Wyo. Code R. 040-0001-3
Effective Date: 04/13/1998 to 03/10/1999
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 040.0001.3.04131998
Section 1. Authority. These rules are promulgated by authority of W.S. §23-1-302 and W. S. §23-2-104.
Section 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) 'Baiting' means placing or utilizing a processed bait or an unprocessed bait as a lure or attractant for the purpose of taking black bear.
(b) 'Cub' means any black bear less than one year old.
(c) 'Immediately' means following the observation of a grizzly bear using a bait, the person registering the bait, the person placing the bait and/or the person hunting over the bait must report, without delay, said use to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; immediately also means any person taking a grizzly bear must report, without delay, to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in accordance with Section 12 of this regulation.
(d) 'Mortality' means any female black bear death resulting from human activities, excluding black bears taken as depredating black bears.
(e) 'Processed bait' means a nontoxic biodegradable substance, enclosed in a rigid container(s) of wood, metal or plastic not to exceed eight (8) cubic feet, the approximate size of a fifty-five (55) gallon drum. Holes in containers shall be smooth and not constructed to function as a trap.
(f) 'Prohibited bait' means big game animals, small game animals, game birds, game fish, protected animals, protected birds, or parts thereof.
(g) 'Unprocessed bait' means livestock or livestock parts that have not been processed for human consumption or wildlife or wildlife parts that are not otherwise prohibited in Section 2(f) and enclosed in a rigid container(s) of wood, metal or plastic not to exceed eight (8) cubic feet, the approximate size of a fifty-five (55) gallon drum. Holes in containers shall be smooth and not constructed to function as a trap.
(h) 'Water' means permanent rivers, streams, lakes or ponds.
Section 3. Hunting Seasons Established. There shall be open seasons for the hunting of black bear as set forth in the Hunting Regulations (Section 4), Registration, number, placement, removal and identification of baits on federal and state lands, (Section 5), Baiting and registration in black bear hunt areas (Section 6), Reporting use of bait by a grizzly bear (Section 7), Prohibited bait (Section 8), Area mortality quota limitation (Section 9), Open areas, general and special archery season dates and limitations (Section 10), Special archery seasons (Section 11), Reporting grizzly bear mortalities (Section 12) and Hunt Area Descriptions (Section 13) of this Chapter. This regulation shall remain in effect until modified or rescinded by the Commission.
Section 4. Hunting Regulations.
(a) Open Hours for Taking of Black Bears. Black bears shall only be taken one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
(b) Bag and Possession Limits. Bag and possession limits for black bear shall be one black bear during any one calendar year (January 1 - December 31). Hunters may take any black bear except cubs and female black bears with cubs at side.
(c) Reporting Kills. Hunters taking black bear shall retain the pelt and skull from each black bear taken. Even if the skull is damaged, it shall accompany the pelt. Visible external evidence of sex shall remain naturally attached to the pelt. Within three (3) days, seventy-two (72) hours, after taking of a black bear, the pelt and skull shall be presented by the licensee to a district game warden, district wildlife biologist or department personnel at a Game and Fish Department Regional Office during business hours for examination and reporting. The pelt and skull shall be presented in an unfrozen condition in order to allow collection of two premolar teeth to determine the age of the black bear and to allow examination of the pelt to determine the sex of the black bear. The licensee shall provide the legal description (section, township and range) where the black bear was harvested.
Section 5. Registration, Number, Placement, Removal and Identification of Baits on Federal and State Lands. The provisions in this section shall only apply to the registration, number, placement, removal and identification of baits on federal lands and state lands, including lands owned and/or administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.
(a) Registration of baits.
