Aaron Voos, Public Affairs, US Forest Service-Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests
& Thunder Basin National Grassland
After the new year turns, the USDA Forest Service (USFS) office in Laramie, Wyoming, will relocate from its’ current spot on the west side of town to a new building just south of town.
Nobody can argue that natural beauty often goes hand in hand with danger. While the winter season is young, Sheriff Alex Bakken and Platte Valley Search And Rescue got together on December 5 for a seminar on Avalanche safety.
Proposals for next spring’s Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Summit (WORS) at the University of Wyoming are now being accepted. The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, Jan. 31.
For some time, scientists have been sounding the alarm on the decline of various insect species due to changes in land use and how those shifts will be exacerbated by climate change. However, insects are often an afterthought in the discussion of conservation issues related to wind energy infrastructure.
