Seedskadee and Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuges

06/04/2026

Bumblebee ID training opportunity - Wednesday, June 10th at 10am at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge - open to the public. Come join us and Xerces Society next week on Wednesday!

06/03/2026

Our local Kids' Fishing Day is Scheduled:

Rock Springs

June 13

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

@ Paul J. Wataha Pond

Sponsored by Seedskadee Chapter #533 of Trout Unlimited

CHEYENNE — Celebrate Wyoming’s five-star fisheries this year by fishing without a license for a day — for free. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department invites anglers to celebrate Free Fishing Day on June 6. Each year, Game and Fish designates the first Saturday of National Boating and Fishing W...

04/28/2026

Our partners at the Xerces Society are hiring a summer technician job - https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/4115583

04/28/2026

River flows below Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon dams will begin changing April 23 as drought response operations start in the Colorado River Basin.

Under the 2026 Drought Response Operations Plan, up to 660,000 acre-feet to 1 million acre-feet of water will be released from Flaming Gorge to Lake Powell through April 2027. To move that water downstream, flows on the Green River will increase. Releases are expected to average about 2,000 cfs through April 30, 2026, and may rise to roughly 4,600 cfs after that.

At the same time, Lake Powell will reduce releases by 1.48 MAF (from 7.48 MAF down to 6.0 MAF) to Lake Mead, resulting in lower flows below Glen Canyon Dam. Those releases are expected to average about 7,000 cfs, with daily fluctuations between 6,000 and 8,000 cfs.

We will continue to share updates as operations move forward. Please note, flows are highly dynamic and may keep changing as real-time operations adjust.

More information on river flows will be provided soon. For more details, visit: https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/news-release/5326

04/25/2026

Wyoming Native Plant Society Announces Winners of Poster Contest Celebrating Wyoming Native Plant Month

Laramie, WY - April 23, 2026 - The Wyoming Native Plant Society is excited to announce the winners of their 3rd annual poster contest celebrating Wyoming Native Plant Month. The contest, open to all Wyoming 6th-8th graders, invited students to create a poster around the theme: "Native Plants Benefit People", highlighting the many essential roles that plants play in human lives. To view the winning posters, please visit the Wyoming Native Plant Society website at http://www.wynps.org/events/.

After reviewing many beautiful and creative submissions from students across the state, these three winners have been selected:

- Isadora Clark (8th grade) from Pinedale Middle School, and her teacher, Kandase Youtz
- Naomi Vreeman (7th grade) from Casper Christian School, and her teacher, Jody Scott
- Laney Hugo (6th grade) from Stocktrail Elementary, and her teacher, Amanda Bailey

Each winning student, along with their respective teacher, will receive $250 and the winning posters will be displayed across Wyoming public libraries from June through November.

Honorable Mentions were also awarded to four other students, reflecting the high level of creativity and engagement in this year’s contest. These students, who will receive certificates, are:

-Tylie Maughan (7th grade) from Hanna Elementary School and her teacher, Kaitlyn Larson
-Kenzie Blair (8th grade) from Greybull Middle School, and her teacher, Michelle Stebner
-Indiana Moon (8th grade) from Douglas Middle School, and her teacher Emily Jensen, and
-Chloe Shadden (8th grade) from Douglas Middle School, and her teacher Emily Jensen

The Wyoming Native Plant Society thanks all participants for contributing their talent to highlight the importance of native plants to ecosystems and people.

Image credit: by Isadora Clark from Pinedale Middle School, 🥇

04/23/2026

04/20/2026

The wind blew in a little crew of ten or so curlews last week at Cokeville Meadows NWR. Mixed in with the wind you can hear the distinctive call of the curlews. Spring visitors are the best:)

04/20/2026

https://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/nrcs/snowmap/snowmap.html

Update on Wyoming's snowpack, still is looking a bit bleak for summer flows at Seedskadee and Cokeville Meadows NWRs.

Map of Wyoming Snow Water Equivalent Percentage of Median

04/13/2026

For anyone interested in plant identification and other local plant information for around Flaming Gorge, check out the Wyoming Native Plant Society's meeting weekend May 29 - 31st at the Firehole Campground. See link below for details and registration information.

https://www.wynps.org/annual-meeting-wildflower-weekend/

03/17/2026

You’re invited!

Free Webinar: Wednesday, March 25, 2026

The Trumpeter Swans of Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge: A dam mitigation and Trumpeter Swan success story

2 pm Mountain Time.

All who register will receive a link to the recording.

It would be easy to miss the 25,000-acre Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Hidden in southwest Wyoming, almost 40 miles north of the town of Green River, this refuge is in the middle of a sage brush sea. This high-desert refuge, created as mitigation for the construction of the Fontenelle Dam, is teeming with life. That life includes Trumpeter Swans and a unique story about how the building of a dam and a refuge led to four seasons of “desert swans”.

Presenter: Colin Dovichin, Sage Ecologist, Seedskadee NWR

Panelists: Katie Theule, Refuge Manager, Seedskadee and Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuges

Bill Long, Wyoming Wetlands Society

Zach Wallace, Wyoming Game and Fish

Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zsLVqPifTt-gT3XShT8pOA