Game & Fish Commission Wyoming

Game & Fish Commission Wyoming's Fiscal Division, a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Cheyenne, acts as a federal grant recipient delivering wildlife monitoring, habitat restoration, and natural resource management services across Wyoming to the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Coast Guard. The Commission holds a single-award IDIQ with the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service valued at $25 million for diagnostic testing services through the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, running through September 29, 2031.

The Commission's federal footprint is overwhelmingly grant-based. Of 337 total awards spanning prime grants and sub-awards, 320 (95 percent) are cooperative agreements and project grants rather than competitively procured contracts. The single Army contract award from January 2024 was a $20,000 firm fixed-price purchase order for annual bald eagle nesting site monitoring in Jackson, Wyoming—a sole-source procurement reflecting fifteen years of specialized wildlife monitoring expertise and compliance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service survey protocols. This order extends through February 2029.

Customer concentration sits with the Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 leads by award count with 88 cooperative agreements and project grants (combined potential value $92 thousand); when combined with other Interior bureaus—the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Region (34 awards) and the Bureau of Land Management National Office (7 awards)—Interior accounts for roughly 70 percent of the Commission's award volume. The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service places 40 awards, predominantly cooperative agreements for brucellosis monitoring ($170,652 and $102,391 recurring awards for elk surveillance, GPS collar distribution, and feed-storage fencing across Wyoming), chronic wasting disease research, and National Animal Health Laboratory Network infrastructure support.

The Commission's grant capability portfolio spans endangered species conservation, aquatic invasive species prevention, habitat restoration, and wildlife disease surveillance. Representative work includes a $1,425,063 project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation (CFDA 15.517) for aquatic invasive species management at three roadways leading to public water bodies—zebra and quagga mussel prevention during boating season through September 2027; a $908,007 formula grant under the State Wildlife Grants Program (CFDA 15.634) supporting 11 conservation projects for 278 Wyoming species of greatest conservation need, including pygmy rabbits, bats, and cutthroat trout; a $696,110 formula grant for seven new species conservation projects through December 2027; and a $345,000 cooperative agreement with the Forest Service for Bighorn Mountains beaver, riparian, and aspen restoration funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act prescribed fire recovery program. The Commission also receives recurring formula grants from the U.S. Coast Guard for recreational boating safety ($896,979 awarded October 2025 for three-year funding through September 2028) and multiple State Wildlife Grants, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration, and boating access apportionments.

Federal grant sub-awards flow through the Commission to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for habitat improvement projects—invasive species management, fence modification to wildlife-friendly standards, riparian restoration, and migration corridor enhancement across multiple mule deer herd units and sagebrush recovery areas. The Commission also receives sub-awards for radio equipment procurement and one-health exercise coordination with public health partners.

Activity has remained steady, with 19 awards in 2022 climbing to a peak of 30 in 2024, then declining to 18 in 2025 and 4 awards to date in 2026. Nineteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The Commission's obligated federal dollars ($530.8 million across the portfolio) exceed combined potential value by 2,103 percent, reflecting the long-term nature of formula grants and multi-year cooperative agreements typical of state wildlife agency funding. The Fiscal Division operates without set-asides and competes exclusively on government-to-government partnerships and formula distribution mechanisms rather than open federal procurement vehicles.