CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is holding public information meetings in the Cody area to discuss herd management objectives for the Clarks Fork and Medicine Lodge elk herds, Copper Mountain and Fifteen Mile antelope herds, Paintrock deer herd and Clarks Fork, Trout Peak, Wapiti Ridge, Younts Peak, and Francs Peak bighorn sheep herds within the Cody region.
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CODY - A recent wildfire on Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area northeast of Lovell thatburned approximately four miles of cottonwood riparian habitat and wetlands along the Shoshone River will affect wildlife habitat and future hunting opportunity.
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. May 13 at the Big Horn Federal Bank (1701 Stampede Ave) in Cody to discuss proposed fishing regulation changes for 2014-2015.
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department seeks public comment on the proposed treatment of the upper Porcupine Creek drainage to restore native Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
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Upper Porcupine Creek Restoration Plan

CODY - Beginning April 1, the North Fork arm of Buffalo Bill Reservoir and the lower 28 miles of the North Fork Shoshone River and its tributaries will be closed to fishing.
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department welcomes new fisheries biologist Sam Hochhalter to the Cody Region.
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CODY - Mountain lion Hunt Area 19 closed at 8:40 p.m. on March 16, 2013. The area closed because the harvest limit of 20 mountain lions was reached.
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CODY - Would you know what to do if you suddenly encountered a wolf or grizzly bear while hiking, if a black bear entered your camp looking for food, or if you were surprised by a mountain lion in your backyard?
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hold a public meeting from 7-9 p.m. March 26 at the Lovell Community Center (1925 U.S. Highway 310) to discuss the proposed treatment of the upper Porcupine Creek drainage to restore native Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct six open-house meetings throughout the Big Horn Basin and one formal meeting in Cody to discuss proposed hunting season recommendations for 2013.
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking for information about the illegal killing of a wolf in the North Fork of the Shoshone River area west of Cody.
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CODY - Dan Smith, game warden and Private Lands Public Wildlife access coordinator with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Cody was recognized by the National Wild Turkey Federation as the 2012 Wyoming law enforcement officer of the year.
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking hunters with area 61, 62, and 63 elk licenses to participate in the second year of the Cody region Hunter Management and Access program near Meeteetse.
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CODY - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is notifying hunters that Deer Hunt Areas 52 and 53 east of Lovell are open from October 15, 2012, to October24, 2012, for hunters to take any deer with a general deer license.
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CODY - Hunting in grizzly bear country can present some unique and challenging experiences. Hunters should realize they may be predisposed to sudden encounters and conflicts with bears and that proper preparation and metal preparedness is the key to reducing risk.
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CODY - In cooperation with the Wyoming State Veterinarian's office,the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is continuing brucellosis surveillance in the Cody region by collecting blood samples from hunter harvested elk.
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CODY - If you've hunted the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area in the last few years, you'll have noticed a lot fewer Russian olive trees; a fact that many hunters are expressing concern about.
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