Bighorn Canyon supt. wants to draw more visitors Oct 25, 2008
- The new superintendent at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area says he'd like to improve the park's trail system and interpretive programs. (217). (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Stone circles tell stories Jun 16, 2008
LOVELL -- Looters and collectors got there first in almost every case, but enough evidence may remain in the hundreds of tepee rings that cover Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area to fill information gaps 10,000 years wide. "The nice thing about tepee rings is that most people don't pick up the rocks and take them away," said Laura Scheiber, an archaeologist from Indiana University conducting her fourth field school on the park's Bad Pass Trail. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Students catalog tepee rings where ancient tribes lived Jun 12, 2008
- Looters and collectors got there first in almost every case, but enough evidence may remain in the hundreds of tepee rings that cover Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area to fill information gaps 10,000 years wide. (134). (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Bighorn Lake marina needs 9 more feet May 11, 2008
The reservoir in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area stood at 3,608 feet this past week, nine feet below the elevation needed for the marina to open ... About 250,000 people visit Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area each year. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Public land site named for late Sen. Craig Thomas Apr 1, 2008
It's surrounded by public lands, including the Bighorn National Forest, the Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark, the Yellowtail Reservoir and Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. Thomas, a Cody native, died last June at age 74 after a fight with leukemia. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
BLM aims to cull wild horses Feb 5, 2008
Seventy percent of it is on BLM land with the remainder controlled by Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, the Custer National Forest and private landowners. By Matthew Brown - Associated Press Writer. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
White House ornaments feature parks scenery Dec 3, 2007
The others are Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Devils Tower National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Fossil Butte National Monument, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway and Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Not Yet Rated. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Wyoming national parks get place on White House Christmas tree Dec 2, 2007
Others show scenes from Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Devils Tower National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fossil Butte National Monument and the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway. In all, 347 ornaments hand-painted by artists from across the country adorn the 18-foot Fraser fir. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Glacier National Park changes hands Nov 18, 2007
Later to Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in Wyoming (district interpreter 1979-1985), Knife River Indian Villages (park manager 1985-1992), Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky (deputy superintendent 1992-2000) and Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico (superintendent 2000-2002), before arriving as Glacier's top boss midsummer 2002. When he returned to the Big Sky, five years back, he called it sort of a homecoming growing up there, starting my career there, and now I'm going... (Missoulian, MT)
Cool weather eases fire restrictions Sep 13, 2007
on Thursday, Sept. 13, fire restrictions will be rescinded in Big Horn County as well as the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area and Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. At the same time, private, state and federal lands in Carbon, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure and Yellowstone counties will ease from Stage II to Stage I restrictions. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
Montana and Wyoming Battle Over Water Feb 6, 2007
The bill, which Lovell officials say would effectively doom Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, stakes out yet another front in the water wars breaking out across the Northern Plains. As the worst dry spell since the 1930s shows no signs of abating, many states are squabbling with each other and federal officials. (Newsmax)
