Each meticulously crafted bowl is destined for auction at PHS’s third annual Soup-er Bowl fundraising event hosted by the National Art Honor Society at the Pinedale Library Lovatt Room on Nov. 18 from 5-8 p.m.
About 60 participants – mainly land and livestock owners – entered the Lovatt Room on Nov. 2 for the two-hour event sponsored by the Sublette County Conservation District (SCCD) facilitated by manager Mike Henn and the Western Landowners Alliance’s (WLA) Wyoming coordinator Shaleas Harrison.
The library hosts the South County Market and offers free tables for its monthly events. Vendors are welcome to reserve a space by stopping by the Big Piney Library, 106 Fish St., or call 307-276-3515.
The Food Basket urges the public to consider participating with the following local businesses. The Bank of Jackson Hole, organization Thanksgiving Dinner Food Drive with a final collection date of Nov. 13. Ridley’s Family Market is hosting its annual Harvest of Hope Food Drive.
Around 100 folks were involved in bringing the performance to life, with a budget of $60,000 and a cast of 40-plus local actors and actresses — more than half of them area youth.
Sublette County Special Olympics participants Braylee White, Ian Jones and Scott Covill traveled to Casper on Thursday, Oct. 12, to participate in the cycling events at the Wyoming Special Olympics fall tournament.
Join Sublette County producers, Wyoming agencies and partners to talk about the importance of working lands and the tools that support them. Following a producer panel, agencies and the Western Landowner Alliance will provide short presentations about the tools available through the USDA/WY Big Game Conservation Partnership, upcoming resource opportunities for non-lethal carnivore management and more.
PTC’s call for local actors was met with much enthusiasm. Forty three people, half of them students, were cast with the lead roles going to Adam Herron as Harold Hill and Pinedale’s very own librarian Michelle Humber as Marian Paroo. In addition 13 musicians from across the county make up the orchestra.
Charged with fulfilling a legislative order to “establish a communication protocol” to notify livestock owners about brucellosis testing results, Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) Director Steve True, State Veterinarian Dr. Hallie Hasel and Assistant State Vet Dr. Teckla Webb returned to Pinedale on Oct. 24 to continue earlier conversations.
Thompson told commissioners he believed that a deputy wrongfully took photos of the tragic death of rancher Jay Downs, also of Big Piney, who died several days earlier in a mechanical haying accident.
On Tuesday, Oct. 24, Nesvik told the Roundup, “We have decided to move to the next step in the process of identifying the (pronghorn) corridor. We are meeting with landowners and key stakeholders now in advance of a formal public release of the corridor threat assessment and applicable maps. We began this work over the weekend.”
The Sublette County School District No. 9 Board of Trustees honored three Students of the Month at its Oct. 18 meeting in LaBarge.
The completed form must be received in the office of Chief Justice Fox no later than 5 p.m., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Please do not submit letters of recommendation, as the commission will not consider them, but will instead only review documents specifically required by the expression of interest. Gov. Mark Gordon will appoint the Wyoming Supreme Court Justice from a list of three names submitted to him by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Serving on the Judicial Nominating Commission are Chief Justice Fox (chairman), three lawyers elected by the Wyoming State Bar: Katherine Strike of Lander, Devon O’Connell of Laramie and Mandy Good of Cheyenne; and three non-lawyers appointed by the governor: Paul Scherbel of Afton, Dan Kirkbride of Chugwater, and Lisa Anderson of Shell.
Gov. Mark Gordon appreciates that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the current comment period on the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an additional 60 days, ending on Jan. 17, 2024. Even more so, he welcomes the news – following lengthy and frank discussions – that the BLM is committing to roll up its sleeves to work with Wyoming people.
The comment period now closes on Jan. 17, 2024.
Gordon’s initiative is “Decarbonizing the West,” to examine decarbonization strategies including carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies; direct air capture and natural sequestration “to position western states at the forefront of innovation and reduce the effects of carbon emissions on the environment,” according to WGA.
Scheduled COVID and flu vaccine clinics • Marbleton Public Health, (inside senior center) 429 2nd St., Big Piney, Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Pinedale Public Health, 380 Faler Ave., Pinedale, Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., call 307-367-2157 to schedule an appointment.
We are forever grateful for the professional, but most especially the personal relationships that our editorial team formed with Joan Mitchell over the years and we offer this Oct. 19 tribute in the Pinedale Roundup in her honor.
At the request of the state of Wyoming and other stakeholders, the Bureau of Land Management is extending the comment period on the Draft Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement and proposed Areas of Critical Environmental Concern. The comment period now closes on January 17, 2024.
This panel will be followed by agriculture agency heads and leaders including Jackie Byam, state conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service; Bill Bunce, executive director of the Farm Service Agency; Julie Kraft, supervisor of Sublette County Weed & Pest; and Matt Collins, coordinator of the Western Lands Alliance (WLA) Wild Challenge.