WORK IN THE WILD Wyoming Game and Fish Department employees do a wide variety of work, and often perform tasks beyond their job descriptions. Here are some photos of Game and Fish employees in the field, and a brief description of what they are doing. (WGFD photo) Brandon Scurlock is the Wildlife Management Coordinator for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Pinedale. In this photo taken in 2010 Scurlock supervised the Game and Fish's program that dealt with brucellosis testing on elk feedgrounds out of the Jackson and Pinedale regions. This photo of Scurlock was in a holding pen at the South Park Habitat Management Area 8 miles south of Jackson. Game and Fish captured elk that winter to acquire 40 female calf elk for a research project. Workers processed all the sexes and ages of elk captured in a corral by working them into the chutes, and female calves got held in the small holding pen Scurlock was in. Scurlock described the work and being around the elk in a petting zoo-like situation as " good times. " (WGFD photo) Willow Bish sets up bat acoustic monitoring equipment in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeast Wyoming. This survey contributes to the North American Bat Monitoring program which has developed protocols and partnerships to assess changes in bat populations at local, regional and range-wide scales. Many Wyoming Game and Fish Department employees committed to an annual bat " grid " survey which involves setting up acoustic monitoring equipment at four locations within a predefined area and leaving the equipment up for about four nights. The recorded audio files are analyzed to determine which bat species are present. Wyoming is home to 18 different species of bats. Bish is a terrestrial habitat biologist for Game and Fish in Casper. Her primary job responsibility is to develop and implement habitat improvement and restoration projects, but she also assists with regional management efforts. (Photo by Sara DiRienzo/WGFD) Sheridan Region Habitat and Access Coordinator Seth Roseberry runs heavy equipment during work in 2018 to install an elk jump at the Kerns Wildlife Habitat Management Area north of Parkman in Sheridan County. An elk jump is an earth ramp to allow elk and other wildlife the ability to move back onto the WHMA more freely. Elk jumps are a passive and more natural way for some wildlife to enter an area where a fence may be somewhat of a barrier to their movement. Roseberry manages and maintains Wyoming Game and Fish Commission-owned and managed lands within the Sheridan Region. His duties involve a wide range of activities from habitat improvement through plantings, stream work and noxious weed management to fence repair and replacement along with maintenance and contracts on area roads, parking areas and public facilities. When asked why he feels like he has the best job at Game and Fish Roseberry said, " I get to work with all ranges of Game and Fish duties, while providing crucial habitat for wildlife and helping assure the public can access and utilize these amazing properties. " 36 | May 2021