(i) Bait sites shall be registered in person. Registration by mail or telephone shall not be allowed. Persons shall be required to submit to the Department a properly completed registration form. Prior to placement of baits, the registration form must be approved by the Department. Registration forms for the placement of baits in black bear hunt areas shall be presented to the Regional Wildlife Supervisor or his designee as follows:
Regional Offices Black Bear Hunt Areas
Casper 7 Cody 1, 3, 5, 27 Green River 9, 11, 19 Jackson 17, 20, 21, 24, 29, 30 Lander 13, 23, 28 Laramie 7, 8, 9 Pinedale 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 Sheridan 2, 4, 6
(ii) Persons who had baits registered the previous calendar year shall have preference during the period March 15 through March 31 for registration of the same bait site location. Following the preference period, registration of bait sites shall be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
The Department shall review the application form. If the Department approves the application, the applicant shall be furnished a copy indicating the site has been approved. The registration form shall include the name, address, telephone number and the number of the person's valid Wyoming Black Bear Hunting License of the person desiring to register the bait. The registration form shall include the legal description of the bait site location to include the Range, Township, Section and Quarter Section. In the case of a licensed outfitter who desires to utilize the bait for outfitting black bear hunters, the outfitter's license number shall be furnished in lieu of the number of the valid black bear hunting license. A registration form which has not been completed with all required information shall not be considered as a registration and shall be denied by the Department.
(b) Number of black bear baits and bait density. No hunter and/or licensed outfitter shall register and/or place more than two (2) baits at any one time during the spring or fall season except as provided in this subsection. A person licensed in Wyoming in the current year as an outfitter shall place no more than two (2) baits per black bear hunting client at any one time during the spring or fall season. Bait density shall be no more than one (1) bait per section as illustrated on U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management maps.
(c) Placement and removal of baits. No person shall place a bait that has not been registered with the Department in accordance with this regulation. Baits shall be placed not less than two-hundred (200) yards from water; not less than two-hundred (200) yards from roads and/or pack trails; and not less than one-half (1/2) mile from a developed campground, picnic ground, and/or building. Upon request, persons placing bait(s) shall be required to escort the Regional Wildlife Supervisor or his designee to the bait(s) site. No person shall place a bait within a hunt area more than seven (7) days prior to the opening day of the black bear special archery season as listed in Section 10 of this regulation. No person who has registered and/or placed a bait shall fail to remove all containers and bait materials within seven (7) days after the last date of the black bear hunting season of the hunt area in which the bait has been placed as listed in Section 10 of this regulation. Baits shall be removed within seven (7) days after the close of the spring season for baits placed in the spring season. Baits shall be removed within seven (7) days after the close of the fall season for baits placed in the fall season. Burial of the bait shall be specifically prohibited and shall not constitute removal of the bait.
(d) Identification of bait(s). The hunter's name and/or name of the licensed outfitter registering the bait and the hunter's and/or outfitter's address and telephone number shall be legible and permanently affixed to or painted on the outside of the container enclosing the bait.
(a) All black bear hunt areas shall be open to the baiting of black bear except those black bear hunt areas and those portions of black bear hunt areas listed in this section.
(i) Black bear hunt areas 22, 25, 26 and that portion of Black Bear Hunt Area 23 on U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and state lands, including lands administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, shall be closed.
(ii) That portion of black bear hunt area 27 on the Shoshone National Forest west of the divide between Timber Creek and Dick Creek and the divide between the Middle Fork of the Wood River and the Wood River shall be closed.
(iii) That portion of black bear hunt area 28 on the Shoshone National Forest north of Pelham Lake, Pelham Lake Creek and Lava Mountain shall be closed.
(iv) Designated Wilderness Areas shall be closed. Hunters should check maps of designated Wilderness Areas of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Cheyenne Office and/or Regional Offices.
(v) The designated recovery area for grizzly bears shall be closed. Hunters should check maps of the recovery area for grizzly bears at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Cheyenne Office and/or Regional Offices.
(vi) Areas administered by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and/or Wyoming Game and Fish Commission in which human access has been restricted to protect wintering wildlife shall be closed. Such areas, if not already closed by this section, shall only be closed to black bear baiting during the time period for which the areas have been closed to human access.
(b) Only unprocessed baits shall be utilized on federal and state lands, including lands administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, for the baiting of black bears in the following black bear hunt areas and in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(i) Black Bear Hunt Areas 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29.
