FIELD Notes

EPA’s November 2011 Report on Pavillion Water Contamination

by gliffen | November 10, 2011 | Uncategorized

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday presented its latest findings in the agency’s investigation into drinking water contamination in and around Pavillion, Wyoming. Area residents have said for years that their domestic water wells were good and...

Wyoming Looks to Craft a State Energy Policy: What to Consider

by gliffen | October 24, 2011 | Uncategorized

Influential Study Reveals a Complicated Story By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature WYOMING GOV. MATT MEAD RECENTLY ANNOUNCED that by working with state agencies, industry, legislators, and environmental groups he intends...

Federal Court Reinstates Roadless Rule

by gliffen | October 21, 2011 | Uncategorized

Photo by Jeff Vanuga The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision today that secures protections for nearly 50 million acres of beloved, backcountry National Forest lands in Wyoming and throughout the nation. This landmark ruling reverses a...

Winners of the Wyoming Outdoor Council calendar photo contest

by gliffen | October 20, 2011 | Uncategorized

This photo of a Golden Eagle in Sinks Canyon, by Scott Copeland, is among the winners and will appear in the our 2012 calendar.   Thirteen different photographers have had their images chosen for inclusion in the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s 2012 calendar....

Hydraulic fracturing: what we’d like to achieve

by gliffen | October 14, 2011 | Uncategorized

By Steve Jones OVER THE PAST DECADE, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, OR “FRACKING,” HAS BECOME PERVASIVE in Wyoming. These days virtually all new oil and gas wells are fracked. The University of Wyoming hosted a forum in September on the practice of hydraulic...

UW hydraulic fracturing forum benefited from public involvement

by gliffen | October 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

EPA whistleblower Wes Wilson asks a question during the University of Wyoming’s forum on hydraulic fracturing in September. By Laurie Milford The University of Wyoming hosted a forum in September with the purpose of exploring the technical and environmental...