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Contact the Public Access (Access Yes) Coordinator for your region; landowners and Department staff work together to develop an access agreement.

Deadline text on the page: No enrollment deadline published; agreements are one or five years. 'Updated Hunter Management Area and Walk-In Hunting Area information will be available in July.'

General office

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Headquarters (Cheyenne)

General office (in-state toll-free)

Cheyenne Headquarters

Elise Calhoun

Public Access Coordinator, Laramie Region

Heather Sterling

Public Access Coordinator, Green River Region

John Johnson

Public Access Coordinator, Casper Region

Jon Desonier

Public Access Coordinator, Lander Region

Spencer Carstens

Public Access Coordinator, Cody Region

Troy Tobiasson

Public Access Coordinator, Sheridan Region

Wyoming Game and Fish pays private landowners who open their land or water to public hunting or fishing through Access Yes. Landowners enroll in one or more of three options: Hunter Management Areas (hunters need a permission slip), Walk-In Hunting Areas, or Walk-In Fishing Areas. Payment is based on enrolled acres or stream miles, and landowners decide which species, dates and areas are open.



- Private landowners (and state land lessees) in Wyoming willing to allow public hunting and/or fishing access
- Landowner and Department agree on species, areas, dates and rules

Payment per unit of land to do or avoid certain practices related to land management.

Easement

Agreement length of one or five years; compensation based on enrolled acreage or stream mileage; Department posts property, manages hunters/anglers and enforces rules; state liability protections apply.

Published amounts: Financial compensation based on enrolled acreage or stream mileage (rates not published). In 2025, Access Yes paid $1,323,734 to landowners.

Report damage to the nearest game warden, supervisor, or Commission member within 15 days of discovery, then present a verified (sworn) claim to the Office of the Department within 60 days of the last item of damage.

Deadline text on the page: Report damage to the nearest game warden, supervisor, or Commission member within fifteen (15) consecutive days following the date damage was discovered; present a verified claim within sixty (60) consecutive days following the date the last item of damage was discovered.

Casper Regional Office

Regional office (report damage to nearest game warden or regional office)

Green River Regional Office

Jackson Regional Office

Pinedale Regional Office

Sheridan Regional Office

Wyoming Game and Fish compensates landowners, lessees and agents whose growing or stored crops, seed crops, land, improvements or (in extraordinary cases) grass are damaged by big game animals, trophy game, game birds or gray wolves. It also pays for livestock, bees, hives and honey killed or injured by trophy game animals (bears, mountain lions) or gray wolves in the trophy-game area. Claimants report the damage within 15 days and file a sworn claim within 60 days; the Department investigates and decides within 90 days.



- Landowner, lessee, agent or property owner whose land, growing cultivated crops, stored crops, seed crops or improvements were damaged by big game, trophy game, game birds or gray wolves
- Livestock, bees, hives and honey damaged by trophy game animals or gray wolves (per W.S. 23-1-901(g),(h))
- Must allow hunting during authorized seasons on the claimed land; damage must be confirmed by the Department or its representative

A lump sum of money for a specific purpose that does not need to be paid back.

Grant

Department investigates and makes a full or partial award or rejection within 90 days; disputes go to a board of arbitrators. Consequential damages (lost profits, weight loss, feeding costs, etc.) are not compensated.

Published amounts: Award based on fair market value; missing calves/sheep formulas e.g. confirmed losses multiplied by 3.5 (black bear/mountain lion/grizzly), 7 (gray wolf), yearlings multiplied by 2.

List of Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) Funding Opportunities