Johnson County

Governor Matt Mead said that Wyoming has an approach for managing sage-grouse that balances development and conserving the species. Friday, Governor Mead met with the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and representatives of other western states.

The Sheridan Salvation Army bell ringers are out in force manning red kettles as usual, and they have a few other events scheduled as Christmas approaches.

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead says the Environmental Protection Agency's study on Pavillion wells is "scientifically questionable", and is calling for more in-depth study of the practice, according to a media release from the governor's office.

Estimates done on the property just north of the Johnson County Library have come back substantially lower than the price being asked by the property owner, according to members of the Library Board, who gave the results to the County Commissioners at their meeting earlier this week.

Friday evening, Sheridan College in Johnson County will host the second annual Cowboy Christmas Poetry event at their campus on South Main Street in Buffalo.

John Wade, with the Wyoming Water Devolopment Commission, was at the Buffalo City Council meeting Tuesday to offer the public a chance to comment on the proposed Buffalo NW Water Supply Project.

Coming up in July of 2012 is the Eighth Annual Big Horn Mountain Festival in Buffalo, and early bird tickets are now on sale through January 8.

Anglers in northeast Wyoming will have a good opportunity to catch some large lake and brook trout this winter as Story Fish Hatchery personnel are in the process of stocking nearly 100 lake trout in Gillette Fishing lake and another 100 into Black Hills Power and Light Pond near Osage.

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