NEWS RELEASE
WGFD/ JACKSON OFFICE
Mark Gocke
December 12, 2009
G&F Accepts Hay Donation
JACKSON - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department would like to recognize the
Wyoming Chapter of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife (SFW) for their recent donation of
25 tons of hay which will augment the department's elk supplemental feeding program.
The hay was transported to the department's South Park Wildlife Habitat Management
Area this past Saturday as part of SFW's annual "Hay Day" event held in Jackson.
"We continue to enjoy a great working relationship with the Sportsmen for Fish and
Wildlife in the Jackson Region and across the State. We appreciate their donation and
involvement," said Jackson Region Wildlife Supervisor Tim Fuchs. This is the fourth
consecutive year a hay donation has been made by SFW to help defray the costs of
feeding elk in Jackson, two years to the National Elk Refuge and the past two years to the
Game and Fish.
The donated hay will be used at the South Park elk feedground where approximately
1,000 to 1,200 elk are fed annually.
The Teton SFW Chapter has also contributed money towards a recent workshop
on hunter recruitment and retention in Jackson as well as $10,000 toward an elk research
project designed to learn more about migration patterns in the Jackson elk herd.
"The information we are gaining through this study is critical to our management," said Fuchs.
"We're finding this Yellowstone segment does not have the recruitment that we're seeing
in other segments, so we're adjusting the hunting pressure accordingly."
Mark Gocke
Public Information Specialist
Jackson & Pinedale Regions
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
PO Box 67, Jackson, WY 83001
307-733-2321
Mark.Gocke@wgf.state.wy.us
