This is the official Twitter account for the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Following/RTs don't=endorsement
Joined March 2010
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Get out & celebrate National Trails Day 6/6/26 by volunteering. Here is an example on #MedicineBow NF - commonoutdoorground.org/even…
Also, fee free at day-use sites!
(U.S. Forest Service photo, Mary Grace Bedwell)
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Access Update: Helicopter work prompts temporary closures on #MedicineBow NF around Laramie Peak,
(USFS images - Decommissioned comm site debris to be removed) fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Timber products support over 51,000 jobs and generate more than $5.83 billion of the nation’s gross domestic product.
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Today, Forest Service announced an additional 2026 recreation fee-free day on June 6 to celebrate #NationalTrailsDay, providing no cost use of all standard amenity recreation sites on national forests & grasslands. Find a local National Trails Day event: americanhiking.org/national-…
ALT Photo of people hiking with "National Trails Day June 6, 2026 | FEE FREE.
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Access Update: Hazard tree removal work to temporarily close Forest Road 542 in the Snowy Range, #MedicineBow NF fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
May 7
As wood products leave the forest, recreation enters. The multiple use mission of the Forest Service comes into focus.
For generations, national forests have balanced these multiple uses to serve the public.
(Forest Service photo by Dan Todd.)
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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Apr 29
🚨 USDA is taking action to heighten national wildfire readiness. Today, @SecRollins issued a memo directing @forestservice to accelerate community-focused risk reduction, and strengthen firefighter health and safety for the 2026 fire year.
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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Apr 23
Thanks to crews from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin Grassland for their work regrading roads across the Pawnee National Grassland and reshaping berms at Baker Draw! This work increases motor vehicle access and improves visitor experience on the Pawnee.
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Access Update - All Pole Mountain roads are open, #MedicineBow NF
Forest Service photo by Mary Grace Bedwell
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Campground hosts needed on local National Forests, #MedicineBow NF #Routt NF
Forest Service photo of Friend Park CG near Laramie Peak fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
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Aerial cheatgrass spraying underway on Pole Mountain, #MedicineBow NF fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
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Annual, temporary closure of Fish Creek Falls bridge in place, #Routt NF
Forest Service photo of Fish Creek Falls from near the bridge by Michael Woodbridge
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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Mar 31
🚨 USDA's Forest Service will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves, a structural reset and a common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.
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Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Mar 23
To improve motor vehicle access, crews from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland will be repairing and regrading roads on the Pawnee National Grassland over the next several weeks. Exercise caution near machinery and work areas.
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Ignitions are complete for the day on Steamboat Front Prescribed Fire. Light rain should help moderate smoke. #Routt NF
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Smoke & flame may be observed while traveling US Hwy 40 this afternoon. This is expected & is from the Steamboat Front prescribed fire. #Routt NF
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Steamboat Front Prescribed Fire is a GO for today. Ignitions will begin mid day. Smoke is expected to be visible from surrounding roads & communities. #Routt NF fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
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Steamboat Front prescribed fire planned by #Routt National Forest
- Forest Service photo of '25 Steamboat Front RX fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
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Pole Mountain prescribed fires planned by #MedicineBow National Forest,
Forest Service photo of '15 Pole Mtn RX,
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