- Wyoming ranks 50th in human population in the U.S., but it ranks 1st in pronghorn antelope population with 416,000 – 70 % of the world’s supply.

- In the year 2000, mule deer outnumbered humans in Wyoming, 512,000 to 494,000.
Total mule deer and white-tailed deer = 573,000.

- There are more elk in Wyoming now than there have been at any time in the last 150 years: 107,000.

- There are approximately 6,200 Bighorn Sheep.

- Wyoming is home to most of the world’s sage grouse.

- Wyoming is the headwaters of three of America’s great rivers: the Mississippi (Missouri),
the Columbia (Snake River), and the Colorado (Green River),
all originating within 100 miles of each other.

- There are 230,000 surface acres of standing water, and over 20,000 miles of streams and rivers in Wyoming, compared to 33,000 miles of roads and streets. Only 10,000 stream segments and standing waters
have been inventoried.

- Wyoming stocks 26 different species of fish; more than 4 million angling days occur annually.

- Wyoming has four native cutthroat species, more varieties than any other state: Yellowstone, Snake River, Bonneville (or Bear River), and the Colorado River cutthroat.

- Wyoming is home to America’s first national park (Yellowstone National Park), first national monument
(Devil’s Tower), and first national forest (Shoshone National Forest).

The five fastest growing states in the U.S., according to the 2000 Census, were all in
the interior West. Wyoming wasn’t one of them, yet...

Habitat and Wildlife Themes:
2002 - Riparian Areas | 2003 - Sagebrush Grasslands | 2004 - Grasslands | 2005 - Montane | 2006 - Coniferous Forests