Wyoming
Domestic Sheep/Bighorn Sheep Interaction Working Group Meeting Announced
CHEYENNE — The Domestic Sheep/Bighorn Sheep Interaction Working Group will meet at 10 a.m., Nov. 25, in Lander at the Inn at Lander Warbonnet Room, 260 Grandview Drive. The event is hosted by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Wyoming Livestock Board and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
Virtual options for the public to attend the workshop will be available via Zoom. For a link to the Zoom meeting as well as login information, contact amanda.fry@wyo.gov.
The tentative agenda will include the following topics:
- Wildfire restoration in Wyoming — Bob Budd, Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust.
- Seminoe/Ferris Bighorn Sheep seasonal range updates — Daryl Lutz, Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
- Pedro Mountains management — Lee Knox, Wyoming Game and Fish Department..
- Wyoming Plan — Working Group discussion
- Federal Legislation updates — Working Group discussion.
- West Central States Woolgrowers Convention overview — Alison Crane, Wyoming Woolgrowers Association.
- Bighorn sheep/domestic sheep interaction, ongoing research in Montana — Jared Beaver, Montana State University.
More information on the Domestic Sheep/Bighorn Sheep Interaction Working Group’s past meetings and research recommendations can be found on the Game and Fish Bighorn Sheep information page.
The State of Wyoming supports the Americans with Disabilities Act. Anyone needing auxiliary aids should contact the Game and Fish at (307) 777-4501. Every effort will be made for reasonable accommodations.
A number candidates attended the Take Back Wyoming: Non-Freedom Caucus Republican Candidates Shop Party at Ryan Brothers Trucking last Friday. The event was hosted by and was a fundraiser for a House District 28 candidate.
The group was comprised of Wyoming Republican voters, who have become disenchanted with the Freedom Caucus, which currently controls the Wyoming State Legislature, and with actions taken in recent months by the State of Wyoming Republican Party to change the party’s By-Laws regarding support for candidates prior to the primary election.
Since moving to Wyoming many years ago, and having lived in a few towns around the state, I find that some town and city rivalries must be addressed. Some are based on past conflicts that still cause pain to this day. Some are unexplained.
For example, to this day, all of Johnson County still does not trust Cheyenne after the Johnson County War of 1892. Cattlemen in Cheyenne sent a hit squad hired by the barons to invade Johnson County to eliminate alleged rustlers. A shootout that lasted several days ensued.
Other town rivalries include:
Green River vs. Rock Springs: The two towns are close together and share one of the most intense and oldest community, cultural, and athletic rivalries in the state.
Lander vs. Riverton: Located in Fremont County, this rivalry dates back to 1922 and divides the area over high school football bragging rights. They talk a lot of smack about each other.
Cheyenne vs Casper: The towns just HATE each other. I’ve lived in both, and I can tell you that there is nothing wrong with either town. But I’ve come across people in both towns who talk about their hatred of the other.
There is not a lot of love across Wyoming for Jackson, mostly because of the mega-rich liberals who live there. Many of those mega-rich liberals look down on the rest of Wyoming.
Folks talk smack about Laramie, but in a very different way than people talk smack about Gillette.
Having traveled around Wyoming, I can tell you that most of this hate is just nonsense and a waste of time. In the end, we are all Wyomingites. Just one big bickering family who still have each other’s backs when it comes down to it.
The Charmingly Odd Town Of La Grange Wyoming
It is well worth the long drive to see one of the most interesting and quirky little towns in Wyoming.
Stay for lunch. You won’t regret it.
Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
Jay Em, Wyoming, Frozen In Time
Jay Em, what an unusual name for a town.The few people who live there are proud of what their spot on earth once was, and they work to preserve it. They keep this little community frozen in time.
Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
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