Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 21 - GRAY WOLF MANAGEMENT
Section 21-4 - Gray Wolves Designated as Trophy Game Animals or Predatory Animals
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 21-4
Current through March 23, 2024
(a) Gray wolves in that portion of Wyoming described as the WTGMA during all portions of the year and Seasonal WTGMA from October 15 to the last day of February in the subsequent year are designated as trophy game animals and managed under the authority of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.
(i) The Commission shall
manage for at least ten (10) breeding pairs of gray wolves and a total of at
least one hundred (100) individual gray wolves in Wyoming outside of
Yellowstone National Park and the Wind River Reservation at the end of the
current calendar year. The Department shall make management decisions based on
the most current available data and in an adaptive manner that will ensure the
maintenance of at least ten (10) breeding pairs of gray wolves and a total of
at least one hundred (100) individual gray wolves.
(ii) The Commission is committed to managing
gray wolves in Wyoming to ensure genetic diversity and connectivity issues do
not threaten the population. This commitment will be accomplished by
encouraging effective migrants into the population in accordance with the
Commission's Wolf Management Plan.
(b) Gray wolves in Wyoming are designated as predatory animals as defined in W.S. § 23-1-101(a)(viii) except for:
(i) Those areas where gray wolves are
designated as trophy game animals in subsection (a) of this Section;
and,
(ii) Yellowstone National
Park; and,
(iii) The Wind River
Reservation, except on non-Indian owned fee titled lands.
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