2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 23 - GAME AND FISH
CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 3 - WILDLIFE PROVISIONS
SECTION 23-3-309 - Intentional feeding of elk; penalty.
23-3-309. Intentional feeding of elk; penalty.
(a) No person shall intentionally attract or feed any elk by depositing, placing, distributing or scattering feed that results in commingling with livestock.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit:
(i) Any normal or accepted agricultural management practice;
(ii) Any elk feeding program authorized or conducted by the department;
(iii) Any legal form of baiting elk as authorized by commission rule and regulation;
(iv) Any feeding of elk for the purpose of reducing the opportunity for contact with livestock when undertaken with prior notice to the department;
(v) Any feeding of elk outside a brucellosis surveillance area designated pursuant to Wyoming livestock board rules and regulations.
(c) A first violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v). A second or subsequent violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).