(c) Processed baits and unprocessed baits shall be utilized for the baiting of black bears in the following black bear hunt areas and in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(ii) Black Bear Hunt Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 30.
Section 7. Reporting Use of Bait by a Grizzly Bear. Any person registering a bait, placing a bait, and/or hunting over a bait shall immediately report use of the bait by a grizzly bear to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and/or the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. No person shall hunt black bear over such a bait site for the remainder of the calendar year. The bait station shall be closed and the bait shall be removed as soon as possible by personnel of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and/or U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Section 8. Prohibited bait. No person shall place any prohibited bait for the purpose of baiting black bears. Baiting for black bear with a substance or in a manner other than that defined as bait in Section 2(a) shall be prohibited on federal or state lands, including lands administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.
Section 9. Area Mortality Quota Limitation. The black bear hunting season shall close when the female mortality quota has been reached. Female mortality quotas in this regulation shall be for spring and fall. If the female mortality quotas for the spring hunting season have been exceeded, hunting mortalities above the quotas shall be subtracted from the fall mortality quotas. Conversely, if female mortality quotas in the spring have not been reached, the portion of the quota remaining shall be added to the fall mortality quota. It is the hunter's responsibility to confirm that the hunt area the person intends to hunt is open. The status of hunt area closures shall be available 24 hours a day by calling toll free 1-800-264-1280.
Section 10. Open areas, general and special archery season dates and limitations.
Black Bear Management
Unit Annual
Female Mortality Quota
Hunt Area
Season Type
Spring
Begin/End
Fall
Begin/End
| Bighorns | 10 Spring | 1-6 | Archery April 15-30 | Aug. 15-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Fall | General | May 1-June 15 | Sept. 1-Oct. 31 |
| Laramie Peak | 2 Spring 7 | Archery April 15-30 | Sept. 1-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fall | General | May 1-June 7 | Oct. 15-31 |
| Snowy Range | 2 Spring 8 | Archery April 15-30 | Sept. 1-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fall | General | May 1-June 7 | Oct. 1-31 |
| Sierra Madres | 2 Spring 9 | Archery April 15-30 | Sept. 1-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Fall | General | May 1-June 15 | Oct. 1-31 |
| Uinta | 10 | CLOSED | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greys River | 2 Spring 11 | Archery April 15-30 | Sept. 1-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Fall | General | May 1-June 15 | Oct. 1-31 |
| 7 Spring 14,15,16, | Archery April 15-30 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,30 | General | May 1-June 15 |
3 Fall 14,15,16, Archery Sept. 1-14 17,30 General Sept. 15-Oct. 31
Wind River 2 Spring 13 Archery April 15-30 Aug. 15-31 2 Fall General May 1-June 15 Aug. 1-31, valid only in that portion of Area 13 within the Popo Agie Wilderness
Sept. 1-Oct. 31
4 Spring 19 Archery April 15-30 Sept. 1-14 2 Fall General May 1-June 15 Sept. 15-Oct. 31
Unit Annual
Female Mortality Quota
Hunt Area
Season Type
Spring
Begin/End
Fall
Begin/End
| 2 Spring 28 | Archery April 15-30 | Aug. 1-14 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Fall | General May 1-June 15 | Aug. 15-Oct. 31 |
Jackson 9 Spring 18,20,21, Archery April 15-30
24,29 General May 1-June 15
7 Fall 18,20,21 Archery Sept. 1-14
24,29 General Sept. 15-Oct. 31
Absaroka 6 Spring 22 Archery April 15-30 Aug. 15 - Aug. 31
8 Fall General May 1-June 15 Sept. 1 - Oct. 31
23 Archery April 15-30 Aug. 1-14
General May 1-June 15 Aug. 15-Oct. 31
25,26,27 Archery April 15-30 Aug. 15-31
General May 1-June 15 Sept. 1-Oct. 31
(a) There shall be special archery seasons for the hunting of black bear by the use of legal archery equipment in all areas as set forth in Section 10 of this Chapter.
