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In the Laramie Mountains, too many elk and no easy fixes
… family’s remote central Wyoming ranch was $260 a ton. The state agency reimbursed them more than $70,000. That’s just … licenses doled out, and by 2009 distributed 5,000-plus tags for the zone, elk area seven, which treads into five …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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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 … that could offset the potential funding loss for the state agency. Ultimately, the taskforce recommended …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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The cost of transparency
… cases their highest paid administrator. The resulting price tags ranged from nothing to several thousand dollars to view … for such electronic data has not been well defined by the state. Cha-Ching Of the … charge. WRVC Executive Director Helen Wilson noted the agency’s attorney claimed the WRVC didn’t have to …
Publisher - 03/13/2024 - 18:07
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Grizzly hunt in Wyoming could target upwards of 39 bears
… — a near certainty if federal authorities approve the state’s petition to again remove the animals’ Endangered … The explosion in anticipated grizzly hunting tags owes to a spike in the bear population — at least on … to the Fish and Wildlife Service. In early February the agency announced it found Wyoming’s petition favorable and …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Wolf killing and the consequences of disturbing pack dynamics
… gray wolves. Idaho passed a law to kill up to 90% of the state’s wolves. Montana killed 270 in one season. … trapping on private property, unlimited purchase of wolf tags and any method of take for any wild canines. Wolf … Species List. Since then, the number of wolves killed by agency officials because of conflict plummeted: 15 in 2022 …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Committee chairs proud of bills to come out of the interim
… months addressing legislation such as military leave for state employees, Medicaid expansion, school crosswalks and … is a testament to some of the challenges we faced with that agency,” he told the WTE. He said while some of the … instate hunters’ chances of drawing certain desirable tags,” she told the WTE. “We’ll have a few bills that …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Rare ‘inverted’ snowpack magnified winter’s heavy toll on wildlife
… an entire age class wiped off the landscape. The state agency has since proposed fairly sweeping changes to the … of animals have been canceled and Type 1 “any antelope” tags typically used on bucks have been vastly reduced. Mule …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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2022 - A look back - the year's top stories
… the local government. New faces will appear on the Wyoming State Legislature as well as the city council, county … et. seq., which requires action of a governing body of an agency to have a public meeting, and Public Records Act, … said that they didn’t understand how splitting the tags provided better management if individuals could still …
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