Current through the 2024 Budget Session
Section 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).