Wyoming's Wildlife is Worth the Watching

As you enjoy Wyoming’s high plains and deserts, be sure to watch for pronghorn antelope, wild horses, golden eagles, sage grouse and any of the other 600 or more species of free-ranging wildlife that inhabit our state.

Herds of pronghornantelope still race across Wyoming deserts and high plains. The roar of the grizzly still echoes through Wyoming’s rugged mountains. Among the scattered juniper and limber pine of the foothills, look formule deer, chipmunks and turkey vultures. Some highways pass near Wyoming wetlands, streams and rivers where beaver, muskrats and great blue herons are often seen. In the river bottoms of western Wyoming, moose and bald eagles are common sites.

At higher elevations, elk are more prevalent, and above Wyoming’s timberlines you may run into pikas and bighorn sheep. Sit in an alpine meadow ablaze with wildflowers, and feel a Wyoming breeze ruffle your hair. Hear the haunting cry of a great horned owl, coyotes’ howls communicating across a highplains evening, the bugle of a bull elk. Seek out all of this and much, much more.

We think you’ll find Wyoming’s wildlife is indeed “Worth the Watching.”