Council for the Bighorn Range

Council for the Bighorn Range The Council is a grass-roots non-profit 501C(3) eligible conservation organization with membership drawn from the communities within the Bighorn Mountains.

The Council is a grassroots nonprofit 501 (c) (3) conservation organization with membership primarily from the surrounding communities of the Basin and Range of Northeast Wyoming.

Bighorn National Forest does not need more roads to clear-cut for whatever flavor-of-the-day rationale is thrown at the ...
08/31/2026

Bighorn National Forest does not need more roads to clear-cut for whatever flavor-of-the-day rationale is thrown at the public and local officials. Be it fuel reduction, regeneration because they don’t like a stand of timber maturing, or canopy opening. Now that Forest Service NEPA has been undermined, the public and local governments are cut out, and the Forest Service no longer has to comply with its standards and guidelines on forest stewardship; uprooting the Roadless Rule is the final insult.

No longer will the public or other interested parties be able to find projects, their purpose, their status, when the de...
06/20/2026

No longer will the public or other interested parties be able to find projects, their purpose, their status, when the decision is made, scheduled for implementation, or contact information.

The Council for the Bighorn Range will fight to restore an open and transparent public process that fulfills the promise of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as it was intended for the public and local governments to take part in land management decisions.

The Forest Service follows new NEPA regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under this rule, Forest Service officials decide which proposed projects are shared if any public input is wanted by the agency.
The Forest Service will no longer issue a schedule of proposed actions (SOPA) report on projects, project document links, or responsible contact. Timber, forest health, and fire mitigation projects were withdrawn from public scrutiny in the quarterly SOPAs in the spring of 2025. In the revision of the Forest Service (2026) NEPA, publication of notice in local and state print media will no longer be done. Projects cleared for public input will potentially be posted on the Forest webpage.

The Council for the Bighorn Range will continue to monitor and communicate about the management of our Bighorn National ...
05/07/2026

The Council for the Bighorn Range will continue to monitor and communicate about the management of our Bighorn National Forest.

Future forest health and timber projects on the Bighorn National Forest will be approved under the Emergency Action Determination authority of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 40807, which displaces the comment process set out in 36 CFR Part 218. There will be no administrative review process (objection period) per agency guidance and the authority granted in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Wiping out the administrative review process (objection period) removes the mediation tools needed when the Forest Service has gone off the rails in its management, and the public gets a chance to offer a reasonable alternative.

The public, conservation groups, recreational users, and non-timber commercial businesses will be effectively shut out of the modernized Forest Service that is timber- and fire-first. Our Wyoming Fish and Game will be effectively shut out as a habitat partner.

The Bighorn NF will hold its spring Forest Plan Steering Committee meetings on May 7, 2026, in Greybull. The committee i...
04/23/2026

The Bighorn NF will hold its spring Forest Plan Steering Committee meetings on May 7, 2026, in Greybull. The committee is comprised of representatives from the four counties of the Bighorn NF, Soil and Conservation Districts. W**d and Pest and State Agencies. The State Agencies include Wyoming Game and Fish, the Department of Forestry, and State Trails. Often, the Congressional Delegation sends field operators.

The meetings are held twice a year to show local and state leadership what is currently happening with the BNF and to meet with the staff. The public can attend, but while the session is in progress, they are rarely a part of the program. The upside is that during breaks, the public can mingle with the Committee members and BNF staff.

The meeting will be held at the Big Horn County W**d and Pest Building, 4782 US-310, Greybull, WY from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

The agenda for May 7th is the introduction of the new Acting Forest Supervisor. two new Acting District Rangers, and the Powder River District Ranger. We have acting leadership following the initial steps of the illegal Forest Service realignment and dispersal since the end of 2025.
• Roadless Rule changes on the Bighorn NF
• Dispersed and developed recreation projects
• Moose Parturition Presentation
• District Ranger updates to the committee
• Feed back and future topics
For more information, call the Bighorn NF in Sheridan, Forest Supervisors office.

-1903 Big Horn Forest Reserve boundary marker.

Because of rugged topography with canyons and coulees cutting along the faces of the Bighorn Mountains, many islands of ...
04/06/2026

Because of rugged topography with canyons and coulees cutting along the faces of the Bighorn Mountains, many islands of highland Mountain big sagebrush are included in the 2001 Roadless Rule acres. Those subalpine shrublands provide a snow anchor, allowing melt to recharge the limestone aquifers that make the Bighorns such a notable water engine for the lower Yellowstone Basin.

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Sheridan, WY

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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+13072107745

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