Due to current fire conditions and the anticipated elevated risk of wildfire, Stage 1 fire restrictions were put in place Thursday, July 5 on all National Forest System lands within the Sierra Madre Range and Snowy range on the Medicine Bow National Forest.
The Forest Service has opened Forest Road 700, or Vedauwoo Road on Pole Mountain in Medicine Bow National Forest for motorized travel and designated dispersed camping in time for the holiday weekend.
Yesterday, one of Wyoming's most beloved places officially celebrated its 114th birthday.
On May 22, 1902, Medicine Bow National Forest was established as a forest reserve by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Although the area, which covers more than one million square miles in southeastern Wyoming, has been federally protected for over a century, it was considered a sacred meeting place for Native Am
The road closures would provide areas of secure habitat for deer and elk during transition periods, difficult winter months and the fawning and calving season.
Recent wet conditions have forced the U.S. Forest Service to temporarily close all roads on the Pole Mountain unit of the Medicine Bow National Forest.
The Forest Service says in a press release that wheeled motor vehicles are prohibited while the closure in effect...
A group of about 100 snowmobilers is coming to the Snowy Range this weekend, and a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer is taking the opportunity to put out some key information about snowmobiling in the Medicine Bow National Forest...