Member Profile: Katie Hogarty & Bryon Lee
Time outside is important to Wyoming Outdoor Council members Katie Hogarty and Bryon Lee — whether it’s just sitting (without a cell phone) at Sweetwater Rocks and taking in the smells and sounds, walking their dog in the open space next to their Laramie home, or...
Wyoming must stand up to feds to save mule deer
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s reckless oil and gas leasing actions may be the death warrant for a prized mule deer herd that relies on the renowned 150-mile Red Desert to Hoback migration corridor in western Wyoming — the longest big game migration measured in...
Story Behind the Photo: “Snake River” by Kyle Aiton
Ask most photographers about that “perfect” shot and they’ll tell you that while their craft involves skill, practice, and technique, there is also a certain amount of luck. So was the case for Kyle Aiton and the image he captured at dawn on the Snake River, which we...
Energy Dominance: Wyoming is ground zero for ‘energy dominance’ mandate
A new “energy dominance” policy has made Wyoming ground zero for the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory, top-down mandate to promote energy extraction over all other uses on our public lands. And it’s affecting every aspect of the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s work....
Your voice makes a difference in wave of leasing actions
This summer we asked you to weigh in on several oil and gas leasing actions that would degrade wildlife habitat and other special landscapes in Wyoming. You responded by submitting comments and letting officials know that some places just aren’t right for development....
Ranchers rally for wilderness, against motorized use, on Copper Mountain
There isn’t much traffic on Birdseye Pass Road just outside Shoshoni in north-central Wyoming, despite the fact that it carves around the southern and eastern borders of the Copper Mountain Wilderness Study Area — a place that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management...
Story Behind the Photo: “Boar’s Tusk” by Ian Cadena
Ian Cadena’s photograph of Wyoming’s iconic Boar’s Tusk — moody, blue, and cold — portrays with authenticity the austereness of this unique high-altitude desert. When thinking of deserts, many might imagine a sea of hot, barren, sun-bathed sand. Wyoming’s Red Desert...
Deal withdraws 24,000 acres in Wyoming Range from oil and gas drilling
In what made for an especially happy Fourth of July, a deal was struck to protect 24,000 acres in the Wyoming Range from oil and gas drilling. This is tremendous news and gets us one step closer to realizing the collective vision behind the 2009 Wyoming Range Legacy...