Olivia Weitz

1 month ago | upr.org | Olivia Weitz

Colorado is joining the Eastern Shoshone Tribe in designating bison as wildlife. Earlier this year, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe reclassified bison from being livestock to wildlife in an effort to manage the species less like cattle and more like big game such as elk. On May 22, Colorado's governor signed the Protect Wild Bison bill, which creates a dual wildlife and livestock designation. Some conservation groups say it makes killing bison that cross into Colorado from other states illegal.

1 month ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Olivia Weitz

Colorado is joining the Eastern Shoshone Tribe in designating bison as wildlife. Earlier this year, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe reclassified bison from being livestock to wildlife in an effort to manage the species less like cattle and more like big game such as elk. On May 22, Colorado’s governor signed the Protect Wild Bison bill, which creates a dual wildlife and livestock designation. Some conservation groups say it makes killing bison that cross into Colorado from other states illegal.

1 month ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Olivia Weitz

This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state. The scenic Beartooth Highway is expected to open on May 23, weather permitting. Crews are busy clearing snow and making repairs to the nearly 11,000 foot high pass between Yellowstone’s Northeast Entrance at Cooke City and Red Lodge, Montana.

1 month ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Olivia Weitz

When you think of pop art, Andy Warhol’s Campbell's soup cans might come to mind. But he also turned his psychedelic palette toward the West. Some of his prints of Western subjects are in an exhibition opening at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West on May 24, called “POP! Goes the West!”One of the exhibit’s living artists is originally from Holland. Willem Volkersz rode a motor scooter through Yellowstone National Park in his teens. That trip made a lasting impact.

1 month ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Olivia Weitz

The Plains Indian Museum has a beaded bag by Northern Arapaho and Cattaraugus Seneca artist Ken Williams Jr.Interim Curator Hunter Old Elk said Williams uses a hyper realistic bead embroidery style. “ Some artists choose to paint with beads and so they are taking this form of bead work, of flat bead work, and using colors to create realistic images,” she said. The bag features a portrait of a Shoshone woman wearing traditional clothing.