Wyoming leadership opposes BLM designation on 1.8 mill acres
• Wyoming delegation, Gov, LC Comm. oppose BLM proposal. Public comment taken. At the end of the summer the Bureau of Land Management announced a change in management policy for the agency’s land in Wyoming. In the announcement, the BLM…
Alpine opens new Pickleball facilities
Project designed to create a sense of community. Members of the Alpine community came out for an evening of Pickleball and pizza Monday night at Ferry Peak Park. They were celebrating a new court, just completed at a popular community…
Independent Notes: Gov. – “The oil and gas industry is the target”
I stand with the Governor as he criticizes the Bureau of Land Management for their Rock Springs Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan. This plan will hinder, hurt and destroy our Wyoming energy resources, in addition to limiting…
RIDE — Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education launched
• Former Rep. Evan Simpson on the team. Lincoln 1, Kemmerer chosen for launch. The education program is called RIDE — Reimagine and Innovate the Delivery of Education initiative. The program was announced in May of 2021 and is designed…
Wyoming G&F and Dept. of Ed come together on programs
• G&F points to classroom as ideal setting for the Wyoming programs. The Wyoming Game and Fish teamed up with the Department of Education this week to announce an initiative to take wildlife education into the classrooms of the schools…
Independent Notes: An expanded Senior Center in Thayne
This editorial appeared in the September 13, 2023 edition of the Star Valley Independent. The valley’s senior population continues to grow as exemplified by what’s happening at the Thayne Senior Center in recent years. The center serves not only Thayne…
Thayne Senior Center focuses on expanded facility
• New facility would address Lower Valley senior growth. Addressing the continued growth in the Lower Valley, the Thayne Senior Center Board of Directors has been working on a project that includes a larger facility located on new land near…
Independent Notes: A new Jewish Community Center
—— My travels this week included a visit with our Jewish neighbors for a celebration Sunday night in Jackson. Years of preparation came together as comments were offered and gold shovels turned dirt signifying the ground breaking for Mikvah &…
Antelope hunt challenged by disease and difficult winter
• Numbers down in Upper Green/Evanston – Speaking with the SVI Weekday Wake Up program aired in Star Valley, Kemmerer and Bridger Valley, Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Gary Fralick said, “I think your listeners are keen on effects of…
Senators Lummis and Barrasso defend Wyoming energy
• Emphasis on energy, security and economic strength. “This is a call to all of us to double down on our efforts to show how oil and gas is flourishing across the globe,” US. Senator Cynthia Lummis advised a large…