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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Thursday, December 5th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by the Cowboy State Daily Morning Show with Jake. From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, Cowboy State Daily's Jake Nichols takes you deeper into the stories that matter - and keeps up with the news, weather and sports in your part of Wyoming. Just tune into Cowboy State Daily Dot Com and join the conversation.

If you ask his son, Wyoming's late troubadour Chris LeDoux has one more song to sing.

LeDoux was a world champion bareback rider and renowned country singer who hailed from Kaycee. LeDoux was 56 when he died of cancer in 2005. LeDoux's son Ned, whose voice bears an uncanny resemblance to his father's, unveiled a track on Wednesday his dad recorded shortly before his death.

Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the song, titled "One Hand in the Riggin'," features the voices of both Ned and his father.

"Often, you know… even in the literary world… if things are released after a person's death, it's because they weren't the best things. But this song is actually good. It has the the catchy twang of that late 80s, early 90s era of rodeo, cowboy country. Um, it's got that same dogged spirit like, I'm just gonna get to Cheyenne. I'm just going to get through one more rodeo. You can hear the voices of Father and Son, an electric guitar solo, and just a whole lot of country."

The song tells a story of a rodeo cowboy who got bucked off at a show, didn't make the short go, and had to drive half the night just to make it to Cheyenne.

Read the full story HERE.

The Bureau of Land Management's controversial Resource Management Plan is a legal document that charts the future management of 3.6 million acres of BLM land in the Rock Springs region. The plan outlines what areas can and can't be used for mining, recreation and travel.

The plan, which is close to becoming final, has been met with serious opposition in and around Wyoming since first developed. Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson reports that while changes and compromises were made from its original version, Governor Mark Gordon and other Wyoming officials and residents continue to express serious opposition to the document that would curtail mining and increase conservation on federal lands in the southwest corner of the state.

"Gordon still is opposed to the RMP plan. He believes it does not strike a balance when it comes to mining interests related to conservation interests, and he just feels like it is not where it needs to be, as far as representing Wyoming stakeholders. Interests. He will be submitting an appeal to the BLM on this plan."

It will be BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning's call to decide if more modifications are made to the plan based on the governor's recommendations, or to keep it as is.

Read the full story HERE.

A $37 million wildlife crossing project in southwest Wyoming is on track to start construction next year - a project that is considered essential to protect drivers and two mule deer herds that were devastated by a harsh winter two years ago.

The Kemmerer Wildlife Crossing on U.S. Highway 189 is expected to benefit prized Wyoming Range mule deer, the Uinta mule deer herd and the Carter Lease pronghorn herd, according to Cowboy State Daily's Justin George.

"It'll take couple of years to build. The