Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments

The 2024 fire season is still fresh in the minds of legislators. They want to avoid spending that much money again, and some are willing to pay now if it means fewer costs later.

The governor also vetoed three bills, including one to ban DEI instruction in the classroom.

The Office of State Lands and Investments has identified about 121,000 acres of BLM lands in the Powder River Basin and in southwest Wyoming that would meet the state’s stated goals.

A 4,350-acre parcel of land on the Wyoming-South Dakota border is now protected as state land. The property is in the western Black Hills and improves…