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Stephanie Joyce/The decision has brought heated criticism from conservation, environmental, and tribal organizations, who are challenging the BLM's ruling in court, but has been applauded by the coal industry. -
Photo Doug Smith via nps.gov/yell/Yellowstone National Park recently announced that it will stop winter monitoring of wildlife in the park as part of its Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan.
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The University of Wyoming is part of a $19 million project looking at how grazing practices affect soil health and rancher well being. The project brings together researchers from 11 different nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, private research institutes and public universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. -
The Biden administration has moved to crack down on violent domestic extremists over the past year. But it's given the Bundy family – whose militant actions presaged the Capitol insurrection, and who continue to illegally graze cattle on public lands – a pass.
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After an Associated Press article reported that hunters have killed 20 Yellowstone National Park wolves that wandered from the park's boundary this season, environmental organizations are calling on the federal government to relist gray wolves in the northern Rockies on an emergency basis.
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Currently, four companies–Tyson, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef–control 85 percent of the market. Last year saw the best year ever for beef sales, but for every dollar spent on meat at the grocery, only about $0.37 made it into the pockets of ranchers.
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A U.S. Department of Energy-funded initiative, CarbonSAFE projects are being conducted at several locations nationwide. The project at the Dry Fork Station in Campbell County is nearing completion and is sponsored by Basin Electric and the State of Wyoming.
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Nancy Caywood’s Pinal County farm should have a full field of alfalfa, but since the irrigation district shut off her water because of drought, her fields are empty and dry.
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In Arizona, fields of crops and a growing sprawl of suburban homes mean a increased demand for water in the middle of the desert. Meeting that demand includes drawing from massive stores of water in underground aquifers. But some experts say groundwater is overtaxed, and shouldn’t be seen as a long-term solution for a region where the water supply is expected to shrink in the decades to come.
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According to a recent study, between 365 and 988 million birds are killed each year in building collisions, and particularly, collisions with windows.
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Uranium mining in the state dates back to the 1950s, experiencing several boom-and-bust cycles since then.
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Agricultural producers in Wyoming can get a tax break on their land if they make at least $500 a year in gross revenue off of it, or if they rent the land they're using, $1,000. But a new bill amendment sponsored by the Joint Revenue Interim Committee hopes to increase that minimum amount to $5,000 a year.
