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Wyo. watercraft registration can be done online

Stock PhotoCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Boat owners in Wyoming can now renew their state watercraft registration on the computer.

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Boats need inspection for invasive species

Zebra mussels can attach themselves to boats and thereby inadvertantly be transferred to different waterways where they spread. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo.CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - With boating season starting up, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department reminds boaters to make sure their boats are not carrying invasive species.

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Wyoming Game and Fish accepts hunting applications

A Mule Deer Buck.  National Park Service photo.CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will accept resident hunting applications for elk, deer and antelope through the end of May.

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Panel keeps NE Wyoming sage grouse hunting season

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by Dave Menke.CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has decided to keep a three-day sage grouse hunting season open this fall in northeast Wyoming.

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Wyoming plans wolf hunts this fall

The Gibbon pack in Yellowstone.  National Park Service photo by Doug Smith.CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has voted to allow hunters to kill up to 52 wolves in the state this fall.

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Elk group recommends changes to hunting season

Stock PhotoCODY, Wyo. (AP) - A working group is recommending changes to hunting season in hopes of balancing the regional elk herd population in northwestern Wyoming.

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Wyo. Game & Fish Commission meets on wolf hunting

Stock PhotoCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will meet this week in Casper to consider setting a hunting season for wolves for the coming fall.

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Wyo. wolf, sage grouse hunting on agenda next week

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by Dave Menke.CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission is preparing to set hunting seasons for wolves and sage grouse at a meeting in Casper next week.

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Torrington teen catches new state record stonecat

Stock PhotoCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A 14-year-old Torrington boy is now in the Wyoming state fish record book.

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Hunting seasons for wolf and sage grouse to be set at Casper meeting

United States Department of Agriculture photo by Stephen Ausmus.CHEYENNE – Setting hunting seasons for wolves and sage grouse for the coming fall will be the focus of the April 25-26 Wyoming Game and Fish Commission meeting in Casper.

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Wyo. estimates 52 wolf deaths from hunting

Stock PhotoJACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Wildlife managers estimate hunting and other causes of death should reduce Wyoming's wolf population outside Yellowstone National Park to roughly 170 wolves by next December.

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Wyoming conducts small game survey

Stock PhotoCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking more than 13,000 small game, upland game bird, and waterfowl hunters to participate in the online harvest survey.

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Wyo. Game and Fish seeks comment on wolf rules

Stock PhotoCASPER, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is holding a public meeting in Casper on draft regulations governing gray wolf management and hunting.

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North Fork of Shoshone River closing to fishing

Stock PhotoCODY, Wyo. (AP) - The North Fork of the Shoshone River will be closed to fishing starting April 1.

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2012 aquatic invasive species decals available

Zebra mussel, which was inadvertently introduced to the United States and is now spreading rapidly, seen here growing on a native mussel. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo.CHEYENNE – Boaters are reminded that along with registration of boats for the upcoming boating season, watercraft using Wyoming waters must have an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) decal.  This is the third year the AIS decal and watercraft inspection program has been in effect.

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