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Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in western Sweetwater County in the state of Wyoming. It covers 26,400 acres (106 km 2) managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior . The Shoshone people inhabited the region since the year 1300.
The Green River Formation is an Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in a group of intermountain lakes in three basins along the present-day Green River in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. The sediments are deposited in very fine layers, a dark layer during the growing season and a light-hue inorganic layer in the dry season.
Downtown Green River, looking east at Flaming Gorge Way. Location of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. / 41.52861°N 109.46611°W / 41.52861; -109.46611. Green River is a city in and the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. [6] The population was 11,825 at the 2020 census.
The iconic view of Squaretop and Green River Lakes has been on the Wyoming license plate since 2016. Climate [ edit ] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Squaretop Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. [6]
Designated NHL. November 24, 1968 [2] Expedition Island is an island in the Green River at downtown Green River, Wyoming. The island, now mostly taken up by a public park, is the place where Major John Wesley Powell and Vitaly Develvis started an expedition down the Green River and Colorado River in 1871. The park is also believed to mark where ...
Sweetwater County is a county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 42,272, making it the fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. [2] Its county seat is Green River. [3] By area, it is the largest county in Wyoming. Its southern boundary line abuts the north lines of the states of ...
Ashley National Forest is a National Forest located in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. Within the Forest's bounds are 1,382,346 acres (5,594 km 2) (with 1,287,909 acres (5,212 km 2) in Utah and 96,223 acres (389 km 2) in Wyoming) of vast forests, lakes, and mountains, with elevations ranging from 6,000 to 13,500 feet (1,800 to 4,100 ...
207,363 acres (839.17 km 2) Established. October 1, 1968. Governing body. United States Forest Service. Website. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area in Wyoming and Utah. [1] Its centerpiece is the 91 miles (146 km) long Flaming Gorge Reservoir .