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Wyomings Magagna To Serve On Advisory Council

By Brian Scott June 7, 2012

On June 5, Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack named the members who would be on the advisory committee for guiding and making recommendations to the U.S. Forest Service in implementing the recently adopted Planning Rule

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Category: Agriculture, Wyoming News Tags: Department of Agriculture, jim magagna, tom vilsak, U.S. Forest Service

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Wyoming Feedground Encroached On Wilderness Area

By Associated Press May 7, 2012

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Officials say a state-run feedground in northwest Wyoming for a time intruded on the Gros Ventre Wilderness area.

After the U.S. Forest Service surveyed the site in 2009, the Alkali Creek feedground's size was reduced by 14 acres

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: feedground area, Gros Ventre Wilderness, U.S. Forest Service

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Expanding Efforts To Battle Pine Bark Beetle

By Karen Snyder March 14, 2012

Last year the U.S Forest Service introduced a strategy to battle the expansion of the Pine Bark Beetle, an infestation that's destroyed timber in a number of areas across Wyoming.

U.S. Forest Service Chief, Tom Tidwell has requested funding in the proposed fiscal year 2013 federal budget to help fight the infestation

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Category: Wyoming News Tags: forest management, pine beetle killed trees, U.S. Forest Service

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National Forest Finds Advocate In The Lorax

By Karen Snyder March 6, 2012

An outreach campaign from the U.S. Forest Service and the new Universal Picture's film, The Lorax, looks to entice kids and their parents out of the house and into the forest.

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Category: National News Tags: The Lorax, U.S. Forest Service

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Jackson Applies To Buy U.S. Forest Service Property

By Associated Press January 30, 2012

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Jackson officials want to purchase 10 acres of U.S. Forest Service property in the community's downtown area.

The town of Jackson recently submitted a final application to Bridger-Teton National Forest in which the town requested a direct sale of the parcel

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: Jackson, property, purchase, U.S. Forest Service

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Comments On Shoshone National Forest Plan Sought

By Associated Press January 11, 2012

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is asking the public to weigh in on an early version of a draft management plan for the Shoshone National Forest in northwest Wyoming.

Comments are due Feb

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: Draft Management Plan, Shoshone National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

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Conservation Group Sues Forest Service Over Corral

By Associated Press November 25, 2011

A conservation group is suing the U.S. Forest Service over a corral in the Gros Ventre drainage in northwest Wyoming.

The Western Watershed Project says the corral blocks the migration of pronghorn from Grand Teton National Park to the upper Green River valley

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Category: Associated Press Tags: Gros Ventre drainage, The Western Watershed Project, U.S. Forest Service

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Rangers: Beware Of Falling Trees In Southern Wyo.

By Associated Press November 23, 2011

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says people headed into national forests in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado should be on the lookout for falling trees.

Strong wind has toppled numerous trees in the Medicine Bow and Routt national forests over the past week

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: Falling Trees, Southern Wyoming, U.S. Forest Service

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Federal Park Fees Waived For Vets Day

By Karen Snyder November 9, 2011

With Veteran's day falling on a Friday this year it makes it a three day weekend for some. In recognition of that, the U.S. Forest Service and other federal land management agencies are offering an incentive for folks to get out into the great outdoors

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Category: Wyoming News Tags: fees waived, National Park System, U.S. Forest Service, Veterans Day