Weather and Wildfires May Alter Angler Spending in Wyoming
Published August 01, 2025
Wyoming is a fishing hotspot, with waterways that are world famous for their plentiful, unique species of fish and beautiful scenery. Angling brings millions of dollars into the state through fishing license sales and money spent on hotels, campsites, guiding services, restaurants, tackle shops, and tourist keepsakes. But what happens if Wyoming waterways get warmer, smokier, or more crowded? As a graduate student in the UW Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Patrick Hofstedt set out to find out how anglers might react to environmental changes in the Snake River Basin of Teton County
