Drilling rig on the Pinedale Anticline (Linda Baker) by Marie C. Baca ProPublica, Nov. 2, 2010, 11:03 a.m. TWO CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS are seeking an exemption from new rules in Wyoming that require public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, a controversial natural gas drilling process suspected of polluting groundwater. ChemEOR, based in Covina, […]

‘[W]e think this is a bad project.’ FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By Jeff Gearino, Southwest Wyoming bureau ROCK SPRINGS — Historically, the 62 documented, high-alpine glaciers in western Wyoming’s Wind River Range pour about 1.18 million acre feet of some of the purest water in the country into the Flaming Gorge Reservoir each year, via […]

FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By Cat Urbigkit, Star-Tribune correspondent PINEDALE — Mule deer on the Mesa near Pinedale have declined 60 percent in 2009 compared to 2001, and the animals’ numbers are 28 percent lower in 2009 than in 2005, according to the most recent research on the matter. The Mesa hosts the Pinedale Anticline […]

By Jamie Wolf IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE that I invite everyone to the opening reception for Public Lands, Personal Visions: A Big Horn Basin Juried Art Exhibit, 7:30-9 p.m., Wednesday, October 13, at the Northwest Gallery in Powell. For those of you who cannot make the opening reception, please take advantage of the opportunity […]

By Richard Garrett, Jr. A MAJOR UTILITY COMPANY TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE BY SURPRISE on Tuesday when one of its representatives encouraged Wyoming to take the lead in regulating and permitting greenhouse gas emissions. In a presentation in Jackson to the Wyoming legislature’s joint interim Minerals, Business and Economic Development committee, Cathy Woollums, senior […]

FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER Star-Tribune energy reporter JACKSON — If the U.S. Senate hadn’t failed to pass energy and climate legislation that came out of the U.S. House of Representatives this year, Wyoming might have seen utilities move forward with “advanced coal” facilities that cut emissions of carbon dioxide. If the U.S. […]

By Lisa McGee THE ROCK CREEK AREA OF THE BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST is a treasured landscape. Adjacent to the Cloud Peak Wilderness and encompassing a full spectrum of mountain habitats—from low-elevation forests and canyons to high-alpine lakes—the area is unique for its jagged rock spires, pristine streams, and old-growth aspen groves. The U.S. Forest Service […]

By Jamie Wolf COME OUT AND MEET the Wyoming Outdoor Council staff, board, members, and friends at our annual picnic 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, September 17, at Washington Park in Casper. The Outdoor Council will provide free picnic fare (including organic beef and veggie burgers) and beer, wine, water, and soda. Washington Park offers a nice […]

FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER Star-Tribune energy reporter DESPITE VIGOROUS OPPOSITION FROM INDUSTRY, it appears state regulators and the general public will have broad access to documents detailing chemicals used in oil and gas drilling, hydraulic fracturing and other drilling operations. [read the full article here]. Excerpt: “I think if there’s an incident, […]

FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER Star-Tribune energy reporter Gov. Dave Freudenthal this morning issued a revised executive order updating Wyoming’s sage grouse Core Population Area strategy, first implemented in 2008 to help avoid a listing of the bird under the Endangered Species Act. The core areas represent habitats where special restrictions apply to […]