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Discuss Proposed Changes to Mountain Lion, Wolf Management
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SHERIDAN - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be holding a series of public meetings in May to discuss proposed changes to mountain lion, wolf management, and wolf seasons for 2013. The meeting for the Sheridan Region will be held at Sheridan College, Whitney Building, CETL Hall on May 22 at 7:00 p.m.
Wyo. Extended Unemployment Checks to be Cut
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CHEYENNE –Federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program benefits will be reduced under the federal government’s budget sequester. The EUC program extends benefits to unemployed individuals who have exhausted regular unemployment insurance benefits.
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Lummis Introduces Bill to Protect State’s Mineral Royalty Share
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WASHINGTON – Tuesday U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) introduced the State Mineral Revenue Protection Act, legislation that protects Wyoming from Washington’s efforts to use the state’s mineral revenue to pay its debts. Under the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) the federal government is required to pay states 50% of royalties back to the states. The State Mineral Revenue Protection Act amends the MLA to grant states the option to collect their share of the mineral royalties, and grant those states full property interest in their share. Such changes would bar the federal government from inappropriately withholding state’s funds under the pretext of administrative costs or the more recent example of sequestration.
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Devils Tower Reopens After Wildland Fire
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Park officials reopen Devils Tower for visitors. “The entrance road and a portion of the Tower Trail is open, all other hiking trails are closed”, said Reed Robinson, Superintendent of Devils Tower National Monument. “The visitor center will also be open from 9 am to 4 pm seven days a week. Climbing routes on the Tower continue to be limited to the west face; all other routes are temporarily closed. The Belle Fourche River Campground is temporarily closed to private camping.”
