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The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Pinedale this week to discuss several controversial wildlife topics. A main focus was pronghorn migration in western Wyoming, which the commission voted to continue working toward adding protections.
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Two large industries in Wyoming are energy and agriculture, and an upcoming seminar in Gillette will explore how the two can best co-exist.
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One of the longest pronghorn migration routes in the U.S. goes between the Red Desert and Grand Teton National Park. But, new research shows it’s under threat. So state officials are trying to find ways to keep it from disappearing.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a long-awaited draft proposal of how it will manage 3.6 million acres of federal land in southwest Wyoming. Many Wyomingites are incredibly angry. But much of that anger on the draft is being fueled by distrust of the federal government and misinformation.
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The state is proposing to revise its greater sage grouse core area map. Land listed as ‘core’ means it is more critical to the bird’s livelihood, so development is limited. The state held several public meetings over the past week including one in Pinedale, a mecca for sage grouse, to discuss the revisions.
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The Upper Green River Basin has been under an air quality alert for the last couple of days. This comes after 15 years of air quality issues for the area.The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued an ‘Ozone Action Day’ on Tuesday, March 7, for Sublette County, which means the air quality could be harmful for the elderly, children and those with pre-existing respiratory conditions.
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"Wyoming: The Paradox of Plenty" was released in late 2022 and was written by Dave Freudenthal, a Democratic two-term governor who served in office from 2003-2011. It examines the state's tax structure, economic and political history, and how mineral extraction and the energy industry grew to play an outsized role as the state's major economic driver. It also calls into question the notion of Wyoming being an independent, self-sufficient state, among other topics.
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A new study out of the University of Wyoming shows that mule deer miss out on some of their best eating because of energy development.Researchers from UW and the U.S. Geological Survey followed a herd of mule deer for 14 years in Wyoming’s Atlantic Rim region, which is near Rawlins, and during this time the area saw an increase in natural gas development.
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In Las Vegas, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday announced new efforts to facilitate more renewable energy development, including cutting by 50% rent and fees charged for wind and solar projects on public lands.
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Researchers from Western Ecosystems Technology and the University of Wyoming have found how much land development a deer can actually handle in a recent…