NEPA

The Bighorn National Forest is located in north-central Wyoming and spans over a million acres. Within the forest are several species of pine, spruce, fir, and aspen.

The future of energy production in parts of Wyoming and Montana remains uncertain following a court ruling last week.A federal judge rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) two resource management plans for the Powder River Basin, which is a region in Wyoming and Montana that produces more than 40 percent of U.S. coal.

A controversial wind turbine project outside of Laramie received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to move forward.The Rail Tie Wind Project, spearheaded by power company ConnectGen, has been in the works since 2019. The end goal is a 504 megawatt wind farm with up to 149 wind turbines in southeastern Albany County.

More than 2,000 Wyoming oil and gas leases will be reconsidered for their impacts to the climate, as part of a settlement approved in federal court last week.

Medicine Bow National Forest is a popular area for recreation in Southeastern Wyoming, covering about one million acres of mountains, lakes, and more.The…

The National Forest Service is launching a new restoration project in Medicine Bow National Forest.The Landscape Vegetation Analysis Project (LaVA) aims…

Several policies that affect the west and the energy landscape here are back in the news, including proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy…

The deadline is tonight to submit public comment on sweeping changes to one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws.

The Trump Administration has proposed comprehensive updates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). According to the Council on Environmental…

In 2016, the Obama administration halted new leasing of coal on federal lands with a goal to reexamine the environmental impacts of the program. Just a…