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Last week, we sent 16 folks through certified interpretive guide - a 32 hour course through the National Association for Interpretation! Two superintendents and I are trainers, so we are able to teach this communication and program development course in house. We had ten staff from four districts and OREC, five Wyoming Game and Fish education employees, and outreach from the Wyoming Geological Survey. These folks will be doing programs at parks, out in wild areas, at Whiskey Mountain Conservation Camp, in classrooms, and more.

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A few days before teaching CIG, Adam McKay (Curt Gowdy superintendent) and I completed our nine month Collaboration Program in Natural Resources course through the Ruckelshaus Institute. This program covered a wide range of topics within natural resources and collaboration with 19 students from across disciplines and across the state.

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With summer right around the corner, we hope that you're planning trips to our sites! I wanted to make sure you knew about our library program. In an ever growing effort to increase access to our sites, we have worked with various libraries across the state to offer a "check out Wyoming State Parks" program. This allows library patrons to check out a pass to any of our sites to cover their day use fees. They can check the pass out for two weeks to be able to visit Fort Bridger, go fishing at Boysen (buy your game and fish license!), and more. This doesn't cover overnight fees, but allows folks to visit for day use at no cost - overcoming real or perceived barriers. Libraries in my district also have backpacks to check out for kids including guides, binoculars, and magnifying glasses! 

 

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Wyoming Wildflower Women 🌼 Wyoming Wildflower Women 🌼 We are always working to ensure women have a place in the outdoors - and in our sites! ⛺️We have worked with Women Who Hike [ [link removed] ] for the last several years to provide campouts throughout the western part of the state with the opportunity to learn all kinds of skills. Our application for South Pass City State Historic Site [ [link removed] ]'s August 2-4 campout is open til May 15th: [link removed] [ [link removed] ]. 💓And now, the application for our Tribal Women Who Hike at Hot Springs State Park [ [link removed] ] is open - until June 1st! The campout is July 19-21st. This campout has been designed with Shoshone and Arapaho Fish and Game [ [link removed] ] for Tribal women. Apply now: [link removed] [ [link removed] ]. In addition to campouts, Ranger Katie and Ranger Angelina will be hosting women's hikes and other programming. 🥾In the Absaroka District in the northeast, check out hikes: May 30th 6:30 p.m. at Fort Phil Kearny July 20th 10:00 a.m. at Keyhole State Park August 22nd 6:30 p.m. at Fort Phil Kearny You can find all the details on facebook or by emailing [email protected]. 🥾 In the Shoshone District in the southwest, we are starting a Wyoming Wildflower Women's group in collaboration with Shoshone and Arapaho Fish and Game! Stay tuned for all the wonders that this group will reveal (save the dates on the above graphic)! Our first meetup will be May 19th at 11:00 for hiking 101 at Sinks Canyon State Park [ [link removed] ]. Pre-registration is required: [link removed] [ [link removed] ] This group will meet monthly on Sunday afternoons from May-October with a variety of programs at Sinks and South Pass City! Book Club Join us for our Sinks Canyon book club! Grab a book to borrow from the library (you don't even need a library card!) and join for our book club movie night May 15th! ASL Programming We are excited to again offer American Sign Language programs for the Deaf/deaf community! Mark the dates for July 11-13 at Sinks Canyon State Park! Sign up here [ [link removed] ] if you want to be sure to stay in the loop on ASL programming.

World Migratory Bird Day will be festive again this year at Sinks! It lines up perfectly with "big day" - seeing as many species as you can in one day.

We'll have historic info on birds from Fort Bridger, games with Audubon, a guided birding walk with Zach from Audubon, and information about attracting birds and other pollinators to your yard! The event is free and open to the public. See you at the visitor center May 11th 10:00-12:00!

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Registration is open May 1st for our third annual Latino Outdoors campout! This year we have lots of special fun planned at Hot Springs State Park. The program is free and open to the public, but spots are limited. Be committed to attending when you sign up [ [link removed] ]!

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Hawk talks at Bear River

Our Bear River Hawk Talks are underway! Pencil in the remaining dates and visit Bear River to learn about birds of prey!

 

Leave No Trace at Sinks Canyon

Sinks Canyon has been selected as a spotlight site for Leave No Trace! That means *you* can take part too! We will have a series of programs for all interest levels. Sign up [ [link removed] ] to stay informed on the variety of programs - and start assembling your trivia team now!

 

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Dark Sky Party May 25th

You might've heard that Sinks Canyon State Park is the first Darksky site in Wyoming! That's a pretty big deal - and we want to celebrate.

Boater Safety

Boater safety week is May 18-24, with the first big day on the water in Wyoming being the 25th. Join staff at Seminoe to make sure you're starting the season off safely.

 

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If you haven't experienced Gold Rush Days - you want to mark your calendars.

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Remember last year's big pollinator project "Wings Over Wyoming", funded by Stihl? It's still going! We have a program May 11th in Lander - an adult coloring night at Bar 223. You'll be able to color a poster of your own as well as taking a full color one home with you.  arts and craft cocktails may 11th at 5:30   Until our next newsletter - stay in touch on Wyoming State Parks' Facebook page and Instagram @wyo.state.parks!

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