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Johnson County, Wyoming, is one of six counties in the state that don’t have any zoning. It's a place unfriendly to government controls. But as sure as the Big Horn Mountains rise to the west, there are outsiders moving in to enjoy them.
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HOST: Johnson County is one of six in Wyoming that don’t have any zoning. It's a place unfriendly to government controls… and arguably, you don’t need zoning when the nearest neighbors are a mile away and you’ve known them since you were born. That’s how life was in Johnson County…and how life still is for much of it. But as sure as the Big Horn Mountains rise to the west, there are outsiders moving in to enjoy them. And now the locals are starting to think that a little government control might not be so bad. Wyoming Public Radio’s Addie Goss reports.
AG: Bob Ruby's been out on the land since dawn. It's now eight o'clock at night, and he just got in. Almost immediately, the phone rings – a work call.
257.2 Does this boy have any experience with sheep? Yeah, is this, can he ride horses?
Ruby grew up on this ranch in the foothills of the Big Horns. He says he remembers when...
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INTRO:Johnson county is one of six in Wyoming that don’t have any zoning. It's a place unfriendly to government controls… and arguably, you don’t need zoning when the nearest neighbors are a mile away and you’ve known them since you were born. That’s how life was in Johnson County…and how life still is for much of it. But as sure as the Big Horn Mountains rise to the west, there are outsiders moving in to enjoy them. And now the locals are starting to think that a little government control might not be so bad. Wyoming Public Radio’s Addie Goss reports.
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