Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 21 - GRAY WOLF MANAGEMENT
Section 21-5 - Monitoring Gray Wolves

(a) 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. The Department will request voluntary submission of genetic samples from gray wolves killed as predatory animals and will collect and analyze genetic samples from live gray wolves handled by the Department or killed through sport hunting as trophy game animals, during agency control actions, for protection of private property and gray wolves that die from any other form of mortality to monitor genetic connectivity. The Department will enter into a memorandum of understanding with the states of Montana and Idaho to coordinate management actions that facilitate genetic connectivity.

(b) The Department shall institute and maintain a gray wolf population-monitoring program. Tracking devices may be placed on gray wolves handled by the Department in areas of the state where gray wolves are designated as trophy game animals during population monitoring, conflict resolution or management activities or non-lethal control actions to accurately determine the population and movements of gray wolves. The Department may enter into memoranda of understanding with other state or federal agencies to monitor gray wolf population levels and movements.