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You can strike gold this weekend - the aspen are beautiful throughout our sites - and it's National Public Lands Day on Saturday the 28th meaning all day use fees are waived! Read on to find out where you can volunteer to celebrate.

Have you ever taken the Forest Service Loop Road from Sinks to South Pass City? I did it today and the trees couldn't be any more beautiful. The road is a bumpy one - hang on! South Pass City is open for a few more weeks!

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Wyoming Wildflower Women have been busy! This September we took 17 women rock climbing in Sinks Canyon, sponsored by Bronco Wild Fund. I myself have never been rock climbing - and was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it!

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Read more about our efforts and programs from Wyoming Public Radio [ [link removed] ]!

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We also hosted a fly fishing weekend at beautiful Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site in Hyattville. Eighteen women joined to start with the basics and work up to putting a fly in the water! We had camaraderie, campfires, a cultural experience, and time well spent in Wyoming's fall.

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We had women attend like Anna from Cheyenne - it's her sixth women's campout with me in the last two years! Cori, pictured here, has been to four! 

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Special thanks to superintendent Heather, trades specialist Lyndi, and Clarke and Leslie for guiding! This weekend of fly fishing was co-hosted by the Office of Outdoor Recreation, represented by outreach coordinator Laurel who guided the more advanced group. We are so lucky to have Laurel in our state representing OREC - she's very knowledgeable and inviting. I'm grateful to have her skills to help make these full weekends run so smoothly.

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Want to join in? I'm coming to Laramie/Cheyenne! My friend Adam McKay, superintendent of Curt Gowdy, is hosting us in October. You can join in on classes in Animal Awareness, Outdoor Survival, and Leave No Trace. Sign up and check out more information here: [link removed].

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Surprise! The Shoshone District welcomed two new ferrets to the crew. These two were transferred to us from the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center, a facility through USFWS. Kyle and I visited the facility last August and were impressed with the great impact they're making for North America's most rare mammal. Black-footed ferrets are bred, observed, and released from this facility. Another avenue for ferret reintroduction is cloning. Part of this process requires domestic ferret surrogate mothers and litter mates. Shep (the dog who found the ferret colony) and Hogg (the family whose ranch it was) were surrogate litter mates.

Live animals help folks to connect with these stories. Rather than black-footed ferrets being rare, separate, and somewhat nebulous, a domestic ferret in hand can show off its huge canines and slink around to show what tunnel living would be like in the wild!

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We were recently in Gulf Shores, Alabama for a conference of the National Association of State Park Directors. Representatives from all fifty states sit in this group, whether they're directors, commissioners, deputy directors or so on. Forty-six states represented America's State Parks at Gulf State Park!

The aurora has really been showing up at Sinks Canyon! This one was the night before the full Harvest Moon.

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The Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources commissioners met in Lander this month! They toured South Pass City and Sinks Canyon - and had a special meet and greet with some VIP State Parks ambassadors.

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National Public Lands Day is this Saturday! For over thirty years folks have been coming together on the third weekend in September to give back to the lands they recreate on. You can join us across the state!  In our district: Sinks Canyon State Park: Help with the Sunnyside Trail and other improvement projects. Meet us at the visitor center at 9:00 and we'll work til noon. Bear River State Park: Join us in the Rendezvous Area to work around the site. We'll be around 10:00-1:00! Seminoe State Park: Meet at Sunshine Beach at 10:00 for a beach cleanup. Here's our women's crew at last year's NPLD at Sinks! Group of women with trashbags of branches in front of a trunk

We have some fun and spirited programs coming up at our historic sites!

"South Pass City Spirits" is on October 5th at 6pm. It is a 21 and over event and is $30 a person. Tickets are required and can be bought at southpasscity.org/spirits. [ [link removed] ] black and white picture of downtown South Pass The night starts with a guided walk through town where participants will hear some of SPC's darker stories. After the walk historic cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres will be served in the Miner's Exchange Saloon, with mystical parlor activities just outside the saloon. a dark trick or treat image Trick or Treat graphic for October 26th Join for Fort Bridger's Trick or Treat on October 26th! 6:30-7:30 will be sensory friendly and for small children. You can navigate on the boardwalk around the site! At 7:30, scaring begins.  Cost is $5 for those 6+, no pre-registration necessary! Fort Bridger Haunted tour flyer. information in body The Fort Bridger Historical Association is hosting two weekends of haunted ghost tours. Tour the site by lamplight and you might learn a thing or two about the history of the site along the way. The tours are by reservation only and are scheduled for the nights of October 4th, 5th, 18th, and 19th. Tours go out every 15 minutes. Recommended for ages 14 and over to go on the tour. If you would like to schedule a tour please call 307-782-3842. The cost is $10 per person. What Ranger Angelina is most excited for - pixel art Today marks three years with the state of Wyoming! The interpretive ranger position was created in 2021 and I'm the first and only to have held it. The way I count, I have hosted 16 campouts, helped with three BioBlitz, two Project Learning Trees, three Gold Rush Days, and three Rendezvous in the last 1,095 days.  In my time here I've received $56k in grants and helped out on $20k+ more. I've presented at three national conferences, gained certifications in CIG, LNT, and PLT and taught them all. In the last year I went through CPNR and State Park Leadership School, was awarded WRPA's Outstanding Young Professional, accepted the Gold Medal Finalist award alongside Kyle, and had a documentary and PBS special made on my work. sunset with folks standing in a field I often hear "we never had any of this before you got here". Though many sites did some level of interp, that's largely true at other sites and in towns. This position was created to add all those things we've been able to bring to the table! I credit my supervisors Kyle Bernis and Nick Neylon for seeing the need and making the position happen - and then for spending three years supporting the efforts. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ShoshoneDistrict!!

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