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FIELD NOTES
Beers & Bills is coming to a town near you!
Join the Wyoming Outdoor Council staff to learn about key bills, review our Conservation Vote Report, and find out what’s to come for the legislature in the months ahead.
It’s time to enact the oil and gas leasing reforms called for by Congress
Finalizing these reforms will ease the burden on taxpayers, protect wildlife habitat and areas with cultural and historic value, and stop “over-the-counter” lease sales at bargain basement rates.
Keep up the pressure to save our sagebrush
With sagebrush habitat in freefall, and ongoing sage-grouse population declines, we should be shoring up the best remaining sage-grouse habitat, not leasing it out for industrial development.
The Wyoming Legislature is in session. Here’s what you need to know.
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 bills.
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 Desert and worked to make Indigenous […]
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 the oil and gas industry. If enacted, these common-sense rules would be the first action by the […]
Action alert: Insist the BLM safeguard sage-grouse habitat in Wyoming
Given the downward trajectory of sage-grouse numbers, we should not be offering up sage-grouse habitat for industrial development.
Get ready to vote! Wyoming’s general election is Nov. 8.
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, make sure your values are being represented by heading to the polls for Election Day.
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 about how Tribal and community members can stay engaged in […]