wyoming game and fish department

It was about 5 years old and about 250 pounds and was not afraid of people.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding those who come across baby wildlife to leave them alone.

Officials say the man encountered a female grizzly bear with yearling offspring.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol is reminding people to never drive drowsy after a trucker fell asleep Thursday on I-80 and plunged into the North Platte River.

The popular expo attracts hundreds of sportsmen and sportswomen to the Casper Events Center every year.

Four years after Danny Kurttila was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer and told he had only months to live, the Riverton resident is alive and well and just became the first person ever certified as an Ultimate Angler in the Wyoming Game and Fish Master Angler program.

An investigation is ongoing.

Additional information is available on the department planner.

Over 30 percent more women are hunting in Wyoming compared to a decade ago, while the number of male hunters has dropped by about 5 percent.

The employees took the time to rescue the wounded bird and take it to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department office in Casper.