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Hannah Habermann/Wyoming Public MediaGov. Mark Gordon is hosting the first-ever Wyoming Sportsperson Conservation Forum on May 22 at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois. Wyoming Game & Fish, wildlife experts and sportspeople from around the state will get a chance to put their heads together about some of the biggest conservation issues facing the state. -
Alan NashNow that the legislative session is over, lawmakers are meeting periodically to discuss what issues they need to address next session. A growing theme is the coal industry’s hardships, with big asks from the industry itself and grim updates from utilities that currently depend on the energy source.
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The Interior Department is spending another $70 million to reopen habitat for native fish in many parts of the U.S., including the Mountain West. -
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking for information regarding a recent poaching incident in the northeast part of the state. -
It’s about 5:45 a.m. on May 1 at a closed gate leading to an elk feedground in Sublette County. There's 15 minutes until the shed antler hunting season officially opens, as it’s illegal to pick up antlers in much of southern and western Wyoming for the first four months of the year. -
Yellowstone National Park is adding more measures to try and prevent aquatic invasive species from entering the park’s waters. -
Some states, such as Texas and Florida, have banned protections for workers toiling in high heat. But in the West, establishing standards and procedures for extreme heat days is a priority, and not just for those who have to work outside. -
More than 10 million U.S. homes sit within three miles of a solar farm. A new national survey looks into how people feel about having these large renewable energy projects as their neighbors. -
New maps from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) show the migration routes of several big game herds across the West. -
A federal agency wants to revoke management of lands on the Wind River Reservation. A portion of Muddy Ridge could go to the Bureau of Land Management, or to local entities like Wyoming’s two federally recognized tribes. -
Every winter at 22 state-run feedgrounds in western Wyoming, elk descend from the mountains looking for more forage, and possibly hay. It all started about a 100 years ago. After some brutal winters, Wyoming started feeding elk to help them survive and to keep them off ranches. All these years later, elk have come to depend on it. But now, Wyoming says it can’t go on the way it always has, because of a deadly disease that can spread when elk congregate. -
The data suggests the West is less impacted by the phenomenon than other regions, but a utility expert suggests the impact could still be quite significant.
