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Wildlife
24Jul
G&F Commission Denies Petition but Recommends Bear Spray be Carried by All
At Friday’s Commission meeting, the Commissioners determined that a new regulation should not be enacted to require hunters in grizzly bear territory to carry bear spray as our petition recommended. The petition that was put forth by WWA, the Humane Society of the U.S., Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, the Center for Biological […]
13Jul
URGENT: Wyoming Residents – Comments Needed
Bear spray saves lives! Act to keep grizzly bears and hunters safer! What: One leading cause of grizzly bear mortality comes from conflicts with elk hunters. Attend a Wyoming Game Commission hearing to support a citizen petition that requests that hunters be required to carry non-lethal bear spray. Bear spray also keeps people safer than […]
18Jun
New Billboard in Cody Highlights Wyoming’s Mistreatment of Wolves
CODY, Wyoming, (June 18, 2019)—Funded by Wyoming Wildlife Advocates’ supporters, a new billboard in Cody, Wyoming, aims to educate the public about Wyoming’s outdated and anachronistic wolf management policies. The billboard features a wolf pup with the tagline, “Odds are this wolf pup won’t live to see her first birthday.” Almost half of the wolves […]
03Jun
CWD Meeting in Pinedale Tomorrow Night
Informational Meeting Will Discuss Chronic Wasting Disease in Wyoming’s Deer and Elk An informational meeting discussing the process for developing a new chronic wasting disease (CWD) plan for the state of Wyoming will be held tomorrow night in Pinedale at the Public Library from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Please attend to learn more about […]
30May
Wyoming Wolves Need Your Voice NOW!
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is accepting comments on the 2019 wolf hunting regulations for the trophy game management area that are scheduled to go into effect in the fall of this year. Comments can be submitted online, by mail, or in person at a scheduled meeting. See our action alert for talking points […]
30May
Updated 2019 Chronic Wasting Disease Maps Released by WWA and Sierra Club
For Immediate Release May 29, 2019 Contact: Lloyd Dorsey, Sierra Club Wyoming Chapter, 307-690-1967 lloyd.dorsey@sierraclub.org Kristin Combs, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, 307-413-4116 Kristin@wyomingwildlifeadvocates.org Maps Show Continued Rapid Expansion of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk Areas Across Wyoming Conservationists urge prompt action to restore healthy wildlife Jackson Hole, WY – Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a […]
22May
Idaho Game and Fish Commission Denies Bear Spray Petition
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates and our conservation partners received a formal denial of our petition to require hunters to carry bear spray in known grizzly bear territory from the Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) Commission. Reasons cited included the requirement is “not warranted for every hunter,” and that it would “create a burdensome regulation, and is […]
08May
May Newsletter Packed With Updates, Comment Opportunities, and More
Read our May Newsletter here. Updates on wolves, events, opportunities for public comments, and what’s been happening on the wildlife protection front.
03May
Bears Are Worth More Alive Than Dead
As well as being a keystone species and providing valuable ecosystem services, our grizzly bears are also a great resource to the state and provide an economic driving force of our second largest industry — tourism. Since grizzly bears are such a rare species and only live in a few select places, people travel from […]
13Jul
URGENT: Wyoming Residents – Comments Needed
Bear spray saves lives! Act to keep grizzly bears and hunters safer! What: One leading cause of grizzly bear mortality comes from conflicts with elk hunters. Attend a Wyoming Game Commission hearing to support a citizen petition that requests that hunters be required to carry non-lethal bear spray. Bear spray also keeps people safer than […]