Wyoming Land
Wyoming
Wyoming gets its name from the Algonquin words for "land of vast plains." After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, the capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, established in 1868. Wyoming was admitted as the 44th state in 1890. The constitution of the "Equality State" was the first in the world to grant voting rights to women. Wyoming was also the first state to elect a woman governor. People are spread out across the state in small farming and ranching towns, and millions of visitors come to enjoy the Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks each year. The state flower has the poetic name of Indian paintbrush. Wyoming is the smallest state in the Union in population. ... [Read More]
Executive Order 1997-5
These specific duties were assigned by the 1989 Legislature to the state planning coordinator. Laws 1989, ch. 282, § 1. The state planning coordinator’s position is, by the same statute, W.S. § 9-1-207, a discretionary position. Effective November 25, 1997, James H. Magagna is removed as the Wyoming federal land policy director. The Director of State Lands and Investments will appoint the Wyoming federal land policy director with the approval of the Governor. ... State and federal agencies which deal with federal land use issues are hereby advised that the Wyoming federal land policy director will be the point of contact within State government on federal land use issues. ... [Read More]
Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide
Bureau of Land Management. Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, WY ... Bureau of Land ... Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Resource Area, Pinedale, WY ... [Read More]
Public Rewards from Public Lands
In the fast-growing West, BLM lands are especially valuable for the open space and recreational opportunities they provide. As a result of population expansion in neighboring States, plus the growing popularity of sport utility vehicles, motorcycles, and mountain bikes, recreational use of public lands in Wyoming is steadily rising. Increasing use by Off-Highway Vehicles (OHVs) is taking place on areas designated as open to cross-country travel in land management plans developed in the 1970s and 1980s, when OHV use was comparatively small. These plans are outdated not only as a result of increased OHV use, but also because of the rise in the number of threatened and endangered species found on BLM lands. In addition, such activities as hunting, fishing, and grazing, along with the advent of new technologies in mineral development, place increased demands on the State's public lands. To address these management issues, the BLM must update its land-use plans to ensure that recreational a ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - Detailed Index
Land Quality ... State Lands ... The Mission of Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites is to provide quality recreational and cultural land and opportunities that meet or exceed the expectations of our State's residents and visitors and to be responsible stewards of our resources. ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - Business and Industry
Signs of Sutherland Auto Trim & Graphics ... Prosurv 2 Land Surveying Data Collection ... Lander Llama Company Wilderness Outfitting and Guides ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - Elected Officials
Joe Meyer is currently serving his second term as Wyoming's Secretary ofState. Within this capacity, he serves as acting governor in the absenceof the governor, Securities Commissioner, State Elections Officer,Corporations Administrator; convenes the State House of Representatives;is the custodian of the Great Seal of the State of Wyoming and stores alllegislative enactments and journals. He also serves on four boards andcommissions: Board of Land Commissioners, State Land and Investment Board,State Building Commission and the State Canvassing Board. ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - Narrative
Devils Tower National Monument -The nation's first national monument, Devils Tower, looms prominently over the Belle FourcheRiver in a place where the pine forests of the Black Hills mergewith the grasslands of the rolling plains. This imposing formationis a stump-shaped cluster of rock columns 1,000 feet across thebottom and 275 feet across the top. It rises 1,280 feet above thevalley to a height of 5,117 feet above sea level. For centuries,Devils Tower played an important role in the legend and folklore ofIndian people. It became a landmark to stalwart explorers andtravelers pushing their way west from the Black Hill region. Itwas proclaimed a national monument on September 24, 1906, byPresident Theodore Roosevelt. The most recent fame for the towercame as the site where the spaceship landed in the popular movie,"Close Encounters of the Third Kind." ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - General Facts About Wyoming
It is as difficult to separate art from the Indian's daily life as it is to separate his religion from his daily life. All are tightly interwoven. There is one Indian reservation in Wyoming, the Wind River Reservation, with headquarters at Fort Washakie. The reservation is the home of some 2,357 Shoshone and 3,501 Arapaho Indians. The total acreage of the reservation is 1,888,334, exclusive of lands owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and other patented lands within the exterior boundaries. ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - General Wyoming Information
I In the far and mighty West,Where the crimson sun seeks rest,There's a growing splendid State that lies above,On the breast of this great land;Where the massive Rockies stand,There's Wyoming young and strong, the State I love! Chorus Wyoming, Wyoming! Land of the sunlight clear!Wyoming, Wyoming! Land that we hold so dear!Wyoming, Wyoming! Precious art thou and thine!Wyoming, Wyoming! Beloved State of mine! II In the flowers wild and sweet,Colors rare and perfumes meet;There's the columbine so pure, the daisy too,Wild the rose and red it springs,White the button and its rings,Thou art loyal for they're red and white and blue, III Where thy peaks with crowned head,Rising till the sky they wed,Sit like snow queens ruling wood and stream and plain;'Neath thy granite bases deep,'Neath thy bosom's broadened sweep,Lie the riches that have gained and brought thee fame. IV Other treasures thou dost hold,Men and women thou dost mould,True and earnest are the lives that thou dost raise,Stren ... [Read More]
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