Section 12. Reporting Grizzly Bear Mortalities. Any taking of a grizzly bear shall be reported immediately to Biological Services, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, (307)777-4588, and to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Law Enforcement, (307)261-6365, or (307)332-7607, or (307)587-5349.
(a) Area and Number.
Area 1. Northwest Bighorn. Beginning where U.S. Highway 310 crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; east along said line to the Bighorn Mountain divide; southeasterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 14 at Granite Pass; southerly then westerly along said highway to U. S. Highway 14-16-20; westerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 310; northwesterly along said highway to the Wyoming-Montana state line.
Area 2. Burgess Junction. Beginning where Interstate Highway 90 crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; south-easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 14 at the town of Ranchester; southwesterly along said highway to the Big Horn Mountain Divide at Granite Pass; northwesterly along said divide to the Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly along said line to Interstate Highway 90.
Area 3. Paint Rock. Beginning at the town of Greybull; easterly and northerly along U.S. Highway 14 to the Big Horn Mountain Divide; southerly along said divide to Powder River Pass and U.S. Highway 16; westerly along said highway to the Canyon Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 25); southerly along said road to the Gold Mine Road (U.S.F.S. Road 452); southerly along said road to the Big Horn Mountain Divide Road/Hazelton Road (Johnson County Road 3); southerly along said road to the Rome Hill Road (Johnson County Road 3A-Washakie County Road 56); westerly along said road to U.S. Highway 16; westerly along said highway to the town of Ten Sleep and the Nowood River; northwesterly along said river to the Big Horn River; northerly along said river to the town of Greybull.
Area 4. Story. Beginning at Interstate Highway 90 at the town of Ranchester; southeasterly along said highway to Interstate Highway 25; southerly along said highway to the Trabing Road (Johnson County Road 13); westerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 196; southerly along said highway to the Crazy Woman Canyon Road (Johnson County Road 14); westerly along said road to U.S. Highway 16; westerly along said highway to the Bighorn Mountain Divide at Powder River Pass; northwesterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 14 at Granite Pass; northeasterly along said highway to Interstate Highway 90 at the town of Ranchester.
Area 5. Upper Nowood. Beginning at the town of Ten Sleep; easterly along U.S. Highway 16 to the Rome Hill Road (Washakie County Road 56-Johnson County Road 3A); easterly along said road to the Big Horn Mountain Divide Road/Hazelton Road (Johnson County Road 3-Washakie County Road 81-Natrona County Road 109); southerly along said road to the Buffalo Creek Road (Natrona County Road 105); southwesterly along said road to the Lost Cabin Road (Natrona County Road 103); northerly and westerly along said road to the Badwater Road (Natrona County Road 102, Fremont County Road 117); northerly and westerly along said road to the Nowood Road (Fremont County Road 295-Washakie County Road 82); northerly along said road over Cottonwood Pass to the town of Ten Sleep.
Area 6. Mayoworth. Beginning at the junction of Interstate Highway 25 and the Trabing Road (Johnson County Road 13); southerly along said highway to the Midwest interchange and the Smoky Gap Road (Natrona County Road 115); westerly along said road to the Dead Horse Road (Natrona County Road 114); southwesterly along said road to the Wild Horse Trail Road (Natrona County Road 113); westerly along said road to the 33 Mile Road (Natrona County Road 110); northwesterly along said road to the Buffalo Creek Road (Natrona County Road 105); southwesterly along said road to the Bighorn Mountain Divide Road/Hazelton Road (Natrona County Road 109-Washakie County Road 81-Johnson County Road 3); northerly along said road to the Gold Mine Road (U.S.F.S. Road 452); northerly along said road to the Canyon Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 25); northerly along said road to U.S. Highway 16; easterly along said highway to the Crazy Woman Canyon Road (Johnson County Road 14); easterly along said road to Wyoming Highway 196; northerly along said highway to the Trabing Road (Johnson County Road 13); easterly along said road to Interstate Highway 25.
