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The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met this week in Evanston.
7/20/2022 4:00:39 PM
Cheyenne - The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met this week in Evanston. The seven-member board approved the annual Game and Fish budget — a regular task at July meetings. The operational budget, which supports the day-to-day work of the department, was approved at $90.3 million. The Commission also approved $7.1 million for one-time projects that include a cutting-edge mule deer monitoring project, a cheatgrass imaging study, new tanks at the Wigwam Rearing Station and renovations at the Sheridan bird farm. Game and Fish doesn’t receive state general fund dollars. The bulk of the budget comes from sportspeople. The Commission voted to move forward with two recommendations from the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce that would change Wyoming’s license allocations for antelope and nonresident elk license limits and hunt areas. The department was directed to draft a regulation to reduce the number of Type 1 antelope licenses a hunter can hold from two to one a season. The Commission also directed the department to draft a regulation to remove the 7,250 cap on nonresident elk licenses and create nonresident regions for general elk hunting — similar to the approach for nonresident deer. Both regulations are meant to help address wildlife management issues and will move through the public comment process before coming to the Commission again. The Commission also approved a series of regulations after considering extensive public comment:
(Sara DiRienzo, Public Information Officer - (sara.dirienzo@wyo.gov))
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