Governor signs bill allowing Wyoming road kill harvesting
By Brendan LaChance on April 6, 2021
(Wyoming Game and Fish Department)
CASPER, Wyo. — People will soon have an option to harvest the carcasses of animals they unintentionally hit or see get hit on Wyoming roadways with Governor Mark Gordon signing House Bill 95 on Monday.
The new law will take effect July 1, 2021 and includes rules that will allow people to harvest road killed animals by following rules which will be set by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.
“Unless otherwise provided by rule of the commission, a person desiring to possess a road killed animal shall contact the department before taking possession of an animal to obtain a donation certificate,” the new law states. “The rules may provide that a person requesting the donation certificate may have to present the animal for inspection to verify its possession meets the criteria of the regulation.”