Community Calendar

Volunteers are invited to help remove approximately one mile of outdated barbed wire along the Freezeout Stock Driveway northwest of Dayton. The project begins June 5, with additional work on June 6 if needed. Participants will meet at 9:00 a.m. at Scott Bicentennial Park in Dayton before heading to the site. Volunteers should come prepared for a full day in the field, with appropriate clothing, water, and gear; tools will be provided. This project supports safer wildlife movement and responsible land management across both public and private lands.

Learn more at the link.

Join 7220 Counseling Coalition for a free ear acupuncture treatment. 7220 Counseling Coalition is a queer-affirming practice that supports people with their mental health in Laramie, Wyoming.

Acurecovery helps with alleviating anxiety, stress relief, reducing cravings for substances, calm & patience, building inner strength, and better sleep.

UW Summer High School Institute is a three-week pre-college summer camp for current Wyoming high school sophomores. Accepted students will be able to take two college-like courses while exploring what UW has to offer by living in the dorms and getting to know campus. Students will also get to explore Laramie and Fort Collins.

For more information, please visit our website: https://www.uwyo.edu/hsi/index.html

Wyoming organizations to host Women Veterans Day events across the state

Women veterans from across Wyoming will gather June 12, 2026, for events recognizing their service, building connections and increasing awareness of resources available to women who served in the Armed Forces.

The events are scheduled from 1–4 p.m. at locations in Cheyenne, Gillette, Lander, Rock Springs and Sheridan.

Wyoming recognizes June 12 as Women Veterans Day, honoring the signing of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act by President Harry S. Truman on June 12, 1948. The act enabled women to serve as permanent and regular members of the Armed Forces.

The events will provide opportunities for women veterans to connect with one another while learning more about VA Women’s Health services and resources available throughout Wyoming. Organizers said discussions will also focus on moral injury and support services available through Volunteers of America Northern Rockies.

“This event is about recognizing the service and sacrifices of women veterans while creating opportunities for connection and support,” organizers said. “Women veterans continue to play a critical role in our military and communities across Wyoming.”

Event locations include:
• Sheridan Veteran Resource Center
• White Mountain Library in Rock Springs
• American Legion Post 6 in Cheyenne
• Lander Library
• Campbell County Public Library in Gillette
Registration is required for attendance. Additional information is available by contacting Sandy McFarland at sandy.mcfarland@wyo.gov or 307-331-4657.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is observed annually on June 15 to raise global awareness about the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults. It serves as a call to action for communities to promote dignity, safety, and stronger support systems for the aging population

Terry Tempest Williams has been called “a citizen writer,” a writer who speaks and speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. A naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, she has consistently shown us how environmental issues are social issues that ultimately become matters of justice. “So here is my question,” she asks, “what might a different kind of power look like, feel like, and can power be redistributed equitably even beyond our own species?”

Williams, like her writing, cannot be categorized. She has testified before Congress on women’s health issues, been a guest at the White House, has camped in the remote regions of Utah and Alaska wildernesses and worked as “a barefoot artist” in Rwanda.

Known for her impassioned and lyrical prose, Terry Tempest Williams is the author of the environmental literature classics Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place; An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field; Desert Quartet; Leap; Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert; The Open Space of Democracy; Finding Beauty in a Broken World; When Women Were Birds; Erosion: Essays of Undoing; The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks; and The Story of My Heart by Richard Jeffries, as rediscovered by Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams.

Her next book will be The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary. Kirkus calls it “An impassioned defense of interconnectedness.”

Mark your calendar to celebrate with Ucross at our biennial Wyoming gala. Join us for an evening of dinner, entertainment, a lively auction, and an awards ceremony. ​

​Details and ticketing information to follow. Visit ucross.org for the latest updates.