{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-23-3-309","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 23-3-309","heading":"Intentional feeding of elk; penalty.","body":"(a) No person shall intentionally attract or feed any elk by depositing, placing, distributing or scattering feed that results in commingling with livestock.\n(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit:\n(i) Any normal or accepted agricultural management practice;\n(ii) Any elk feeding program authorized or conducted by the department;\n(iii) Any legal form of baiting elk as authorized by commission rule and regulation;\n(iv) Any feeding of elk for the purpose of reducing the opportunity for contact with livestock when undertaken with prior notice to the department;\n(v) Any feeding of elk outside a brucellosis surveillance area designated pursuant to Wyoming livestock board rules and regulations.\n(c) A first violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v). A second or subsequent violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).","path":["TITLE 23 - GAME AND FISH","CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS","ARTICLE 3 - WILDLIFE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title23.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"f95940ee44e166823eeabaad60be159c683161b6929a1cca2aa4ea81160d0492","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-23-3-308","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-23-3-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}