Summer 2021
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The woman seen harassing Yellowstone grizzlies in a viral video has been identified and charged with two offenses related to the incident. Several months after the viral video was shot, the subject of the video faces the consequences for their actions in Yellowstone National Park earlier this year. Thanks to social media, the National Park…
The Five Mile Creek Drainage is a popular place, as another Pinedale cattle-killing grizzly is relocated to the area five miles from Yellowstone’s East Gate. Wyoming Game and Fish has relocated yet another grizzly to Park County in Summer 2021. A sub-adult female was captured near Pinedale and relocated to the Five Mile Creek drainage…
Cody’s local leaders are doing everything they can to keep business doors open, as Cody Mayor Matt Hall points out factors that have led to the ongoing problem. There are multiple factors causing Cody businesses to be short-staffed or close their doors to accommodate their current workforce. Restaurants like Dairy Queen and Zapata’s and hotels…
An unseasonably warm summer is forcing changes in Yellowstone National Park, as the survival of fish is prioritized over people’s pleasure in the park’s waters. With Summer 2021 continuing to be hot and dry, wildlife across Wyoming are struggling to stay cool. Yellowstone National Park is no exception, but now persistent conditions require new rules…
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Officials expect moderate to extreme drought to persist and spread throughout Wyoming. The multiyear drought is the state’s worst since 2013. Last year was Wyoming’s fifth driest and 16th warmest since 1895, the Casper Star-Tribune reports. Even parts of the state with average or above-average precipitation got it earlier in the…
Shoshone National Forest has dealt with several lightning-strikes fires this week alone, showing just how treacherous a single spark can be in Summer 2021. On Wednesday, July 21, firefighters responded to the report of a new fire in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area on the Clarks Fork Ranger District of the Shoshone National Forest. The fire…
Shoshone National Forest wasted no time in dealing with its first wildfire of Summer 2021, as a lightning-strike fire is found and immediately suppressed. A new fire was reported west of Meeteetse on the afternoon of Monday, July 19. The fire was located approximately half a mile from the Timber Creek Ranger Station in the…
Park County gains another grizzly bear after a Pinedale grizzly was relocated near Yellowstone National Park’s East Gate due to cattle killings. Wyoming Game and Fish coordinated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to relocate a troublesome grizzly. This time, an adult male was captured near Pinedale and relocated to the Five Mile Creek…
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Going carb-free may be the diet du jour for people looking to drop a few pounds, but when it comes to re-imagining the Powder River Basin’s coal-dependent economy, many believe in carbon-loading. Even as PRB thermal coal production has declined by more than 50% over the past decade, more research, innovation…
Sometimes it’s hard to take a vacation or a road trip. I was scrolling through google looking for ideas to write and all the sudden. Boom, an Abe Lincoln Monument is in Wyoming. So I continue to keep looking and find out, there are a lot of memorials and statues that I have never heard…