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At least 50 cattle across three herds died from anthrax in the Elk Mountain area this summer. It’s the first outbreak in Wyoming in at least 50 years. A lawmaker said the state’s lack of “follow-up” in the aftermath prompted him to take action.

Wyoming is at odds with a lot of federal conservation efforts, but Wyoming lawmakers, ranchers and wildlife advocates recently celebrated the areas where the state, feds and private landowners agree. They highlighted a ranch in Big Piney.

Winter lasted well through April this year in western Wyoming, and it made it difficult for ranchers during calving season. For example, baby calves were literally freezing to the ground, and the high snowpack made it hard for people to move around through their herds.

A rancher from the Encampment area recently spent time in Ukraine. He helped render humanitarian aid in an active warzone.

Roy Chambers was born to Ida and Andy Chambers in 1924 in a log cabin still standing on Mormon Row in the shadow of the Tetons in what’s now Grand Teton…