BLM Waives Recreation Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day

The Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for veterans and military personnel, along with their families, on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11.

BLM Director Bob Abbey encouraged veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Forces to recreate on BLM-managed or other Federal lands on November 11, saying, “We want to thank the men and women who have served or are serving our country through military service. This is a small, but special way in which we can express our gratitude and our appreciation to them.”

The waiver of entrance and/or standard amenity fees on Veterans Day applies annually, starting in 2006, to public recreation lands under the management of the BLM, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Reclamation (all agencies of the Department of the Interior), along with the U.S. Forest Service (part of the Department of Agriculture).

The Veterans Day fee waiver takes place on Nov. 11, even if the Federal observance of the holiday should occur on a different day. This year, the Federal observance of Veterans Day falls on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

November 5 - Record high temperatures

Several locations across central and western Wyoming either tied or broke record high temperatures on Thursday, Nov. 5, when an unseasonably mild southwest flow, snow-free basins and enough wind to mix out the the valleys and basins pushed temperatures into the 60s to lower 70s.


No records were broken in Big Horn County, though temperature sensors at the Greybull Airport recorded a balmy 64 degrees on Nov. 5, then heated to 70 degrees on Nov. 6.

The following table, provided by the National Weather Service, shows locations that reached or exceeded record highs (orange), and also some locations that came close to record highs today (yellow):

Location	New Record High Nov 5		Old Record High	Year
Casper	71		70	1999, 2001
Jackson	63 (tie)		63	1999
Rock Springs	66		64	1980
Worland	73(tie)		73	2001
Location	High Nov 5		Record High	Year
Cody	72		73	1954
Lander	65		68	1921, 1891

Article and graph from the NWS.

The warm weather follows a brutally cold October in Wyoming. Most notably, Casper experienced the coldest October on record (since 1939) with a month average temperature of 37 degrees, which is 8.7 degrees below normal. Several other cities including Riverton and Lander had near record-cold Octobers as well.  


What is the cause of this abnormal weather?  Could it be global warming or is it just a few days of fluke temperatures? What do you think?

It's windy in Lovell

It's windy today. Taken by Erin Henson north of Lovell around 3 p.m.

Town of Lovell sued over 2007 murder/suicide

A complaint has been filed in the 5th Judicial District Court of Big Horn County against the Town of Lovell and a Lovell police officer that alleges the officer’s negligence led to a murder/suicide involving two Lovell residents in November of 2007.

Read the online story here

Today’s Chronicle: Nov. 5, 2009

An update on the sugar beet harvest, as farmers wait for another quota to deliver their crop to the factory.

FOBHL’s response to Sen. Max Baucus’ request for a federal investigation of Big Horn Lake.

Construction of the Lovell Library addition.

Steve Coleman, the new student resource officer at Big Horn County School District No. 1.

A dispute about receiving donations between the Big Horn County Sheriff and Search and Rescue.

The Town of Lovell’s plans to buy a new pickup.

Plans for the Veterans Day program.

The Lovell Lady Bulldogs and Rocky Mountain Lady Grizz competing at State Volleyball.