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Legislature to consider legalizing gun silencers for hunting
A bill set to go before the 2013 Wyoming Legislature would allow hunters to use silencers on their guns and could trigger noisy contention.
Area post offices anticipate cutbacks
Reduced hours to begin at some locations next year
Delivering sleigh-loads of packages over the holidays is akin to a Christmas bonus for the U.S. Postal Service, but small post offices around the Big Horn Basin and the state are getting their hours cut next year nonetheless.
Yellowstone Park lake trout electrocution planned next fall
Unwanted lake trout in Yellowstone Lake are in for a real shock next fall.
Electro-shock will be initiated in fall 2013 off Carrington Island, a hotbed of lake trout spawning. Electricity will kill lake trout eggs and embryos. The National Park Service supports the effort.
Yellowstone Park lake trout electrocution planned next fall
Unwanted lake trout in Yellowstone Lake are in for a real shock next fall.
Electro-shock will be initiated in fall 2013 off Carrington Island, a hotbed of lake trout spawning. Electricity will kill lake trout eggs and embryos. The National Park Service supports the effort.
Wolves return to courthouse
Environmental groups file suits
Environmental groups once again are aiming to place Wyoming wolves under federal protection.
Protecting vanishing whitebark pine
Efforts are under way to protect whitebark pine decimated by native mountain pine beetles and non-native white pine blister rust in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Whitebark pine is in peril throughout its range from blister rust, beetles and climate change, said Dan Reinhart, a resource management specialist with Yellowstone Center for Resources in Yellowstone National Park.
Canal trout rescue
A record breaker
More trout were rescued from irrigation canals this fall than ever before.
After water to irrigation canals is shut off, trout are trapped in pools surrounded by dry ground and are unable to reach the Shoshone River.
Canal trout rescue
A record breaker
More trout were rescued from irrigation canals this fall than ever before.
After water to irrigation canals is shut off, trout are trapped in pools surrounded by dry ground and are unable to reach the Shoshone River.
Northwest water to North End
New pipe estimated at $8.5 million
Former customers of North End Water Users Inc. probably will pay $65 to $75 per month to get water from the Northwest Rural Water District.
That would be based on a user consuming 4,000 gallons per month, said Dossie Overfield, Northwest District manager, at a North End meeting Saturday.