CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Access Yes program provided hunting access to 2,547,138 acres in 2025 within the enrolled boundaries of walk-in hunting areas, and hunter management areas, according to the department's Access Yes 2025 Annual Report. That includes land in all 23 Wyoming counties.
The purpose of the Access Yes program is to expand and sustain opportunities for the public to hunt and fish on private lands, and on public lands that would otherwise be difficult to reach. This is achieved by working with private landowners to enroll their properties in one or more of the three Access Yes programs: hunter management areas, walk-in hunting and walk-in fishing.
The program provided additional access to 190,015 acres of otherwise inaccessible public lands adjoining the boundaries of WIHAs and HMAs, and provided fishing access to 3,949 lake acres and 96 stream miles through the walk-in fishing areas.
Access Yes assists landowners through management of hunters and anglers, providing sportspersons places to hunt and fish, and reducing agricultural damage through hunter harvest. Game and Fish benefits through increased wildlife management opportunities, increased license sales, reduced agricultural damage and providing quality hunting and fishing access to the public. In exchange for providing access, landowners receive financial compensation based on enrolled acreage or stream mileage, increased presence of law enforcement officers, enhanced wildlife management, including population control and damage prevention and assistance with managing sportspeople.
Learn more about Game and Fish's Access Yes program on the Game and Fish website.