Public Safety · Park County
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has lifted fire bans on G&F Commission-owned and managed lands within Park County, including the Sunshine Wildlife Habitat Management Area west of Meeteetse and the Sunlight Wildlife Habitat Management Area northwest of Cody. The department had implemented the ban in July to coincide with county-wide fire restrictions aimed at protecting resources and property. Officials caution that conditions remain very dry and urge recreationists to exercise care when using campfires and grills. Current fire-ban status for all commission lands statewide is available at wgfd.wyo.gov.
Community News · Park County
The USDA's public comment period on the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule closed Oct. 6 after a 14-day extension, with more than 1 million comments received and over 1,000 submitted by Wyoming residents. Cody and Powell-area residents commented on potential impacts to the Shoshone National Forest and Bighorn National Forest sites including Horse Creek Mesa and Devil's Canyon, citing concerns about water quality, wildlife habitat, and outdoor-recreation-dependent businesses. The Greater Yellowstone Coalition reported 31,561 supportive comments from its network and hosted 19 in-person comment-writing meetings across Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
Local Politics · Powell, WY
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee, held her 89th town hall at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, last Saturday, addressing energy production, federal regulation, trucking safety, and other legislative priorities. She discussed efforts to overturn federal coal-leasing restrictions, remove grizzly bear protections, modernize Casper and Cheyenne postal facilities with over $3 million in investment, and expand tribal land lease flexibility to 99 years. Attendees pressed her on presidential war powers regarding Iran, rising health-care costs, and livestreaming executions; Hageman supported Trump's Iran actions, blamed the Affordable Care Act for health-care problems, and said she had not analyzed the execution question.
Community News · Powell, WY
The Powell Valley Recycling Center at 946 Road 10 in Powell, WY operates the only commercial-size glass-crushing operation in Wyoming outside Yellowstone National Park, grinding bottles, jars, and window panes into sand and pea gravel. In just over a year, the crusher diverted 90 tons of glass from landfills across Wyoming and southern Montana. The center accepts most glass types except safety glass, tempered glass, and fluorescent tubes, with flat glass required to be broken into pieces smaller than 8 inches. Glass arrives from as far as Sheridan and Bozeman, and Cody's curbside recycling business drops off glass there because Cody does not accept it. The nonprofit is funded partly by $2 monthly per Powell household through city utility billing and sells crushed glass products for landscaping, sandblasting, and filtration uses.
Social Events · Park County
The Sage Creek Community Club of Park County will host its Old-Fashioned Country Dance Fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the club building on the Greybull Highway. The event features The Last Call Cowboys, a new five-member band in the Cody area, performing two-step country music for all ages. Donations are welcome at the door, and a patriotic blanket and scarf donated by member Dianna Cunningham will be raffled off. The club is also applying to the Wyoming State Historical Preservation Foundation for a grant to paint and repair its building.
