A PREMIERE EXECUTIVE-TRAINING PROGRAM has recognized Wyoming Outdoor Council Director Laurie Milford, along with five other graduates, as an exceptional leader in the field of environmental conservation. Milford was featured in the Institute for Conservation Leadership’s 20th anniversary publication. She was picked from among 20 years of graduates of the Institute’s executive director leadership program. […]

Photo: Killpecker Sand Dunes, Bureau of Land Management lands, Rock Springs region. By Nathan Maxon THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT HAS BEGUN the process of revising its plan for managing public lands in the Rock Springs area and western Red Desert. The agency is currently asking for comments and input from the public to […]

By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature THE WYOMING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BEGIN DELIBERATING a bill this week meant to establish stronger standards for landfills in Wyoming. The bill, Senate File 121, has already passed the Senate. The Wyoming Outdoor Council worked hard with many others to strengthen […]

By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature THE WYOMING STATE LEGISLATURE IS POISED TO REPEAL an important environmental, cultural, and historical land designation this week when the Senate will likely vote to strip the state’s Environmental Quality Council of its authority to identify special landscapes as “very rare or […]

“Full Moon at Island Lake” by Scott Copeland. Photo taken at night in the Bridger Wilderness in Wyoming’s Wind River Range. By Bruce Pendery THE STATE OF WYOMING MET A DEADLINE in January when it submitted its revised plan to the Environmental Protection Agency to help clean up the air in wilderness areas and national […]

A personal note from the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s Lisa McGee: Dear Outdoor Council Members and Supporters, I write to you today in celebration for the great news we received recently about the Wyoming Range. On Tuesday, the Bridger-Teton National Forest released its final decision regarding the fate of 44,720 acres of contested oil and gas […]

Click the image: Aerial View of “The 44? with a backdrop of the Wyoming Range, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming. Photo by Dave Showalter. Aerial support provided by Lighthawk. From the Western Wild blog by Dave Showalter: Good news! The 44,720 acre parcel in the Wyoming Range known as “The 44? is protected from the planned […]

Photo by Lloyd Dorsey FROM THE JACKSON HOLE NEWS & GUIDE: By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole, Wyo. January 26, 2011 THE FOREST WILL NOT ALLOW DEVELOPMENT ON 44,720 ACRES of contested oil and gas leases in the Wyoming Range, officials announced Tuesday. Bridger-Teton National Forest supervisor Jacque Buchanan announced her decision with a statement, which […]

By Richard Garrett, Jr. THE WYOMING LEGISLATURE IS WELL INTO ITS THIRD WEEK and although some trends are clear others have yet to come into focus. While this is a legislature that certainly has social activists, it is also one that has bipartisan interest in exploring environmental issues, including those related to wind energy, resource […]

By Richard Garrett, Jr.     THE FIRST WEEK OF THE WYOMING STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION is always exciting, and this year perhaps even more so. There are 23 new representatives and senators, many new state staff members, and a few new practitioners of my celebrated profession—lobbyists. And, of course, there is a new chief executive: […]