wyoming Range mule deer fawns

    … department is considering cutting 1,100 doe-fawn antelope tags and slashing pronghorn buck tags by half for the Sublette herd, said Brandon Scurlock, … not commit to moving the designation forward. He said that funding for migration protection comes from the state’s …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  7. 2022 - A look back - the year's top stories

    … etc. The school district received $3,751,067.75 in federal funding from the state through ESSER 3.0, which is part of … said that they didn’t understand how splitting the tags provided better management if individuals could still purchase tags for both species. However, task force member Sen. Ogden …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59

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