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Outdoors

Fishing

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<title>Helicopter Drops Christmas Trees Into Popular Montana Lake To Save Yellow Perch | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Walleyes were gobbling up too many yellow perch in Montana’s Canyon Ferry Lake. So, state officials started dropping old Christmas trees into water to provide spawning habitat and shelter for perch hatchlings.

Helicopter Drops Christmas Trees Into Popular Montana Lake To Save Yellow Perch

David Madison

Crime & Courts

Courts

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<title>Men Accused Of Dumping Wyoming Oil Field Waste In Utah Face Multiple Felonies | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A pair of oil field waste haulers are accused of trying to cut corners and pocket more money by dumping Wyoming oil field waste near a town in Utah. They face multiple felony charges.

Men Accused Of Dumping Wyoming Oil Field Waste In Utah Face Multiple Felonies

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Andrew Rossi

Wyoming Life

Around Wyoming

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<title>Rawlins Residents Fed Up With Gravedigging Prairie Dogs In City Cemetery | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Prairie dogs are digging holes daily in the Rawlins Cemetery, including into graves, and local residents are fed up with them. The city is tripling the number of poison traps around the cemetery to try and cut out the critters.

Rawlins Residents Fed Up With Gravedigging Prairie Dogs In City Cemetery

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Dale Killingbeck

Government & Politics

Executive

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<title>Casper Hopes For Happy Ending By De-Regulating Massage Parlors | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Casper City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to remove massage therapy businesses from regulation through the city’s health ordinances. It’s a good move, says a local massage therapist.

Casper Hopes For Happy Ending By De-Regulating Massage Parlors

Wildlife

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<title>Wandering Colorado Wolf Transplanted From Canada Logs 1,230 Miles Around State | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Colorado’s reintroduced wolves have been making tracks all over the state, including one female that’s logged more than 1,200 miles. At least two are also known to have ranged into Wyoming.

Mark Jenkins

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