December CONSERVING WILDLIFE - SERVING PEOPLE FEATURES 18 Fishing with coach University of Wyoming men's basketball coach Jeff Linder has a passion for fly-fishing. 26 Going gray A partridge primer for hunting Huns. 32 Hardcore to the core Fly-fishing during the winter in Wyoming has its challenges, but also plenty of rewards. 18 26 ON THE COVER This calm and busy porcupine waddled from twigs to branches in the Ditch Creek area around the BridgerTeton National Forest and Grand Teton National Park. It was enjoying the great taste of a free, Wyoming-made toothpick. It was a challenge getting this picture with about 40 inches of snow on the ground. Settings used for this photo: Nikon D810, 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400. (Photo by Jeffrey J. Soulliere) Wildlife | 3 38 ON THE BACKPAGE Senior Fish Culturist Matt Joki stocks fish through the ice into Big Bend Pond #6 in Riverton. These fish were retired rainbow trout broodstock transported from the Boulder Rearing Station. Rainbow trout brood fish are reared until they are sexually mature and spawn as 3 or 4-year-olds. They are then stocked into community fishing ponds around the state. (Photo by Rene Schell/WGFD) 38 Wyoming's roadmap Steering toward safer roads for wildlife and people. GIVE A GIFT REGULAR SECTIONS 2 From the Director 4 A Couple Pennies 5 Mailbag 6 8 Opening Shot News 12 Inspire a Kid 13 Project Profiles 14 Working Together 16 In the Field 46 Wild Country Dispatch Wyoming Wildlife | 3https://wgfd.wyo.gov/ https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/websis/GiftOrder?p=WWLF&tr=JGIFT