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Year: 2022

Palisades Ranger District teams up with volunteers to complete the Bear Creek Trail Improvement Project

Swan Valley, Idaho, May 17, 2022: Over the weekend, volunteers form local groups teamed up with the Forest Service to install a bridge on a section of single-track trail that crosses Bear Creek, west of Palisades Reservoir, on the Palisades Ranger…

Tick and skeeter season brings bug bite danger

JACKSON (WNE) — Slap on some bug repellent, tuck your pant legs into your socks and scan yourself for creepy-crawlies. In a seasonal advisory, the Wyoming Department of Health warns that ticks can spread tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and…

Lummis apologizes following ‘two sexes’ comment at UW commencement

By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., responded with an apology statement Monday after she was booed by students during her commencement speech Saturday at the University of Wyoming. As…

Interviews

May 17: Kelsi Rammell, Lincoln County Foster Care

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Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce to meet May 23-24

Cheyenne – The Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce will gather for their next meeting at 8 a.m. May 23-24 in Casper at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 North Poplar St. The public is invited to attend and participate in-person or online through…

Anticipate temporary road closures on East Entrance Road in Yellowstone National Park due to increased avalanche danger  

Stay informed about road status The East Entrance Road between the East Entrance and Fishing Bridge will close for periods of time Monday, May 16 through Wednesday, May 18 because of increased avalanche danger from recent snowfall and warm temperatures….

Wyoming economic comeback a work in progress

By Jonathan Make Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE –  Like many things in life, measuring the breadth of the state of the economy in Wyoming and in its Capital City is no easy matter. Particularly these days….

Changes to moose, bighorn sheep license drawings discussed, not set

By Stephen Dow The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Months after the Wyoming Legislature approved a recommendation to increase the allocation of “Big 5” hunting licenses to resident hunters, the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force has returned with an additional…

Soy pellets used to kill lake trout at Yellowstone Lake

By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com A trial run of a novel technique that combines soy-based pellets, a seed spreader and a helicopter has proved resoundingly successful at killing unwanted exotic lake trout spawn in Yellowstone Lake. Scientists spent “hundreds and hundreds” of…