The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is the
State of Wyoming's state agency charged with stewardship of the state's
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
,
game
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, and
wildlife
Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...
resources. The department sets fish and game regulations, including issuance of hunting and fishing licenses and enforcement of state regulations throughout the state. The department also enforces
watercraft
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regulations and registration, along with enforcement of
invasive species
An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species ad ...
laws. The agency is headquartered in
Cheyenne
The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Their Cheyenne language belongs to the Algonquian language family. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enroll ...
.
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Game warden
A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician or technologist, game warden, forest ranger, forest watcher, forest gu ...
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List of law enforcement agencies in Wyoming
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Wyoming.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 90 law enforcement agencies employing 1,691 sworn po ...
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Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites
The Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites is the Wyoming state agency that administers its state parks.
Also known as Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails, the agency is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
See also
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List of State Fish and Wildlife Management Agencies in the U.S.
References
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State law enforcement agencies of Wyoming
Environment of Wyoming
State agencies of Wyoming
Natural resources agencies in the United States
1973 establishments in Wyoming
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