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Good morning Wyoming! For the week of April 28th, 2024 here are Cowboy State news items of interest:
I missed this article at the tail-end of last week, so I’m leading off with it today. On Thursday April 26th, Cowboy State Daily published this article about a grizzly bear meandering not far from Kemmerer Wyoming! While not unheard of, we don’t get grizzlies in south Lincoln County too often. This intrepid bruin was spotted by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Ellis while patrolling along Highway 233. Deputy Ellis managed to snap a couple of photos with his cell phone before the bear scrambled back toward the forest. Makes you want to rethink that decision not to carry bear spray in the Salt River and Wyoming Ranges these days—am I right?!?!
On Monday, April 29th, the Realtor.com website published this story on the listing of a palatial property in Star Valley Wyoming known locally as the Bedford Castle. The five bedroom, 9,470 square-foot estate is nestled on 40 acres along the Salt River Range frontage. Complete with multiple towers and a moat, this fairy-tale castle can be all yours for a cool $14 million. Wowza!
On Wednesday, May 1st at 6am shed antler season opened in Collection Area 1 on Wyoming public lands (see map image below). Nonresidents cannot begin collecting shed antlers or horns until 6am on May 8th and a conservation stamp is required for all nonresidents 15 years of age and older.
Note that a Wyoming Game and Fish Commission (WGFC) regulation prohibits anyone from collecting shed antlers or horns each year in Collection Area 1 on public land from January 1st through 6am May 1st for residents and through 6am May 8th for nonresidents. [Note: Collection Area 1 is defined as U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands, state lands and WGFC-owned or administered lands west of the Continental Divide, including the Great Divide Basin as well as some land west of Laramie.]
Lastly—here are a some Wyoming historical events (some well known, others obscure) that occurred during the month of April.
April 20th, 1868—Union Pacific Railroad begins selling lots for the new town of Laramie, Wyoming Territory.
April 9th, 1889—Francis E. Warren is reappointed Wyoming territorial governor by President Benjamin Harrison.
April 11th, 1956—Congress passes the Colorado River Storage Project Act, funding the Flaming Gorge dam and reservoir and other projects.
That’s all for today cowboys and cowgirls! Thanks for reading and have a great week!
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