Author: Andrew-Rossi
Page: 142
Avoiding COVID isn’t the only health message to hear. In its commitment to ensuring Park County stays sound in all respects, Healthy Park County is holding another one of its meetings – but with a safe if predictable twist. The next meeting will be held this Thursday, August 6th, both in person and virtually in…
Park County Commissioners will have a chance to help change an unfortunate bit of geography. During their meeting this afternoon, the commissioners will hear an appeal from the United States Board on Geographic Names, represented by Tyler Kerr of Powell. They will address the name of a series of peaks on BLM land in the…
Does your driver license expire tomorrow? Not anymore. There have already been several pandemic-related concessions made by WYDOT’s Driver Services. And while offices are currently open, the state wants to ensure that nobody finds themselves unfairly penalized. Governor Gordon previously signed an executive order granted a 90-day grace period for anyone needing to get their…
Heart Mountain joins a rarified group of historic places during a national even tomorrow. The Heart Mountain Interpretative Center will be featured during “America’s Summer Roadtrip,” a live online broadcast created and hosted by The Pursuit of History – a non-profit organization that engages adults in conversation about history and connects them with historic sites…
Another bear has a new relocated home outside the East Entrance. This Tuesday, another grizzly – this time, a sub-adult male – was captured and relocated from private lands near the Buffalo Fork River drainage northeast of Jackson to the Five Mile Creek drainage, five miles from the East Entrance. This is the third grizzly…
Park County Search and Rescue answers the call, once again. At 1 pm last Saturday afternoon, the taskforce was called into action to rescue a a 65-year-old-female hiker, stranded approximately two miles north of the Beauty Lake Trailhead in the Beartooth Mountains. In an intriguing change of pace, this call didn’t come via 911 or…
Be very very quiet – its Bighorn Sheep hunting season . . . starting Saturday. Wyoming Game and Fish has announced it’s opening the bighorn sheep hunting season beginning August 1 through August 31 in the Owl Creek drainage portion of Bighorn Sheep Hunt Area 5. This new, earlier hunting date is exclusively for Hunt…
The Hathaway Scholarship Program is eyeing some changes. One of the vaunted educational offerings in our state, the Hathaway Need-Based Scholarship is designed to provide an incentive for Wyoming students to prepare for and pursue post-secondary education within our state. The program consists of four separate merit scholarships, each with specific eligibility requirements, and a…
Its never too early to plan your Yellowstone winter. August 1st is the opening for the 2020-2021 winter lottery for the Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program in Yellowstone. These snowmobile permits are specifically for recreational use, without any commercial guides. First authorized in 2013, this permit allows for one group of up to 5 snowmobiles…
Shoshone National Forest Seeks Comments on Future Motorized Vehicle Access
Andrew-Rossi
August 3, 2020
If you have an opinion on vehicles in Shoshone National Forest, now’s the time to speak up. Forest officials are moving forward with their Travel Management Planning process. Started in June of 2015, this process will designate a sustainable system of roads, trails, and areas that are open for motor vehicle use with public involvement. After years of planning…