FIELD Notes

ProPublica: One Man’s Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Fracking

by gliffen | March 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

by ProPublica on March 1, 2011 Photo by Linda Baker By Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica THERE ARE FEW THINGS A FAMILY NEEDS TO SURVIVE MORE THAN FRESH DRINKING WATER. And Louis Meeks, a burly, jowled Vietnam War hero who had long ago planted his roots on these sparse...

Pavillion investigation focuses on pollution source

by gliffen | February 28, 2011 | Uncategorized

Reproduced by permission from WyoFile. (Click here to read the entire post.) by Dustin Bleizeffer on February 25, 2011 The latest development in the years-long controversy over poor drinking water quality outside Pavillion will play out on Tuesday when state...

We need your help with two bills at the Legislature

by gliffen | February 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature ONE WEEK TO GO AND STILL MILES TO TRAVEL . . . It’s the second-to-last Friday at the Wyoming State Legislature in Cheyenne. We’ve had many successes and a few...

WyoFile Investigative Story: Communities at Risk

by gliffen | February 24, 2011 | Uncategorized

Reproduced by permission from WyoFile. Click here for the entire investigative piece, which includes interactive maps, an in-depth look at the track records of two Wyoming refineries, and much more. CASPER — Wyoming Refining Co.’s oil refinery is situated literally on...

Bipartisan poll: Western voters want environmental protection

by gliffen | February 24, 2011 | Uncategorized

Photo by Jeff Vanuga Nearly 70 percent think the environment is fragile and must be protected. From the Wyoming Tribune Eagle: February 24, 2011 New bipartisan poll said that 69 percent of the 2,200 residents surveyed think the environment is fragile. By Josh Mitchell...

Proposed gas field in a Greater Yellowstone national forest

by gliffen | February 23, 2011 | Uncategorized

A must-see video by the Citizens for the Wyoming Range: Click here for more information about the proposed drilling in the Upper Hoback Basin of the Wyoming Range.

Bighorn Basin juried art exhibit travels to the Capitol

by gliffen | February 22, 2011 | Uncategorized

The “Public Lands, Personal Visions” juried art exhibit, on display at Northwest College in the fall of 2010. This exhibit has traveled to Cheyenne for the legislative session. By Jamie Wolf A POPULAR JURIED ART EXHIBIT that displayed this fall in...

Up and running again: Shoshone National Forest planning process

by gliffen | February 18, 2011 | Uncategorized

Photo by Jeff Vanuga Stalled plan is back on track By Lisa McGee THE SHOSHONE NATIONAL FOREST IS RESTARTING THE PROCESS of revising its management plan, and will hold a series of public meetings in late February and early March to discuss the revision. As many readers...

Energy efficiency bill would serve the public good

by gliffen | February 18, 2011 | Uncategorized

By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature I TESTIFIED YESTERDAY MORNING AND ASKED THE WYOMING SENATE CORPORATIONS COMMITTEE TO PASS HOUSE BILL 179, which would establish a statewide program for encouraging residential energy...

Don’t Miss This WyoFile Feature: Picturing Yellowstone

by gliffen | February 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

See the entire feature here. by Ruffin Prevost on February 15, 2011 CODY — More than 3.6 million people visited Yellowstone National Park last year, but there’s no telling how many millions of pictures they took while there. Photographing Old Faithful, Lower...