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Wyoming Statewide BioBlitz July 19-22, 2024

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July 12, 2024

Wyoming Statewide BioBlitz July 19-22, 2024

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Contribute to conservation science from anywhere in Wyoming! Want to learn how to identify native plants as well as invasives? Want to dive deep into pollinators with some take-home seed bombs? How about using iNaturalist and other apps to help identify organisms and contribute to citizen science?

Well, Wyoming State Parks, Audubon Rockies, and Biodiversity Institute will host our statewide #BioBlitz! We’ll have programs throughout our State Parks.

Can’t make a program? Contribute to iNaturalist, and your uploads will go into our statewide project for July 19-22.

Join us Friday, July 19 through Monday, July 22, 2024. All events are free to attend.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD the iNaturalist app prior to attending. The app will work on both Android and Apple Devices. You must first log in to iNaturalist to join the project,

Wyoming State Parks BioBlitz programs are listed below. You can also join the 2024 Wyoming Statewide BioBlitz projects if you can not attend one of our Parks. Here is the link https://rockies.audubon.org/events/wyoming-statewide-bioblitz-2024

Pollinator Pop-up

Buffalo Bill State Park near Cody, Wyoming, at the Park Library in the North Fork Campground

Friday, July 19, 2024, at 9:30 am – 11:30 am MT

Grab the kiddos and join Buffalo Bill State Park staff for story time, crafts, and coloring pages!

Plant Identification and Invasive Species Pull

Sinks Canyon State Park near Lander, Wyoming

Friday, July 19, 2024 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm MT

Celebrate the bounty of botany at Sinks Canyon State Park with a plant identification walk and help minimize the negative impacts of invasive species with a plant pull.

Pollinator Table

Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site near Hyattville, Wyoming, at the Cultural Experience Center

Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 10:00 am – 2:30 pm MT

Create bee bungalows and seed bombs and tour the park’s pollinator garden!

Exploring Plants, Animals, Insects, and Rocks — Oh My!

Curt Gowdy State Park Visitor Center Meeting Room

Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm – 3 pm MT

We’ll gather in the meeting room for a quick overview and then head out to Kate’s Trail (ADA accessible).

Raptor Program with Black Hills Raptor Center

Keyhole State Park near Moorcroft, Wyoming, at the Tatanka Campground

Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 7:00 pm MT

Join Keyhole State Park staff and the Black Hills Raptor Center to learn about some awesome birds of prey up close! Learn about the unique features of different raptors from Black Hills Raptor Center and how to use the Raptor ID app to identify them. All ages are welcome!

Tech in the Park

Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park near Casper, Wyoming, at the pollinator garden

Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 9:00 am – 10:30 am.

Become a citizen scientist by using the iNaturalist app! Participate in a ranger-led talk and walk where the ranger will guide you through the app’s features. Then, enjoy a half-mile walk on a paved sidewalk to see the app in action. Please download the app before attending.

Pollinator Pop-up

Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis, Wyoming, at the bathhouse shelter

Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm MT

Grab the kiddos and join Hot Springs State Park staff for pinecone bird feeders, seed bombs, storytime, and coloring pages!

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Measles Case Confirmed in Park County – Wyoming Department of Health

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December 19, 2025

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Measles Case Confirmed in Park County – Wyoming Department of Health

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has confirmed a case of measles in a Park County resident. The adult is fully vaccinated but had extensive exposure to measles while abroad and developed a mild illness. The individual was not hospitalized. WDH is notifying all identified individuals potentially exposed to measles in Park County. While it […]

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What’s in Wyoming’s application for up to $800M in federal health funds?

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December 19, 2025

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What’s in Wyoming’s application for up to $800M in federal health funds? – County 17

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Wyoming power plant booming with suspected UFO, drone sightings — but still no answers after over a year

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December 18, 2025

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Wyoming power plant booming with suspected UFO, drone sightings — but still no answers after over a year

Fleets of drones and suspected UFOs have been spotted hovering over a Wyoming power plant for more than a year, while a local sheriff’s department is still searching for clues.

Officials with the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office recorded scores of beaming, drone-like objects circling around the Red Desert and Jim Bridger Power Plant in Rock Springs over the last 13 months — though they didn’t specify how many, the Cowboy State Daily reported.

Sheriff John Grossnickle was one of the first to witness the spectacles, and last saw the mind-boggling formation on Dec. 12, his spokesperson Jason Mower told the outlet.

The fleets periodically congregate over the power plant in coordinated formations, Mower claimed.

The sheriff’s office hasn’t been able to recover any of the suspected UFOs, telling the outlet they’re too high to shoot down.

The law enforcement outpost’s exhaustive efforts to get to the truth haven’t yielded any results, even after Grossnickle enlisted help from Wyoming US Rep. Harriet Hageman — who Mower claimed saw the formation during a trip to the power plant.

Hageman could not be reached for comment.

“We’ve worked with everybody. We’ve done everything we can to figure out what they are, and nobody wants to give us any answers,” Mower said, according to the outlet.

At first, spooked locals bombarded the sheriff’s office with calls about the confounding aerial formations. Now, though, Mower said that people seem to have accepted it as “the new normal.”

Mower noted that the objects, which he interchangeably referred to as “drones” and “unidentified flying objects,” have yet to pose a danger to the public or cause any damage to the power plant itself.

“It’s like this phenomenon that continues to happen, but it’s not causing any, you know, issues that we have to deal with — other than the presence of them,” he told the outlet.

The spokesperson promised the sheriff’s office would “certainly act accordingly” if the drones pose an imminent harm.

Meanwhile, Niobrara County Sheriff Randy Starkey told the Cowboy State Daily that residents of his community also reported mystery drone sightings over Lance Creek — more than 300 miles from the Jim Bridger Power Plant — starting in late October 2024 and ending in early March.

Starkey said he’s “just glad they’re gone,” according to the outlet.

Drone sightings captured the nation’s attention last year when they were causing hysteria in sightings over New Jersey.

Just days into his second term, President Trump had to clarify that the drones were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to quell worries that they posed a national security threat.

Still, the public wasn’t convinced, but the mystery slowly faded as the sightings plummeted.

In October, though, an anonymous source with an unnamed military contractor told The Post that their company was responsible for the hysteria.

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