Environment

Environment Thumbnail image for Study: Decline of cutthroat trout forces grizzlies to eat more elk

Study: Decline of cutthroat trout forces grizzlies to eat more elk

May 21, 2013

The decline in the Yellowstone Cutthroat trout population has caused grizzly bears to shift their diet to elk calves in Yellowstone National Park.

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Hunting a new kind of fugitive in the West

May 7, 2013

The Rural West Initiative presents a video feature on the build-up of “fugitive” ozone gas emissions that are a invisible side effect of gas extraction.

Environment Thumbnail image for Grizzly bear delisting uncertain despite strong numbers

Grizzly bear delisting uncertain despite strong numbers

April 30, 2013

Wildlife managers are looking at white bark pine and new ways to track grizzly populations as they look to delisting the animals.

Environment Thumbnail image for Groups say new management plan fails to protect sage grouse

Groups say new management plan fails to protect sage grouse

April 2, 2013

Conservation groups say a new BLM plan covering millions of acres in central Wyoming fails to adequately protect the habitat of the imperiled sage grouse.

Environment Thumbnail image for Wildfires force grazing lessees off some federal lands

Wildfires force grazing lessees off some federal lands

March 12, 2013

1,200 head of cattle displaced for about two years while federal lands are allowed to recover.

Energy Thumbnail image for Emission questions loom large over oil and gas industry

Emission questions loom large over oil and gas industry

March 5, 2013

Drillers want 24,000 new gas wells while Wyoming still struggles to prove it has solved its wintertime ozone problem.

Environment Thumbnail image for Yellowstone Park seeks compromises on snowmobiles

Yellowstone Park seeks compromises on snowmobiles

February 26, 2013

A new winter-use plan may finally strike a balance between environmental concerns and tourism interests in the long-running dispute over snowmobiles.

Environment Thumbnail image for Wyoming ranch is first to house wild horses for tourism

Wyoming ranch is first to house wild horses for tourism

January 8, 2013

Jana and Rich Wilson hope to keep hundreds of wild horses that would otherwise crowd the open range of Wyoming.

Environment Thumbnail image for Feds sacrifice tomorrow’s water to mine uranium today

Feds sacrifice tomorrow’s water to mine uranium today

December 27, 2012

A battle over uranium mining at a remote 35,000-acre tract in Wyoming could shape decisions nationwide as mining surges in drought-stricken areas.

Environment Thumbnail image for Grad student strives to bring buffalo back to Wyo. reservation

Grad student strives to bring buffalo back to Wyo. reservation

December 18, 2012

Jason Baldes wants to bring buffalo back to Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation, but it won’t be an easy undertaking.

Environment Thumbnail image for Gas flaring riles homeowners in Converse County

Gas flaring riles homeowners in Converse County

December 11, 2012

While many welcome the economic boon of energy development, some nearby residents are concerned about health and safety.

Energy Thumbnail image for Oil & gas lease buy-back deal coming up short

Oil & gas lease buy-back deal coming up short

December 4, 2012

An historic effort to preserve land in Wyoming Range is racing to raise more than $3 million by the end of the year.

Environment Thumbnail image for New proposal may raise fish population in ranchland streams

New proposal may raise fish population in ranchland streams

November 13, 2012

A new bill would allow landowners to temporarily lease their water rights to groups for the purpose of restoring fish populations. But it faces opposition.

Environment Thumbnail image for Park policy experts meet to discuss process of land management resolutions

Park policy experts meet to discuss process of land management resolutions

October 23, 2012

Four seasoned Wyoming public policy experts debated collaboration in natural resource management during a panel discussion in Cody.

Environment Thumbnail image for EPA report defends Pavillion water testing methods

EPA report defends Pavillion water testing methods

October 16, 2012

U.S. EPA scientists are defending the methods they used to test a key well in the Pavillion, Wyo., hydraulic fracturing water contamination investigation.

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Advocating the economic benefits of Shoshone National Forest

October 2, 2012

Fremont County businesses and organizations have banded together to advocate recreation in Shoshone National Forest as it moves forward in revising its management plan.

Environment Thumbnail image for Hard lesson for Lincoln County in protest of in-stream flows

Hard lesson for Lincoln County in protest of in-stream flows

October 2, 2012

State officials turned down an effort by Lincoln County to challenge confirmation of in-stream flow water rights in over a dozen streams in the county.

Environment Thumbnail image for Underwater war: Killing lake trout to save cutthroat in Yellowstone

Underwater war: Killing lake trout to save cutthroat in Yellowstone

September 25, 2012

Lake trout have devastated Yellowstone’s cutthroat trout population for years, but the National Park Service is fighting back.

Environment Thumbnail image for Fires help, drought hurts Wyoming’s wildlife

Fires help, drought hurts Wyoming’s wildlife

September 18, 2012

This summer’s drought hurt livestock and crop productions, while wildfires filled communities with smoke and threatened homes. But it wasn’t all bad.

Environment Thumbnail image for The Accidental Activist: Dan Smitherman leads the charge against drilling the Wyoming Range

The Accidental Activist: Dan Smitherman leads the charge against drilling the Wyoming Range

September 4, 2012

The ex-marine describes himself as the “antithesis of a tree hugger.” Yet he’s found himself leading a movement to lessen the impact of oil drilling …