FIELD NOTES
Despite public outcry, Wyoming’s net metering law will again be on the chopping block
Last week, we asked many of you to speak up at the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Corporations Committee meeting and oppose a bill that would have undercut rooftop solar and small scale renewables in this state. And wow‚ that’s exactly what you did. The impact of your letters, calls, emails, and testimony w
Let’s vote, Wyoming! Here’s everything you need to know.
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Field Notes: August updates from the Wyoming Outdoor Council
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Story behind the photo: “Thorofare” by Karinthia Harrison
You may not know it, but the image featured for the month of July in our 2020 calendar is a well-known view in these parts. The mule and two horses graze in the foreground of the most iconic views in Wyoming — Deer Creek Pass in the Thorofare, one of the truly last wild places […]
Wyoming law student puts passion to work as Outdoor Council intern
Ryan Sedgeley didn’t take the traditional path to law school. Instead, the Colorado native studied photojournalism in Denver, worked at a newspaper on the Oregon coast while living as part of an intentional community, and spent most of the last eight years in and around national parks. Ryan — the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s 2020 summer […]
A federal land use plan may have drastic impacts on southwest Wyoming. Here’s how to prepare.
For almost 10 years, we’ve been waiting for the release of the Bureau of Land Management’s draft Rock Springs Resource Management Plan. The release is imminent, the field office announced earlier this summer, but we’ve come to expect delays. So why is this plan so important? Because it will determine how 3.6 million acres of […]