Bureau Of Land Management

Stage 1 fire restrictions will take effect in parts of eastern and central Wyoming beginning Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors have recently filed charges alleging that a Wyoming man intentionally set two small wildfires as a major fire burned nearby.

The wide-ranging, chicken-sized bird has seen a dramatic population drop in recent decades.

All lands in the Laramie Region that are owned or managed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission are under this ban.

According to the weekly Baker Hughes rig count only one oil rig is drilling in Wyoming.

The bureau is a branch of the Interior Department that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the West.

A spokesperson said it will likely be Wednesday morning before more information is released.

It also calls for new regulations allowing the sterilization of horses roaming federal lands.