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The records in this collection cover a relatively small period of the committee's history. Most of the records originated in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A few of the records were created in the 2000s. Most of the records pertain to the creation of the ?Greater Yellowstone Area Aggregation of National Park and National Forest Management Plans? and the ?Framework for Coordination of National Parks and National Forests in the Greater Yellowstone...
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Main Street Wyoming volume 604
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How did over 18 million acres of land in Wyoming end up in federal hands? Follow the story of these BLM lands through the years before statehood until the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, and the more recent development of multiple use in the 1960's and 70's.
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This collection includes correspondences, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Horace Albright during his time as park superintendant and after his retirement from the National Park Service. The Horace M. Albright papers consist of personal papers collected by him, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, journal and magazine articles, and photographs. The papers span the years of his work in the National Park Service as well as...
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This collection includes the rare sightings records, maps, correspondence and research notes from the GYCDC. The collection holds the computer generated forms for the rare sightings file system and their coordinating maps, research notes and general information on some of the rare species of plants and animals spotted within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. There is also correspondence regarding the use of the GYCDC's records.
569) Ecosystem management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: a coupling of human and natural systems
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The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is one of the last, relatively intact temperate-zone ecosystems in the world. It is often invoked as a region that is ideal for the application of ecosystem management, yet no single plan or initiative currently exists for the area as a whole. Ecosystem management is seen as an alternative to traditional natural resource policies-those that been carried out within the confines of administrative units and have...
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"This report presents the results of a site inspection conducted at the Casper Ground Gunnery Range, FUDS property number B08WY0426, located approximately 7 miles northwest of Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming. [The range] was commissioned in 1943 and was used primarily for small arms training. The range was declared inactive on March 7 1945 and .... is currently used for grazing cattle and sheep .... [The range site] is recommended for further investigation...
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Celebration of the collaborative effort to preserve the rock art at Legend Rock Petroglyph Site located about 28 miles northwest of Thermopolis, Wyo. The symposium included presentations by representatives of various agencies and archaeologists who have extensively studied the site and/or rock art in other places.
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"This report presents the results of a site inspection conducted at the Casper Precision Bombing Range No. 3, FUDS property number B08WY0429, located approximately 19 miles northwest of Casper, Wyoming, in Natrona County. The Casper PBR No. 3 operated from 1943 through 1945 as a precision air-to-ground target practice range to support training operations originating from the Casper Army Air Field located in Casper, WY. The range was declared surplus...
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Existing employee housing for National Park Service (NPS) and concessioner personnel in Yellowstone National Park is deficient both in quantity and quality. Adequate employee housing is necessary for park employees to serve both visitors and to protect the park's resources. Inadequate employee housing lessens the ability of the NPS to fulfill its mission. Insufficient numbers of housing units are available to meet the current and future needs of park...
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This record group contains materials that relate to the fires within Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Area during the 1988 Fire Season. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) established a set of standards for how all fire incident documentation should be organized. This plan was used in conjunction with the National Park Service's records retention schedule to determine if a record is to be kept permanently or only temporarily...
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"A riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process. Between 1840 and 1910, over half a million men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, the vast lands that extended from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean. Survival in this uncharted region...