Bighorn National Forest
POWELL — Seeking answers for declining mule deer populations, state wildlife managers and university researchers have begun a five-year project seeking more information on mule deer than ever before collected and attempting to interpret data in a faster, more immediate and usable way.
The project...
SHERIDAN — A new study by University of Wyoming researchers has found that for every dollar lost in the ranching industry, there is a $1.55 loss in secondary economic activity.
“On a statewide basis, for every dollar decrease in direct ranch sales related to livestock raising, that causes a $2.55...
BUFFALO — The Bighorn National Forest dropped its plan to treat mountain big sagebrush and duncecap larkspur, based on objections from environmental groups.
The forest has been revising its Invasive Species and Other Plant Management Plan — last updated in 1998 — that governs how it treats...
SHERIDAN (WNE) — A hunter missing in the Bighorn National Forest has been found, according to Big Horn County Sheriff's Office officials.
The incident illustrates the need for hunters and recreationists in the Bighorn National Forest to make a plan and not travel alone.
Christopher Neal Cox was...
POWELL — For years, maintenance to historic buildings at the Sunlight and Crandall ranger stations have been put off due to the lack of funding. Now, with the funds in hand, Shoshone National Forest crews and volunteers are hard at work in what they have termed the First Forest Initiatives.
The...
Active wildfire map via https://inciweb.nwcg.gov at 1:17 p.m.
BUFFALO (WNE) –- A wildfire that ignited on July 14 northwest of Buffalo is 100% contained as of Friday, meaning that crews are no longer working on suppression, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
The Gem Lake fire burned roughly 21 acres in the Bighorn National Forest, said Sara Evans-Kirol,...
BUFFALO — Portions of the Bighorn National Forest roughly 14 miles northwest of Buffalo are closed to the public as a 21-acre fire burns in remote terrain.
As of press time Tuesday, portions of the forest nearest the Gem Lake fire are closed, including North Rock Creek Trail 040.
According to the...
Bighorn National Forest, Via the Wyoming News Exchange
BUFFALO — There's no doubt among local stakeholders that Yellowstone's closure will affect tourism in the area. They're just not quite sure how. Flooding shut down Yellowstone National Park last week, with only partial openings on the near-term horizon. As a result, tourists have had to modify...
SHERIDAN — The Bighorn National Forest will soon act on dispersed camping solutions brought forward two years ago by the Big Horn Mountain Coalition Dispersed Camping Task Force.
The suggestions — which range from requiring a dispersed camping sticker for campers to implementing a year-round 14-day...
Bighorn Forest plan for weeds, sagebrush sparks battle
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com
Conservationists are criticizing a plan by the Bighorn National Forest to use aerial spraying to kill mountain big sagebrush and larkspur, native plants the critics say shouldn’t be destroyed to improve...
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