Nicky Ouellet
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Nicky has reported and edited for public radio stations in Montana and produced episodes for NPR's The Indicator podcast and Apple News In Conversation. Her award-winning series, SubSurface, dug into the economic, environmental and social impacts of a potential invasion of freshwater mussels in Montana's waterbodies. She traded New Hampshire's relatively short but rugged White Mountains for the Rockies over a decade ago. The skiing here is much better.
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People continue to be confused about the land use plan adopted last year for millions of acres in southwest Wyoming. Adding to that confusion is another impending change, which the BLM held a public meeting about in Rock Springs recently. -
The U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Wyoming Forestry Division offer lost-cost tags for folks wanting to harvest their own yuletide boughs. -
Open Spaces show rundown for November 21, 2025. -
Yellowstone National Park’s wolves have been contentious ever since they were reintroduced in 1995. Within the park, the roughly 100 canines are protected from hunting and trapping, and are a massive draw for tourists. But once they leave, those protections vanish, and the few wolves that venture out often die, quickly. -
Broken windows, pried off protective plywood and graffiti at the historic landmark’s hospital occurred as recently as last Thursday. -
Open Spaces show rundown for November 14, 2025 -
The Wyoming Business Council asked likely voters what’s working and what’s not in their local communities. Investing to avoid brain drain was a common theme. -
Two tripped power lines near Medicine Bow likely caused the outages, according to the Western Area Power Administration. -
The state’s priorities include improving access to care, building up its health workforce, and using technology to improve chronic disease management and bring care closer to home. -
The longtime Wyoming politician died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to his family. -
Many of the coal seams that underlie much of northeast Wyoming’s ranchland caught fire after wildfires moved through the area last summer. They present several risks for landowners and the fire department. -
Open Spaces show rundown for October 3, 2025