Area 7. Laramie Peak. Beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 30 and Wyoming Highway 487 in the town of Medicine Bow; northerly and westerly along Wyoming Highway 487 to Wyoming Highway 220; southwesterly along said highway to the North Platte River; easterly and southerly down said river to Interstate Highway 25 at the City of Douglas; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 34; southerly and westerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 30; northerly and westerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 487.
Area 8. Snowy Range. Beginning where U.S. Highway 287 crosses the Wyoming-Colorado state line; west along said line to Wyoming Highway 230; northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 130; northerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 30; easterly and southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 287; southerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line.
Area 9. Sierra Madre. Beginning where Wyoming Highway 789 crosses the Wyoming-Colorado state line; northerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80; easterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 130; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 230; southeasterly along said highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line; west along said line to Wyoming Highway 789.
Area 10. Uinta. Beginning where Interstate Highway 80 crosses the Wyoming-Utah state line; easterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 414; southerly along said highway through the town of Lonetree to the Hoop Lake-Hole-in-the-Rock Road (Uinta County Road 295); southerly along said road to the Wyoming-Utah state line; westerly then northerly along said line to Interstate Highway 80.
Area 11. Smith's Fork. Beginning where Wyoming Highway 89 crosses the Wyoming-Utah state line west of Sage Junction; northerly along said line to the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to the divide between the Bear River and Salt River; easterly along said divide to the divide between the Salt River and Smith's Fork; northeasterly along said divide to the divide between the Smith's Fork and Greys River; southeasterly along said divide to LaBarge Creek; southeasterly down said creek to the Green River; southeasterly down said river to the CCC Bridge and the Lincoln-Sweetwater Road (Lincoln County Road 311); westerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 372; westerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 189; westerly then southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 30; westerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 89 at Sage Junction; westerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Utah state line.
Area 13. Lander. Beginning where U.S. Highway 287 crosses the south boundary of the Wind River Indian Reservation; southerly and easterly along said highway to the Sweetwater River; westerly up said river to Wyoming Highway 28; southwesterly along said highway to the Continental Divide; northwesterly along said divide to the south boundary of the Wind River Indian Reservation; easterly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 287.
Area 14. South Piney. Beginning where LaBarge Creek enters the Green River; westerly up said creek to the divide between the Green River and Greys River; northerly along said divide to South Cottonwood Creek; easterly down said creek to the Green River; southerly down said river to LaBarge Creek.
Area 15. Piney-Horse Creek. Beginning where the Mesa Road (Sublette County Road 23-110) joins Wyoming Highway 351; westerly along said highway to the Green River; northerly up said river to South Cottonwood Creek; westerly up said creek to the divide between the Green River and Greys River; northerly along said divide to the Bridger-Teton interforest boundary and the Hoback Rim; easterly and northerly along said rim to U.S. Highway 191; southerly along said highway to the Mesa Road (Sublette County Road 23-110) at Cora Junction; southerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 351.
Area 16. Greys River. All of the drainages of Greys River, Little Greys River and the drainages south of Snake River from Alpine east to and including Bailey Creek.
Area 17. Hoback. Beginning where U.S. Highway 191 crosses the Bridger-Teton interforest boundary at the Hoback Rim; southerly and northerly along said boundary to the Snake River; northerly up said river to the Hoback River; southeasterly up said river to Highway 191 at Bondurant; southerly and easterly along said highway to the Bridger-Teton interforest boundary at Hoback Rim.
Area 18. Fall Creek. Beginning where Wyoming Highway 22 crosses the Snake River; southerly and westerly down said river to the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to Wyoming Highway 22; easterly along said highway to the Snake River.
Area 19. Green River. Beginning at the town of Farson; northerly along U.S. Highway 191 to the Bridger-Teton interforest boundary at the Hoback Rim; northerly along said boundary to the Union Pass-Mosquito Lake-Darwin Ranch Road; northeasterly along said road to the Continental Divide; southerly along said divide to U.S. Highway 28; southwesterly along said highway to the town of Farson.
