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Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Public RadioSenate Republicans would have mandated the sale of over a million acres of BLM lands across the West, but that proposal was axed late Saturday night. Conservation advocates are celebrating, but say the fight isn’t over yet. -
Caitlin Tan/Wyoming Public MediaOver the weekend, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) withdrew his proposal for the Bureau of Land Management to sell parcels for the highest value. This follows several rounds of revisions and narrowing down aimed at keeping it in the bill after it ran afoul of Senate rules.
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A new report shows the rate of spills from oil-and-gas drilling is dropping in some of the Mountain West’s top fossil fuel-producing states. But conservation groups warn these spills are still significant and can harm area waters, lands and wildlife. -
The nonprofit is also partnering with the Cent$ible Nutrition Program to help people get more familiar with the ingredient. -
The report comes as the Trump administration tries to “unleash” domestic energy supplies. -
Wyoming’s Governor and Congressional representative voiced support for the proposal, which now excludes national forests but still offers up BLM parcels for housing. Meanwhile, residents are planning a statewide protest. -
Amid a Republican-led push to sell millions of acres of public lands to alleviate the housing affordability crisis, some governors in the Mountain West are pushing back. -
More than 200 people are working from the air and on the ground to suppress the fire despite erratic winds. -
Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition is the latest casualty of local government budget cuts spurred by the Legislature this year. -
A map created by a national environmental group shows 2 to 3 million acres of federal public land that could be sold, including in Teton County. -
We recently heard about the underground world of mining Wyoming’s biggest export – spoiler, it’s not coal. Now to the above ground process and looming geopolitical implications. -
One change would establish registration requirements and annual fees for commercially guided fishing boats: $600 for the first and $100 for the next four.
