Bison eyed for Endangered Species Act protection
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Another iconic Yellowstone species is being considered again for Endangered Species Act protections. Threats to the park’s plains bison — including loss of habitat and migration routes as well…
Legislature’s only Independent rep to retire
Saying “it’s time to pass the torch” to a fresh face in the Wyoming Legislature, District 22 State Rep. Jim Roscoe said he will not run for re-election when his term ends at the beginning of 2023. Roscoe, an independent,…
Woman charged in 2021 fatal wreck
CODY (WNE) — A Cody woman who drove into a local motorcyclist on the South Fork last July has now been charged with negligent homicide in the man’s death. Megan McCann was charged and ordered to appear June 9 on…
Production, conversation groups challenge oil and gas leases
By Brady Oltmans Pinedale Roundup Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE – A Wyoming production group submitted a protest to the Bureau of Land Management regarding oil and gas leases on the same day a coalition of environmental groups also petitioned…
Conservation groups ask for end to elk feedgrounds
PINEDALE (WNE) — Six conservation groups submitted a 16-page recommendation to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Wednesday, requesting the state begin phasing out 22 state-run feedgrounds where elk are artificially fed each winter. This request was made to…
Report: industrial solar disrupts big-game movements
By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Stretching across a piece of prairie in southwest Wyoming is the state’s first industrial solar field. It’s a small piece of the nation and world’s transition away from fossil fuels to renewable resources. It’s one part…
Upper Green livestock grazers give sigh of relief; judge dismisses suit, citing agencies’ solid foundation
By Joy Ufford Pinedale Roundup Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE — Local ranchers whose cattle spend summers drifting to their Upper Green River rangeland grazing allotments are relieved by the federal judge’s May 17 dismissal of an environmental coalition’s challenge….
Cheyenne police shoot, kill homicide suspect
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Local law enforcement shot and killed a suspect in a Nebraska homicide, the Cheyenne Police Department announced Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred just after noon on Saturday near the 2500 block of East 11th Street, CPD said…
Wolverines once again proposed for Endangered Species Act protection
JACKSON (WNE) — Wolverines are once again proposed to be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. That’s the result of a Wednesday ruling in federal court that marked the latest swing in a decades-long see-saw over the mustelids’…
FBI assists in abortion clinic fire inquiry
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Casper police are working with the FBI to investigate suspected arson at a Casper clinic that planned to open and provide abortions starting next month. Investigators found “several areas”…