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September 2023

• New Members Needed on the Greater Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Committee

  Release Date: Sept. 28, 2023     

• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests answer FAQs on proposed recreation fee changes based on public feedback to date

  Release Date: Sept. 27, 2023     

• Public input sought on proposed South Routt Fuels Reduction Project

  Release Date: Sept. 26, 2023     

• Joint crew clears over 600 trees from Mount Zirkel Wilderness trails in efficient late summer push

  Release Date: Sept. 25, 2023     

• Slack-Weiss prescribed burn planned by USDA Forest Service

  Release Date: Sept. 19, 2023     

• Volunteers needed for Public Lands Day events on Saturday, Sept. 23

  Release Date: Sept. 19, 2023     

• Fall prescribed burning on Pole Mountain builds on success earlier this year

  Release Date: Sept. 12, 2023     

• Hunters reminded that e-bikes are considered motorized vehicles on Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland

  Release Date: Sept. 7, 2023     

August 2023

• Medicine Bow Landscape Vegetation Analysis monitoring field trip planned for September 13

  Release Date: Aug. 30, 2023     

• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests request additional public input on developed recreation fee proposal this Labor Day holiday

  Release Date: Aug. 28, 2023     

• Final Environmental Assessment released for Mad Rabbit Trails Project

  Release Date: Aug. 10, 2023     

• Pines Campground receives modern redesign

  Release Date: Aug. 4, 2023     

July 2023

• Smokey Bear returns to Yampa Valley Hot Air Balloon Rodeo

  Release Date: July 27, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service report highlights threats to forest, rangeland health over the next 50 years

  Release Date: July 24, 2023     

• USDA Seeks Proposals for Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership

  Release Date: July 20, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service invests $2,040,000 to restore forests, reduce wildfire risk in Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming

  Release Date: July 14, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service invests $20M to restore forests, reduce wildfire risk, and create jobs in 18 states

  Release Date: July 14, 2023     

• Aerial cheatgrass spraying planned for Ryan Fire burned area this week

  Release Date: July 12, 2023     

• Open houses upcoming for proposed recreation site fee changes on Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests

  Release Date: July 7, 2023     

• USDA selects recently retired Forest Service Hydrologist Liz Schnackenberg for national award

  Release Date: July 5, 2023     

June 2023

• Forest Service partners with Colorado and South Dakota in the Rocky Mountain Region to keep forests working and conserve acres of private forestland

  Release Date: June 30, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service Invests $188M to Keep Forests Working, Conserve Private Forestland through President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Release Date: June 29, 2023     

• NIFC Celebrates the Second Annual National Wildland Firefighter Day

  Release Date: June 29, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service is Hiring for Temporary Jobs

  Release Date: June 27, 2023     

• Barber Lake filled with water, stocked with fish

  Release Date: June 23, 2023     

• The Forest Service is investing in the future of America’s wood products and wood energy economies within the Rocky Mountain Region

  Release Date: June 22, 2023     

• Changes to developed recreation site fees proposed by Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests

  Release Date: June 15, 2023     

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $43 Million Investment to Advance Innovation in Wood Products and Wood Energy Economies through Investing in America Agenda

  Release Date: June 9, 2023     

• Centennial Visitor Center staffed and open for the summer

  Release Date: June 8, 2023     

May 2023

• For third year, temporary camping closure in place along portion of North Platte River

  Release Date: May 25, 2023     

• Pole Mountain roads and campgrounds open Friday, May 19

  Release Date: May 18, 2023     

• Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District Office Temporary Hours; Fern Permit Availability Update

  Release Date: May 18, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service Invests $24 Million into Deferred Maintenance Projects in the Rocky Mountain Region

  Release Date: May 12, 2023     

• Annual prescribed burning to occur on Pole Mountain

  Release Date: May 5, 2023     

• Rocky Mountain Region receives nearly $47 million for fuels reduction work

  Release Date: May 4, 2023     

April 2023

• Inter-agency aerial cheatgrass spraying underway in Albany/Laramie Counties

  Release Date: April 26, 2023     

• Forest Service to hire summer position in collaboration with Common Outdoor Ground and the Albany County Tourism Board

  Release Date: April 20, 2023     

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps for Climate Resilience and Forest Conservation

  Release Date: April 20, 2023     

• Public input sought on proposed Bears Ears Fuels/Restoration Project

  Release Date: April 18, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service invests more than $228 million to support schools, roads, other services

  Release Date: April 14, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service Invests in disadvantaged urban communities, more equitable access to nature in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and most of South Dakota and Wyoming

  Release Date: April 12, 2023     

• Annual public event to discuss past, present, and future Medicine Bow Landscape Vegetation Analysis project (LaVA) treatments

  Release Date: April 7, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service Proposes Shooting Closure to Implement Pole Mountain Decision Notice

  Release Date: April 5, 2023     

March 2023

• Forest Service reviewing Britania Land Exchange proposal, public comment sought

  Release Date: March 31, 2023     

• Forest Service is hiring students and recent graduates

  Release Date: March 30, 2023     

• Prescribed burning in Upton/Osage area rescheduled

  Release Date: March 28, 2023     

• Forest Service makes paying fee at Fish Creek Falls easier

  Release Date: March 27, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service Invests to Reduce Wildfire Risk to Communities in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

  Release Date: March 21, 2023     

• Prescribed burning in Upton/Osage area scheduled for Tuesday

  Release Date: March 20, 2023     

• Colorado and Wyoming to receive additional $40.15 million in disaster relief funding

  Release Date: March 1, 2023     

February 2023

• Third and Final Call for Title II Project Proposals

  Release Date: Feb. 14, 2023     

January 2023

• Seasonal road closures on Pole Mountain begin Feb. 1

  Release Date: Jan. 30, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service Announces 2023 Fee-Free Days

  Release Date: Jan. 13, 2023     

• USDA Forest Service is Hiring for Temporary Jobs

  Release Date: Jan. 13, 2023     

• There is Still Time to Submit a Title II Project Proposal!

  Release Date: Jan. 13, 2023     

• Public meetings on tap for proposed West Fork Battle Creek Reservoir

  Release Date: Jan. 6, 2023     

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