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 […]
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WyoFile Investigative Story: Communities at Risk
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 […]
Bipartisan poll: Western voters want environmental protection
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 […]
Proposed gas field in a Greater Yellowstone national forest
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
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 Northwest College in Powell has traveled to Cheyenne and is on display for the […]
Up and running again: Shoshone National Forest planning process
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 know, the Shoshone’s forest plan revision has been […]
Energy efficiency bill would serve the public good
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 efficiency improvements that could help reduce costs for Wyoming consumers and reduce harmful pollution and waste. […]
Don’t Miss This WyoFile Feature: Picturing Yellowstone
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 Yellowstone Falls and wildlife from bison to bears is a daily rite of […]
Check out the Sage Spirit Conservation Project
Spectacular images, great music, and an important mission. Check out these incredible shots of Wyoming’s—and the West’s—celebrated open spaces and wildlife:
Op-Ed: Big Energy Makes Misleading Economic Claims
Google Earth satellite image of the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field on public lands near Pinedale, Wyoming. (Click photo to enlarge) Google Earth satellite image of the nearby Jonah natural gas field on public lands south of Pinedale, Wyoming. (Click photo to enlarge) From the Op-Ed: “Big energy makes misleading economic claims” Originally published in […]