New law allows road kill to be picked up in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has been busy signing legislation into law. Yesterday, April 5, Gordon signed 32 Bills into law. Among those, was House Bill 95, game road kill.

The bill will allow Wyomingites the opportunity to pick up road-killed wildlife,” killed as a result of unintentional motor vehicle collisions on any public road or highway.”

According to The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the state averages about 6,000 collisions between vehicles and big game each year, 15% of all crashes in the state are crashes involving wildlife. The department estimates that these collisions result in $20-30 million in wildlife costs and $24-29 million in personal injury costs.

“We urge motorists to always be careful whenever they’re out on the roads,” said Wyoming Department of Transportation Director K. Luke Reiner. “We also ask motorists to be extra vigilant when they’re traveling in areas prone to more wildlife or in areas where there are natural wildlife migration patterns. We want to remind motorists to slow down, pay attention when driving and be on the lookout for wildlife to help reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions.”

Read more: https://buckrail.com/new-law-allows-road-kill-to-be-picked-up-in-wyoming/

aka "You kill it, we grill it" plan.