BLM Wyoming Newsletter

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Mills Boys and Girls Club and BLM Visit Bessemer Bend By Jim Wright, Wildlife Biologist, Casper Field Office & Lesley Collins, Public Affairs Specialist, High Plains District Kids from the Mills Chapter of the Boys and Girls Club spent a day outside this summer at the Bessemer Bend Interpretive Site.    [more...]

Park School Helps BLM Plant Trees at Pete’s Draw: Project will help prevent erosion along the North Platte River By Lesley Collins, Public Affairs Specialist, High Plains District & Cindy Allen, Forester, Casper Field Office On a sunny day in May, Park School first, second, fifth, and sixth graders caravanned up to Pete’s Draw ready to dig and plant trees. This was the students’ final field trip for the school year and they were energized and ready to go.   [more...]

Local Community Benefits from Muddy Mountain Lodgepole Pine Products By Cindy Allen, Forester, & Amanda Jones, Clerk, Casper Field Office, & Lesley A. Collins, Public Affairs Specialist, High Plains District  From furniture to buildings, from siding to fence posts, many different products are produced from the lodgepole pine removed from Muddy Mountain in Casper Wyo. Lodgepole pine is the dominate tree species on Muddy Mountain; however, many of these stands have been infested by Mistletoe, Mountain Pine Beetles, and Ips Beetles (bark beetles).   [more...]

Boy Scouts Team-up with BLM to Install New Fire Danger Signs By Sarah Beckwith, Public Affairs Specialist, Wind River/Big Horn Basin District Several local scouts teamed-up with BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District Fire Crew this summer to install three fire danger rating signs in the area. The new signs can be seen along highways in Lovell, Ten Sleep, and Thermopolis, Wyo.    [more...]

Wyoming Conservation Corps Enjoys Assignment with BLM Fire Crew By Sarah Beckwith, Public Affairs Specialist, Wind River/Big Horn Basin District The BLM’s Wind River/Bighorn Basin District fire crew and the Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) partnered in July for ten days of forest enhancement and fire preparedness projects.    [more...]

Mississippi Hotshot Crew Makes Worland Their Home Away From Home By Sarah Beckwith, Public Affairs Specialist, Wind River/Big Horn Basin District The only BLM hotshot crew east of the Mississippi River spent the summer in Wyoming, all the way from Jackson, Miss. Worland served as home away from home for the hotshots while they fought fires throughout the west and assisted BLM with hazardous fuels reduction projects.    [more...]

BLM and Devon Energy Partner to Improve Recreation Area By Sarah Beckwith, Public Affairs Specialist, Wind River/Big Horn Basin District The BLM Worland Field Office, in partnership with Devon Energy, made improvements to a popular recreational area during a workday on Sept. 23. Both BLM and Devon Energy staff planted native riparian trees and grasses, cut Russian olive, and hung birdhouses at Rattlesnake Butte, northwest of Worland, Wyo.    [more...]

Wild Horses Gathered in Wyoming This Fall By Sarah Beckwith, Public Affairs Specialist, Wind River/Big Horn Basin District Wild horses in seven Herd Management Areas (HMAs) within the Cody, Lander, Rawlins and Worland field office areas were gathered this fall between Oct. 16 and Nov. 14.    [more...]

Reorganizing BLM Wyoming The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) initiated a nationwide effort to maximize efficiencies and increase capacity to do on-the-ground work with existing resources. In Wyoming, part of this effort meant adding a managerial level of support and service through district offices.    [more...]