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The Trump administration is ordering to unleash American energy on public lands. That includes reviewing the recently approved management plan for 3.6 million acres around Rock Springs, as well as other high profile areas in Wyoming. But some speculate any rescinding of the plans would face legal battles.
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In case you missed it over the holidays, the federal government released its final decision for how to manage millions of acres of public land in southwest Wyoming. The plan is over a decade in the making. Reactions from state politicians are very unhappy. Many are looking to a Trump administration for relief, but that route isn’t clear.
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The plan will guide energy development and conservation on roughly 3.6 million acres of public land near Rock Springs.
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As air travel recovers to pre-pandemic levels, Wyoming will see a new flight school before the end of the year.
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The long-awaited final Bureau of Land Management plan for the Rock Springs area was released this week. It attempts to appease stakeholders on all sides, after unprecedented controversy.
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When Barbara Smith first moved to Rock Springs in 1969 to teach English at Western Wyoming Community College, the area was, in her own words, “just a sleepy, small town.” A few years later, Smith witnessed the community completely transform as a result of a big energy boom in the early seventies.
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With an extra 60 days to comment on the Rock Springs BLM plan, an outdoor group explains the processThe Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) draft plan for millions of acres in southwest Wyoming is drumming up attention almost everyday – in everything from Wyoming interim legislature committee meetings to conversations at the grocery store to a recent New York Times article. It was also the subject at a recent Wyoming Outdoor Council meeting held in Pinedale.
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Many elected officials in Wyoming are upset at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and are asking the agency to withdraw a proposed resource management plan for 3.6 million federal acres near Rock Springs.
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June is nationally recognized as Pride Awareness Month. Rock Springs will hold its first ever Pride Festival on Saturday. It joins other cities similar in size that already hold festivals.
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Volunteers say raising awareness on the LGBTQ+ community is important. The idea of the event is welcome to all ages and families, and be community driven.