Ivy Engel
Part-Time ReporterIvy started as a science news intern in the summer of 2019 and has been hooked on broadcast since. In the spring of 2020, she virtually graduated from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in biology with minors of journalism and business. She continues to spread her love of science, wildlife, and the outdoors with her stories. When she’s not writing for WPR, she enjoys baking, reading, playing with her dog, and caring for her many plants.
In the fall of 2019, Ivy was promoted to a part-time paid position.
Email: iengel@uwyo.edu
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In honor of Earth Science Week, Wyoming's elementary aged kids can receive a Water Science Box from the University of Wyoming Geological Museum. -
The Teton County Coroner has released the cause of death for 22-year-old Gabby Petito: death by strangulation. Petito's body was found on Sept. 19 in Bridger- Teton National Forest along the border of Grand Teton National Park. Her death has already been ruled a homicide.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department plans to continue feeding elk in the winter at the Dell Creek Feedground in Northern Sublette County. A recent court decision found that the department's previous permit to winter feed elk, granted by the U.S. Forest Service, expired at the end of 2017 and there was no record of renewal, despite the department continuing to feed there in the years since.
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The West's historic drought is changing how people think about water. In part one of this two-part series, we heard about some of the more labor-intensive ideas to help solve or at least ease the drought. In part two, Wyoming Public Radio's Ivy Engel explores some potential water policy changes.
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Much of the region is gripped in a historic drought. And there are a lot of ideas for how to relieve it and ease its impacts—some more feasible than others. In the first of a two-part series, Wyoming Public Radio's Ivy Engel looked into some of these ideas and their merits.
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A U.S. District of Wyoming Court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) improperly permitted two of the three feed grounds that were reviewed because they conducted improper environmental analyses.
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The National Park Service (NPS) and Devils Tower Natural History Association are hosting a bat festival this Saturday, Sept. 25 at Devils Tower National Monument. The festival will feature educational talks, showcase technology that allows people to hear bat echolocation calls, and will give people the opportunity to build their own bat houses using repurposed lumber.
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This spring, Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologists and trained volunteers headed out into the state's sagebrush seas to count the number of male sage grouse displaying at their traditional breeding grounds, known as leks. This year, the department reported lek attendance was down 13 percent since 2020.
