We need your help as soon as possible to stop attempted land grab efforts in Wyoming. Now is the time to stop the land grab make your voice heard! Two bills have been listed at the 2016 Wyoming State Legislature that aim to seize and privatize our national forests and other public lands. These bad bills are […]
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Legislative Watch 2016: Bicycles, mountain lions, and grizzlies
The 2016 Wyoming State legislative session began yesterday and is now in full swing! We have already seen a lot of action on conservation-related issues. Read on for a summary of today’s goings-on along with some late-breaking news. Senate Files: SF 8 – Bicycle and pedestrian system task force passed the Senate Travel, Recreation, and Wildlife committee […]
Stopping the Land Grab
“The people of Wyoming understand that once our public lands are taken and auctioned off to the highest bidder, that’s it. Up go the No Trespassing signs and there goes our access.” Click here or on the image above to read more!
Act Now to Influence State Flaring Rule
The Wyoming Outdoor Council has worked for more than two years to reduce flaring and venting at oil wells in Wyoming. Now, as the state prepares to vote on long-awaited revisions to its rules governing these practices, we need your help. As a reminder, flaring is the burning of natural gas at oil wells and venting […]
Our Top Five High Desert Landscapes in the Rock Springs Area
A vast region of public lands in Wyoming—from the southern edge of the beautiful Upper Green River Valley, down to Flaming Gorge, and across the northern Red Desert to the stunning landscape of Adobe Town—will have a new land-use plan in the next few years. Public land managers are working on this new plan right […]
Media Release: Proposed Wyoming Flaring Rule Needs Improvements to Prevent Waste, Protect Clean Air
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Kelsey Robinson, (512) 691-3404, krobinson@edf.org Chris Merrill, (307) 349-7288, chris@wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org Proposed Wyoming Flaring Rule Needs Improvements to Prevent Waste, Protect Clean Air Proposed rule changes improve data collection and planning practices, but more can be done to reduce waste and air pollution CASPER — The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission announced […]
There is still time to comment on Governor Mead’s Energy Strategy
Earlier this year, Governor Mead’s office hosted listening sessions around the state to collect thoughts from the public on the second phase of the Wyoming Energy Strategy. The governor’s office has now compiled the results of those listening sessions into a list of four separate categories of possible initiatives that must be narrowed down to […]
Don’t Give Up on Clean Water: Maps of the Reclassified Streams & How to Improve Wyoming’s Plan for E. coli Pollution
Scroll down or click here for maps depicting the reclassified (downgraded) streams By Gary Wilmot, executive director This article originally ran as an Op-Ed in the Jackson Hole News & Guide. There is a lot at stake in the state’s plan to reclassify more than three-quarters of its streams to allow for levels of E. […]
Let the state of Wyoming know you value clean water
The state of Wyoming wants to allow substantially higher levels of E. coli in more than three-quarters of its streams. What can you do? Click here to take action. Photo: Scott Kane Last summer, the state of Wyoming made a decision—we think it’s a bad one—that would allow up to five times more E. coli than was previously permissible […]
Ask Governor Mead to Reduce Wasteful Flaring and Protect People Statewide from Air Pollution
Governor Mead’s office is asking for public input for his energy strategy at a series of upcoming public meetings throughout the state. Please take this opportunity to tell the governor that you’d like to see him prioritize two things in his energy strategy: (1) Providing Wyoming citizens with an equal, statewide approach to air pollution […]