Park County

Park County adopted a new land use plan in January. Since then, the county has been hosting a series of open houses. Feedback will be used to update zoning maps.

Close to 100 people filled out the survey that will help shape the policies and sustainable initiatives Park County Citizens for Sustainability pursues.

The new detections bring the total number of herds in the state quarantining for the disease to four.

But as of now, a new airline isn’t on the flight schedule for this summer.

The East Yellowstone Brucellosis Compensation fund launched the first of January and has already seen two interested applicants.

There’s been a seasonal fishing closure on a stretch of the Shoshone River near Yellowstone for the past 140 years. The proposed changes would allow anglers to fish the lower part of the North Fork for two weeks in early April.

Park County Open Lands worked with a landowner to conserve an 84-acre property in between Cody and Yellowstone. The area is frequented by big game.

Recently, the Park County Travel Council has highlighted more outdoor experiences. It’s a shift backed by millions of local lodging tax dollars, but it's drawn some skepticism from some locals.

Those lands could include farms and ranches in Park County, buffalo habitat on the Wind River Indian Reservation, and lands in the Greater Yellowstone area that provide migration corridors and cultural resources.

The policy would require students to use the bathroom based on their biological sex, not the gender they identify with. It would also mandate schools provide a single occupancy restroom for transgender students.