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Moorcroft Mayor Dick Claar will conduct a walk through the municipal landfill Wednesday with a state inspector to determine the current health and future of the enterprise.

Claar explained at Monday’s meeting of the town council his hope to see a solid waste district approved by the Crook County Commissioners in the future as well as permission from the DEQ for another pit established.

“It’s critical, in my opinion,” the mayor stated, “for all of northeast Wyoming that this landfill remains open.”

The landfill has been closed to non-municipal garbage before, due to the garbage...