Area 20. Gros Ventre. By beginning at the southeast corner boundary of the National Elk Refuge near the town of Jackson; northerly along the refuge boundary to the Gros Ventre River; easterly up said river to Kinky Creek; easterly up said creek to the Bridger-Teton interforest boundary; southwesterly along said boundary to Highway 191 at Hoback Rim; northerly and westerly along said highway to the Hoback River at Bondurant; westerly down said river to the Snake River; northerly along said river to Wyoming Highway 22; easterly along said highway to Highway 26; northerly along said highway to the national Elk Refuge boundary; easterly along said boundary to the southeast corner.
Area 21. Conant Basin. Beginning where U.S. Highway 26-287 intersects the south boundary of John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway; westerly along said boundary to the Targhee National Forest boundary; southerly along said boundary to the head of the north fork of Teton Creek; westerly down said creek to the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to the Yellowstone National Park boundary; easterly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 26-287; southerly along said highway to the south boundary of John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway.
Area 22. Pacific Creek. Beginning where U.S. Highway 26-287 intersects the Grand Teton National Park boundary; northwesterly along said boundary to the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway boundary; westerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 26-287; northerly along said highway to the Yellowstone National Park boundary; easterly along said boundary to the Continental Divide; southeasterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 26-287; westerly along said highway to the Grand Teton National Park boundary.
Area 23. Ramshorn. All of the drainage of the Wind River that lies north of U.S. Highway 287 and west of the Wind River Indian Reservation and those areas of the Spence and Moriarity Wildlife Management Area east of the East Fork of the Wind River.
Area 24. Darby Creek. Beginning at the town of Jackson; westerly along Wyoming Highway 22 to the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to Teton Creek; easterly along said creek to the north fork to Teton Creek; northeasterly along said creek to the Grand Teton National Park boundary; southerly and easterly along said boundary to the Snake River; northerly and southerly along said park boundary to U.S. Highway 189; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 22.
Area 25. North Absaroka. Beginning where the east boundary of Yellowstone National Park crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; east along said line to U.S. Highway 310; southeasterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 14-16-20; westerly along said highway to the east boundary of Yellowstone National Park; northerly along said boundary to the Wyoming-Montana state line.
Area 26. South Absaroka. Beginning at the town of Cody; southerly along U.S. Highway 120 to the Greybull River; westerly then southerly up said river to the divide between the Greybull River and the Wind River; westerly along said divide to the divide between the South Fork of the Shoshone River and the Wind River; westerly along said divide to the Continental Divide; northwesterly along said divide to the south boundary of Yellowstone National Park; east then northerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 14-16-20; easterly along said highway to the town of Cody.
Area 27. Grass Creek. Beginning where U.S. Highway 120 crosses the Greybull River; southeasterly along said highway to the Big Horn River; southerly up said river to the north boundary of the Wind River Indian Reservation; westerly along said boundary to the divide between the Wood River and the Wind River; northwesterly along said divide to the divide between the Greybull River and the Wind River northwesterly along said divide to the Greybull River; northerly then easterly down the Greybull River to U.S. Highway 120; and all non-Indian fee title lands in that portion of Hot Springs County within the exterior boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Area 28. Wind River. Beginning where U.S. Highway 287 crosses the west boundary of the Wind River Indian Reservation; southerly along said boundary to the Continental Divide; northwesterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 287 at Togwotee Pass; southeasterly along said highway to the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Area 29. Spread Creek. Beginning where the Grand Teton National Park boundary crosses the Gros Ventre River; northerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 26-287; easterly along said highway to Togwotee Pass and the Continental Divide; southerly along said divide to the Union Pass-Mosquito Lake-Darwin Ranch Road; southerly along said road to Kinky Creek; westerly down said creek to the Gros Ventre River; westerly down said river to the Grand Teton National Park.
Area 30. Star Valley. All of the drainage of the Salt River east of the Wyoming-Idaho state line.
WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
BY: _____ HAL CORBETT PRESIDENT
Dated: March 17, 1998