As Ozone Decision Looms, EPA Finds Stronger Science By GABRIEL NELSON of Greenwire This is an excerpt; read entire article here. Recent studies suggest that smog-filled air kills more people and causes more breathing problems than previously thought, U.S. EPA scientists say in a new draft paper, but due to a procedural twist, the findings […]

Background photo by Dave Showalter with aerial support provided by LightHawk. Click the image to make it larger. Email your comments by March 11 By Lisa McGee THIS IS A REMINDER TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS VIA EMAIL TO THE FOREST SERVICE by Friday, March 11. You can send your comments to Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor […]

Listen to this: Recently retired Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor Kniffy Hamilton says a proposed Greater Yellowstone gas field development is a bad idea (interview from Wyoming Public Radio). Kniffy Hamilton interview with Wyoming Public Radio, air date March 4 2011 Click here for the entire March 4 Open Spaces show on Wyoming Public Radio.  

Photos in this post by Scott Copeland By Nathan Maxon WYOMING IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN AMERICA FOR HUNTING, fishing, hiking, camping, and exploring. Anyone who participates in these pursuits understands they are best experienced on lands that retain their natural and wild character. Recently, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reinstated a worthy policy […]

Please tell him you oppose House Bill 152 By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER? Please pass this message along to your friends and followers (see below). Please let the governor hear your voice TODAY—Wyoming’s only environmentally friendly designation, Very Rare or Uncommon, […]

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 eastern Wyoming grasslands, was drilling a new well in […]

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 regulators will hold a public meeting to discuss a new strategy. The Wyoming Department of […]

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 disappointments as well. Meanwhile, two important outcomes are still in doubt—and your […]

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 Main Street in Newcastle and a mere half-mile away from Newcastle High School. The […]

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 jmitchell@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE — Voters in five western states, including Wyoming, have […]