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The addition has more than quadrupled the size of the Marquez Wildlife Area and re-established tribal access to religious sites in the area.
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The Interior Department announced the distribution of $279 million to outdoor recreation and conservation projects across the U.S., with tens of millions of dollars going to states in the Mountain West.
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Visitation figures have declined since 2020, but there is a long-term trend of growth. This had led state officials to invest in building additional infrastructure, such as campgrounds, to accommodate more people. In 2021, 5.4 million people visited Wyoming's state parks, historic sites, and trail systems.
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A Wyoming Game and Fish managed public access area has been permanently closed to vehicles. The Willwood Public Access Area, directly south of Powell, has had a vandalism and trash dumping problem for years.
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The new directives allow e-bikes to continue to operate on currently authorized roads and trails and lays out a process to evaluate future requests for expanded access. The updated guidance also outlines the required environmental analysis and public input required before making future decisions to expand local e-bike access.
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In the past couple of years, harmful algae blooms have been identified in Wyoming's water bodies more frequently. So the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality started a routine monitoring program.
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Yellowstone National Park recently announced that it will stop winter monitoring of wildlife in the park as part of its Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan.
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An old bentonite mine just three miles north of Cody has been reclaimed by the Bureau of Land Management and the state.
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The Interior Department's moving the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters back to Washington, D.C., while establishing a Western HQ in Colorado. On Tuesday, BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning shared details on how that'll work.
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Daniel Tom was the target of racism and bullying growing up in Mesa, Ariz. Decades later here in the small mountain town of Buena Vista in south-central Colorado, life is easier, quieter. Still, there are at least a few signs that make him feel unwelcome – actual signs that read “Chinaman Gulch.”