MUSEUM HOSTS TALK ON GAME WARDENS: Readers who enjoy C.J. Box’s mystery novels starring game warden Joe Pickett might want to attend a presentation on “History of the Wyoming Game Warden” on Thursday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne. Jay Lawson, of the Wyoming Game and Fish Dept., will discuss the appointment of the first game warden in the 1890s, as well as many other interesting events involving the state’s red-shirted G&F employees. He will examine the unsolved murder of two game wardens in the Sierra Madre Mountains and the story of Earl Durand’s killing spree following his arrest for poaching elk. Lawson also will explore the restoration of the beaver by early wardens and the evolution of equipment and techniques used by the Game and Fish Dept. The State Museum is located in the Barrett Building, 2301 Central Avenue. FMI: 307-777-7022.

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