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Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming's open range, tending to a flock of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature, from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the guardian animals, big dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary, that repeatedly prove their worth in their devotion to protecting the flock. Urbigkit offers interesting reflections on the role of pastoralists around...
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Traces the history of the Shoshone Cavern National Monument near Cody, Wyoming, from its creation in 1909 through its delistment as a monument because the National Park Service didn't view it as a first-class cave and couldn't afford its upkeep. After being given to the City of Cody in 1954, private interests leased it, but the expense of road access and maintenance forced them to abandon commercial uses, so the Bureau of Land Management took back...
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State lands : issue of diversity: At statehood, Wyoming was given 4.2 million acres of trust lands. Of that total, 663,416 acres of those lands have since been sold, as permitted by law. In recent years, the management, leasing and sales of the lands have become a political football. MAIN STREET, WYOMING travels to the eastern slopes of the Big Horns to show the diversity of lands owned by the state of Wyoming. From Northern Wyoming College instructor...