Caitlin Tan
Natural Resources & Energy ReporterCaitlin Tan is the Energy and Natural Resources reporter based in Sublette County, Wyoming. Since graduating from the University of Wyoming in 2017, she’s reported on salmon in Alaska, folkways in Appalachia and helped produce 'All Things Considered' in Washington D.C. She formerly co-hosted the podcast ‘Inside Appalachia.' You can typically find her outside in the mountains with her two dogs.
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A chronic wasting disease case was confirmed in two elk on the Dell Creek Feedground, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. This is the second incident of CWD on a feedground in Wyoming ever.
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The U.S. Forest Service is firing thousands of workers a day after Trump’s federal worker resignation deadline passed, according to Politico reporting. At least four sources told Wyoming Public Radio this will likely impact forest workers in Wyoming.
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President Trump is looking to a longtime leader of Wyoming wildlife to oversee the nation’s – as director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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It’s been almost a year since a Sublette County man ran down a wolf with a snowmobile and brought the live animal into a bar, sparking global outrage. One bill recently failed that would’ve banned the act of running a predator over with a vehicle on public land – something many wildlife advocates have called for.
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The Trump administration is ordering to unleash American energy on public lands. That includes reviewing the recently approved management plan for 3.6 million acres around Rock Springs, as well as other high profile areas in Wyoming. But some speculate any rescinding of the plans would face legal battles.
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SF 111 would’ve made it more expensive for homeowners producing their electricity with rooftop solar by changing how new solar users are compensated for the electricity they put back into the power grid and adding fees.
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The bill is in response to an outbreak last summer in Elk Mountain that impacted a handful of cattle herds. Some argue codifying the state’s recently adopted response protocol would add teeth, while others say it’s unnecessary.
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A bill to repeal Wyoming’s carbon capture laws passed out of a House committee, despite public comment on it ending with no vote last week. If passed, the bill will undo laws that the governor’s office says have helped keep Wyoming coal plants alive.
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An effort to ban new large wind or solar projects in Wyoming until 2030 has failed amid large public pushback. Many testified it would put a ‘closed for business’ sign on Wyoming.
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Two bills that would’ve fundamentally changed Wyoming’s energy strategy have failed. Both would’ve rolled back Wyoming’s carbon capture laws in hopes of saving ratepayers money and propping up Wyoming’s coal industry. But one of the bills went a step further, pushing back on climate science.