It’s time to enact the oil and gas leasing reforms called for by Congress
On Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, the Wyoming Outdoor Council joined a number of organizations in calling on the Secretary of the Interior to enact long-overdue oil and gas leasing reforms that were put forward by Congress as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Finalizing...
Keep up the pressure to save our sagebrush
The Bureau of Land Management rang in the new year with a bang and has cued up a public comment doubleheader for two upcoming oil and gas lease sales. I hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to share your views on both sales with the BLM in one fell swoop!...
The Wyoming Legislature is in session. Here’s what you need to know.
The Wyoming Legislature gaveled in for the 2023 general session at noon Tuesday, Jan. 10, where lawmakers will confront a lot of new faces (including 29 new representatives and five new senators), a $913 million budget surplus, and perhaps as many as 700 individual...Message from the director: A renewed commitment for 2023
As the year draws to a close, I hope you’ll join me to reflect on some of the good work we accomplished together in 2022. We were your source for up-to-date information on issues you cared about at the Wyoming Legislature. We drafted a conservation vision for the Red...
New federal methane rules would curb climate change, benefit Wyoming
On Friday, Nov. 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an important step toward protecting public health and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change by strengthening proposed rules that will reduce wasteful methane emissions from...
Action alert: Insist the BLM safeguard sage-grouse habitat in Wyoming
The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to lease more than 250,000 acres of public lands in Wyoming for oil and gas development in the beginning of 2023. Sage-grouse habitat is impacted on nearly every acre of the proposed lease sale. Greater...
Get ready to vote! Wyoming’s general election is Nov. 8.
At all levels of government, elected officials in Wyoming make daily decisions that impact our public lands, wildlife, climate, and communities — now and for future generations. And while big-ticket national races tend to get most of the attention, you’re more...Photos from the 2022 Halloween Masquerade in Riverton
The Wyoming Outdoor Council was proud to help support a Halloween Masquerade hosted by the Indigenous Land Alliance of Wyoming on Oct. 14 in Riverton. Costumed kids came dressed to impress, the crowd strutted for cake walk prizes, and everyone had the chance to learn...