1 2025, 07

Opening the Bighorns to All: Expanding Recreation Opportunities on SCLT’s Trails

2025-07-01T12:17:35-06:00July 1st, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Community, Community Initiatives, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

At SCLT, “expanding recreation opportunities” isn’t just a motto—it’s written into our mission. But how do you take the challenging terrain of the Bighorn Mountains and make something accessible and enjoyable to nearly everyone? Thanks to a generous grant [...]

26 2025, 06

New Trails Open to Help You Go From The Base to Bear Gulch at Red Grade Trails

2025-06-26T12:42:22-06:00June 26th, 2025|Hiking, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

Summer is here, and so are two brand-new trails ready for you to explore at Sheridan Community Land Trust’s Red Grade Trails! Fire Up is now open as a bidirectional hiking and biking trail, and Upper Drifter is a scenic [...]

21 2025, 05

Unshackling Wyoming’s waterways with floater-friendly fence

2025-06-30T14:18:54-06:00May 21st, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Fencing, Recreation, Trails, Water|

On a wintery Friday afternoon, Sheridan Community Land Trust Recreation Program Manager Jared Koenig sat tinkering with his latest creation – a contraption made of steel and bolts that form an articulating jaw that looks like it could nip [...]

31 2025, 03

Hidden Hoot Trail and Hoot Loop closed to the public beginning April 1

2025-03-31T09:46:38-06:00March 31st, 2025|Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

Sheridan Community Land Trust would like to remind everyone that the Hidden Hoot Trail and Hoot Loop will be closed to the public starting April 1. This annual trail closure aims to ease the stress on animals and people during [...]

1 2025, 01

$50,000 Wyoming Recreation Trails Program (RTP) grant to build Highlander Trail at Red Grade Trails in 2025

2025-02-11T09:14:29-07:00January 1st, 2025|Hiking, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

Update 2/11/25: This project is on hold until the State of Wyoming receives new federal procurement guidelines. We all love recreation opportunities. And we all love amazing partnerships. In an incredible collaboration, Wyoming Pathways secured a $50,000 Wyoming Recreational Trails [...]

18 2024, 12

SCLT Big Goose Natural Area is nearly ready to fly, will open to the public in 2025

2025-03-19T09:29:17-06:00December 18th, 2024|Big Goose Natural Area, Community, Community Initiatives, Conservation, Historic Preservation, Recent News, Recreation, Trails, Volunteering, Water|

‘Community Jewel’ brings together outdoor recreation, agriculture, conservation, and historic preservation at one site Wednesday, December 18, was a landmark date for outdoor recreation, conservation, and historic preservation in Sheridan County as the Sheridan Community Land Trust announced [...]

5 2024, 12

A two-wheeled ‘game changer’ for your trails

2024-12-19T08:06:39-07:00December 5th, 2024|Hiking, Recent News, Recreation, Trails, Volunteering|

It’s rare that something billed as a “game changer” lives up to the hype. But SCLT’s new two-wheel tractor has gone above and beyond in its first season. “In five minutes, this machine can do what would take me [...]

24 2024, 10

Soldier Ridge Trail System is reopened, Loan-A-Lesh Program and trail reporting tool launched

2024-11-12T10:15:42-07:00October 24th, 2024|Community, Hiking, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

The Sheridan Community Land Trust is excited to announce that the Soldier Ridge Trail System has reopened to the public. SCLT reminds the public that most of the Soldier Ridge Trail System is on private land. Access to this [...]

10 2024, 10

A note from Don Roberts and Sheridan Community Land Trust pertaining to the closing of Soldier Ridge Trail

2024-10-10T09:43:30-06:00October 10th, 2024|Community, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

I would like to address the recent closure of the Soldier Ridge and Hidden Hoot Trail systems. The land that the trailheads and most of the trail sits on has been owned by my family since 1957. We have always [...]

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