A recent WyoFile article tells a story that reminds us how healing the land can be when we work with nature. In Wyoming’s Snowy Range, biologists and volunteers are hand-building “fake beaver dams,” or beaver dam analogues, woven willows and mud structures that mimic the work of real beavers. Their purpose: to slow water, raise the water table, and bring life back to dried streambeds. As the article beautifully describes, these simple, muddy projects are already restoring wetlands, habitats for

The Rifleman 1961 — Season 3, Episode 21: The Wyoming Story (Part 2) After losing their entire herd to hoof and mouth, Lucas has undertaken a dangerous mission to stop gunrunners from arming the Cheyenne in Wyoming. He leaves without telling Mark why, and two months later — with no word from his father — Mark has decided he has to get by on his own. This scene is evidence that young Johnny Crawford could deliver the goods. | Richard Poshard