Sheep

State officials have been working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Farm Service Agency to determine losses.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has recently released its hunting forecast for the Laramie Region. Pronghorn Grassland herds in the north and east, including Iron Mountain (Hunt Area 38), Meadowdale (Hunt Area 11), Hawk Springs (Hunt Area 34), and Dwyer (Hunt Area 103) have declined over the past four years...

The closures are to human presence in order to provide protections for wildlife on their winter ranges.

There are no treatments to combat the malady, and research has found that culling infected animals does not work.

Today, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced the ten 2016 winners of the Wyoming Super Tag raffles. The Super Tag raffles were created by Governor Matt Mead and the Wyoming Legislature in 2013 to provide hunters additional opportunities to obtain difficult to draw hunting licenses and to raise money for wildlife management in Wyoming...

A study by researchers at the University of Wyoming indicates that obesity in female sheep can impact the health of the animals’ granddaughters and daughters.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a 1.5 million dollar grant to the University of Wyoming to study ways to reduce maternal obesity.