Wyoming G&F Offering AIS Training

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is offering training for members of the public to become certified Wyoming aquatic invasive species (AIS) inspectors. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has more.

The training is offered statewide as a one-day course from 9 am to 4 pm throughout the spring. The registration deadline is one week prior to the class start date. There are two trainings scheduled in Sheridan during the month of April. The first is April 5, and the second will be April 26. Both will take place at the Sheridan Game and Fish Regional Office at 700 Valley View Drive. Registration information can be found here.   The training will provide the necessary skills to inspect personally owned and other watercraft.

According to the G&F, the training includes information on basic biology of invasive species, the impacts and distribution of AIS and their common transport vectors. It includes classroom instruction and a hands-on watercraft inspection exercise, culminating in a certification exam. The training is free and open to anyone. Aquatic invasive species can be animals such as zebra and quagga mussels or New Zealand mudsnails, or aquatic vegetation such as curly pondweed.