FIELD Notes

Lummis, Barrasso respond to EPA investigation in Pavillion

by gliffen | January 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

Check out this thorough report from Wyoming Public Radio, which aired on Open Spaces, by clicking here or on the link below. Congress speaks out about EPA’s Pavillion report By Elizabeth Wynne Johnson Listen to the story   For background on this issue, read on:...

Our Winter Reading List, 2011-2012

by gliffen | December 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

By Janice H. Harris Vice President of the Wyoming Outdoor Council board of directors   Each year, the Emily Stevens Book Fund, sponsored by the Wyoming Outdoor Council, invites Wyoming county libraries to select a title from a list of terrific books, all focused...

Winter Frontline 2011, the Wyoming Outdoor Council Newsletter

by gliffen | December 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

Clean air in Wyoming has perhaps been taken for granted over the years. But, as unbelievable as it may seem, in the second decade of the 21st century, Wyoming is facing a smog problem. Click here or on the image of the newsletter to read the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s...

EPA says fracking likely contaminated Wyoming drinking water

by gliffen | December 8, 2011 | Uncategorized

Click here or on the image above to read the EPA’s draft report on its investigation into water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming. Pavillion-area residents have said for years that their domestic water wells were good and clean until an oil and gas company...

EPA chief says fracking might have caused Pavillion water contamination

by gliffen | November 18, 2011 | Uncategorized

Photo courtesy of Gasland From the Casper Star-Tribune: The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says high levels of methane, benzene and chemicals found in two Wyoming water-monitoring wells are “of concern” and said hydraulic fracturing may be responsible....

EPA’s Presentation to the Pavillion Community Nov. 2011

by gliffen | November 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

Environmental Protection Agency official Ayn Schmit included a slideshow in her presentation last week on the latest findings in the ongoing investigation into drinking water contamination in and around Pavillion, Wyoming. Click here or on the image above to view a...