AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoInvasive Species: Wyoming State Parks’ 2026 War on Weeds program held 70 educational events and eight volunteer weed pulls, while visitors reported potential infestations to help guide future control efforts. Fire Recovery: Crews and community volunteers are planting sagebrush in the Weiser Knoll fire scar, where the blaze wiped out habitat used by sage grouse and other wildlife. Yellowstone: The park’s record $105 million private gift includes $35 million for a new Norris Geyser Basin visitor center, alongside conservation, research and access projects. Wildlife Policy: The federal government is urging Wyoming and other states to keep current wolf policies as it presses some states to reconsider protections, raising concerns about the future of wolf recovery. Public Lands: Wyoming wildlife managers want to repeal the Roadless Rule, while hunters and anglers are pushing to retain it—a dispute with potential consequences for habitat and backcountry access. Fire Weather: A Red Flag Warning covered Wyoming and northwest South Dakota as dry vegetation, warm temperatures and gusts reaching 40 to 50 mph raised wildfire concerns.
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