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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Different plants have different root systems. Those roots provide organic matter at a variety of depths, which helps feed billions of soil organisms. Healthy and abundant native plant roots on Western rangelands protect against erosion, store more water, and foster healthy soil.
Window of opportunity nears for annual slash pile burning on #MedicineBow & #Routt National Forests, fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Ranchers keep America fed, and we’re working to help grazing permits holders expand their herd by opening closed allotments and team up to ensure healthier rangelands. fs.usda.gov/about-agency/fea…
ALT Jim Willadsen works cattle on horseback at Pole Mountain in the Medicine Bow National Forest near Laramie, Wyoming, in an undated family photograph taken during a livestock-gathering operation. Willadsen’s family was among the first to receive a grazing permit on Pole Mountain and remains connected to the land generations later. (Photo courtesy of the Willadsen family)
ALT Iris and Jim Willadsen reflect on nearly a century of change during an interview on Pole Mountain in the Medicine Bow National Forest near Laramie, Wyoming, June 15, 2026. The couple has been married for 72 years, and Jim’s family was among the first to receive a grazing permit on Pole Mountain. (Forest Service photo by Travis Weger)
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Public-land grazing is more than turning cattle loose.
Permittees check water, repair fences, monitor vegetation, treat livestock and move cattle away from sensitive areas, sometimes visiting allotments several times each week.
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Access Impact: Dam Project - Forest visitors in the Big Creek Lakes area of the #Routt NF should be aware of heavy equipment & construction activity at the lower reservoir dam fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/alerts…
Day 1 of Slack-Weiss RX burn was a success. Almost all of the 200-acre project was completed. Today's activity will be interior clean-up & holding, #Routt NF, Lance Broyles pic - USFS fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
Weather & fuel conditions have aligned for the Slack-Weiss Prescribed Burn. Ignitions will occur Thurs & Fri, Oct 8-9. Expect to see smoke in south Jackson County, CO, #Routt NF fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
Update: #WardGulchFire is contained at less than an acre. Mop up will continue tomorrow a.m. #MedicineBow NF
Note the name change.... #WardGulchFire is on Forest, 1/2 acre in size. Near Forest Road 398, west of Bald Mtn, north of Corner Mtn. Crews are on scene and making good progress, #MedicineBow NF teapawt.org/FS_MBRTB/status/210760…
Smoke is visible in the eastern Snowy Range from a new wildfire start north of Wyo Hwy 130 & Centennial, WY. Resources are responding, more info will be provided when available, #RockCreekFire #MedicineBow NF
Smoke is visible in the eastern Snowy Range from a new wildfire start north of Wyo Hwy 130 & Centennial, WY. Resources are responding, more info will be provided when available, #RockCreekFire #MedicineBow NF
Check out this & other posts from @forestservice that feature some of our permittees, our relationship with them, & the important role they play on the landscape teapawt.org/forestservice/status/2…
Pole Mountain supports cattle, recreation, wildlife, streams and wetlands.
Managing that shared landscape requires active work and cooperation between permittees, Forest Service specialists and other public-land users.
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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Pole Mountain supports cattle, recreation, wildlife, streams and wetlands.
Managing that shared landscape requires active work and cooperation between permittees, Forest Service specialists and other public-land users.
fs.usda.gov/about-agency/fea…
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
At 91, Jim Willadsen has watched nearly a century of change on Pole Mountain.
His advice: “Learn how to love it and take care of it and pass it on to somebody else. Leave it the way you found it. And maybe make an improvement.”
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Slack-Weiss prescribed burn planned this fall by USDA Forest Service, #Routt NF fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
Fire restrictions to be rescinded Sept. 28 on #MBRTB fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
Public Lands Day events planned near Douglas, Laramie, and Walden on Sept. 26, volunteers needed, #MBRTB fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
Access Update: Culvert installation work to briefly close a portion of Pelton Creek Road, Snowy Range, #MedicineBow NF fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Routt County Road 129 will be closed at approximately mile marker 30, just north of the USFS Road 550 intersection, on Tuesday, September 15, from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm to allow for a culvert replacement.
Caution urged at Stillwater Trailhead/North Derby Trail due to heavy equipment for dam project, Flat Tops Wilderness, #Routt NF, @GarfieldCounty, @Routt_CountyCO, Forest Service photo fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/alerts…
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Wildfires don’t stop at jurisdictional boundaries.
At the Rocky Mountain Engine Academy, firefighters train with partners before the call comes, building the relationships and skills needed for a safe, fast, coordinated wildfire response. fs.usda.gov/about-agency/fea…