The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock as a way to treat them more like elk or deer.

Elk hunters in northeast Wyoming are facing a quandary — how to give hunters access to kill enough elk to keep the herds in ...

“We very rarely see elk populations affected by a hard winter. But we see that fairly often with mule deer,” said Fish and ...

Mule deer populations in some parts of Wyoming have been declining for decades. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) ...

According to the report, CWD was detected in three new zones in 2024 — elk hunt areas 23, 84 and 126. Earlier this year, the ...

"Bringing the buffalo back is about our relationship with them, not domination over them," said Jason Baldes, executive director of the Wind River Buffalo Initiative.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Grist.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking instream flow water rights for segments of six streams in the Bighorn National ...