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Trustees adopt revised Natrona County parks rules, clarifying camping, firearms and equine use
Summary
The Natrona County Board of Trustees approved updated parks rules after a public hearing. Revisions include single-unit campsite limits (with exceptions), expanded definitions, alignment of firearm discharge language with Wyoming law, equine access clarifications and revised enforcement language.
The Natrona County Board of Trustees voted to adopt a revised set of parks rules after a public hearing that included public concerns about staffing and enforcement.
Parks Director Michael Brown summarized the changes before the trustees voted, saying, “the reserve site shall only be allowed 1 camping unit as defined below unless specifically designated otherwise,” language intended to give staff flexibility to reconfigure larger preservation sites into multi-unit reservation sites. Brown also described added and reorganized definitions (including golf carts, multipurpose vehicles, off-road recreational vehicles and “peace officer”), clarified seasonal-closure and winter-month definitions, and adjusted camping permit expiration times from 11 a.m. to noon.
Why it matters: The updates change how sites are reserved and used, align some…
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