Tracie Binkerd, editor of Wyoming Wildlife magazine, answers questions about the magazine at Mule Deer Days in Rock Springs in March. (Photo by Emalee Smith/WGFD) statewide staff and the public. This team's geographically dispersed working locations and diverse backgrounds help each of them provide unique perspectives on local and statewide issues. With years of experience working and living in their regions, they are able to understand and appreciate regional complexities and challenges and therefore are able to best serve their local communities while being a conduit to Game and Fish and stakeholders statewide. MAGAZINE Wyoming Wildlife has been produced for 87 years. If 2023 proved anything, it was that the magazine is truly a team effort among Game and Fish employees with multiple people from the department contributing articles and photos. Subscribers from all 50 states and 16 countries enjoy the magazine for its stunning photos and informative articles. Those images are captured by freelance photographers and Game and Fish employees. Last year, 45 employees 44 | January 2024 contributed photos to the magazine, including a staff-generated photo essay in June. Plans are underway for another staff photo essay this year. Two of the magazine's most popular issues - the February photo contest and November calendar - continued to draw huge interest from participants. The Calendar Photo Contest drew 377 participants who submitted 1,585 photos - 74 more participants and 251 more photos than the previous year's contest. The Photo Contest had 524 people enter 3,023 photos. The magazine ran 103 of those photos in the February 2023 issue. Another highlight in 2023 was the September magazine - a special mule deer issue that covered numerous topics about one of Wyoming's iconic wildlife species. The special magazine included a fold-out map with information on the movements of mule deer from five of the state's mule deer herds and highlighted a five-year, groundbreaking research project.https://wgfd.wyo.gov/about-us/wyoming-wildlife