Constitutional issue impedes elimination of Wyoming’s protected wildlife list

Amendment to bill initially aimed at Northern American river otters would have nixed the whole ‘archaic’ protected classification. It found support initially, then died.

Posted 2/19/25

A bill to authorize game wardens to deal with sometimes-pesky otters turned, for a moment, into an effort to altogether eliminate Wyoming’s 72-year-old “protected” wildlife list.

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Constitutional issue impedes elimination of Wyoming’s protected wildlife list

Amendment to bill initially aimed at Northern American river otters would have nixed the whole ‘archaic’ protected classification. It found support initially, then died.

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Constitutional issue impedes elimination of Wyoming’s protected wildlife list

Amendment to bill initially aimed at Northern American river otters would have nixed the whole ‘archaic’ protected classification. It found support initially, then died.

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