From the monthly archives:

April 2009

April 20, 2009

Green River Diversion Plan A Big Rip-Off Of Wyoming

In dry Wyoming, it has been said that water is more precious than gold.
If this is true, recent efforts by a Fort Collins entrepreneur to suck water from Wyoming’s Green River and Flaming Gorge and send it to Colorado should be generating terrific opposition.
Called a “trans-basin water diversion plan,” this monster project figures to use [...]

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April 20, 2009

Annie Proulx’s new Red Desert book

This book is not intended as another plea to save the greater Red Desert. Many tries for conservation by people who love the place have come and gone over the decades, defeated by the prevailing attitude of “show me the money,” by the congressional cold shoulder, by lack of knowledge of what is in that [...]

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April 20, 2009

Is Sweetwater County Getting Shafted? Report Urges Wyoming Tax Reforms

An extensive report by Headwaters Economics, an independent regional research organization, recommends that Wyoming follow Alaska’s example to revamp its severance tax formula and direct additional tax revenue to the counties and communities where most mineral extraction takes place.
“Some have argued persuasively that Wyoming ought to compare its tax structure not to its peers in [...]

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April 6, 2009

Barstool Mountain Myths: Wolves & Elk Numbers Strong Despite Dire Predictions

While some Wyoming legislators, hunters, and ranchers claim that wolves are decimating the state’s elk herds, analysis of the facts tells a different story. Prior to the reintroduction of wolves into the Greater Yellowstone area during 1995 and 1996, some pessimists predicted that following wolf recovery, Wyoming’s abundant elk herds and popular elk hunting would [...]

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