Wyoming Officials Try To Tweak Clean Water Act For Coal
This week Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon traveled East to testify about water issues out here in the West. Washington Correspondent Matt Laslo has the story on how he was in the nation’s capital to try to ease clean water regulations in order to try to ship more Wyoming coal overseas.
Study: Low Flows Compound Development's Impact On Fish
Scientists at the University of Wyoming wanted to know how fish fare in streams near energy development. Their results were recently published in the Journal of Applied Ecology and paint a picture of how human disturbance and less water can crunch the habitat that some fish need to survive and thrive. Kylie Mohr reports.
Evanston ICE Facility Plans Moving Forward, Residents Pushing Back
For people untouched by federal immigration policy, the issue can feel distant. But a planned immigration jail in Uinta County has made the issue intensely local for the residents of Evanston. Wyoming Public Radio’s Jeff Victor reports.
Terese Mailhot On Memoir, Motherhood And "Rising To The Occasion Of A Dream"
After checking herself in to a psychiatric hospital in 2013, writer Terese Mailhot was given a notebook. The result is her award-winning debut memoir Heartberries, which tells the story of her coming-of-age on the Seabird Island First Nation in British Columbia, sometimes-tumultuous family relationships, and adult struggles with mental illness.
"My book is essentially about how to love when you come from a dysfunctional home and you have these long shadows of shame kind of following you everywhere you go," said Mailhot, now a New York Times Bestselling author, in an interview with Wyoming Public Radio's Savannah Maher. During a recent visit to the University of Wyoming, Mailhot talked about the book's success and what Native writers risk and gain when they choose to put their stories out into the word.
A Dog's Death In Wyoming Highlights The Dangers Of Toxic Algae Blooms
They’re called toxic algae blooms. They grow rapidly and are increasingly popping up in lakes, ponds, and other bodies of water. The harmful toxins they produce can devastate fishing and tourism economies, make your drinking water unsafe, and as Wyoming Public Radio’s Maggie Mullen reports, can also be harmful to humans and deadly for animals.
Conference Focuses On Fostering Connections Between Women In Agriculture
Traditionally, women on ranches and farms were limited in the roles they could have. A women’s agriculture group, Wyoming Women in Ag is looking to promote all the ways women are now working on ranches. The trade event hopes to bring women in the industry together. Wyoming Public Radio’s Catherine Wheeler attended the 26th annual conference in Casper.
Beautiful, Sacred, Valuable—Artist Explores Complexity Of The Land Through Intricate Works
Your phone, your house, your car… originally, it all comes from the earth. Artist Nina Elder is fascinated by the complexity of land… being at once something beautiful, sometimes sacred, and often extremely valuable - providing resources that the modern world depends on. Through long journeys to mining-based communities, Elder collects found materials and creates intricate drawings that help tell the multilayered stories that lands have to tell.
She’s been supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation, Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Pollock Krausner Foundation. Wyoming Public Radio’s Cooper McKim speaks with Elder about her latest exhibit now at the University of Wyoming.
Cody School District Comes Together To Celebrate Veteran's Day
For the past four years, Park county school district number six in Cody has brought together all of its schools to create one mass celebration in honor of its veterans. Wyoming Public radio’s Kamila Kudelska has the story.
Women's Suffrage Limerick Contest Winners
In celebration of 150 years of women's suffrage in Wyoming, the University of Wyoming Department of History presented a limerick contest. Here are the winning entries.
