Wyoming News Briefs: October 23, 2019
Laramie man dies in I-80 wreck LARAMIE (WNE) — A 34-year-old Laramie man was killed in a one-vehicle wreck a few miles west of Laramie on Sunday night, according to a press release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol. Rudi Haskins…
Grazing approved in Bridger-Teton
By Holly Dabb Sublette Examiner Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE – More than 17 years in the making, the Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest has signed the final record of decision for the Upper Green River Area…
Ramaco Carbon receives grant to research alternative uses for coal
Ramaco Carbon from Sheridan, Wyoming announced it received a $2 million grant from the Department of Energy to research alternative uses for coal. The company originally started out ten years ago, but had its troubles finding success in energy. The…
Governor Mark Gordon working hard on budget proposal
Governor Mark Gordon recently held a press conference in which he discussed various bills and projects that are in the works in the state. One big topic of conversation was the budget. It is expected that the budget will go…
Counties want more leverage in mineral tax collection
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Officials from Campbell and Johnson counties say they need more help when it comes to collecting unpaid mineral production taxes. During a meeting Monday with the Select Committee…
Bridger-Teton National Forest Announces Upper Green Grazing Decision
Pinedale, Wyoming, Oct. 15, 2019 – The Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest has signed the final record of decision for the Upper Green River Area Rangeland Project. The project allows for continued cattle and horse grazing on 170,643…
Nature Mapping Jackson Hole Debuts Upgrades to Community Wildlife-Observations Database
Jackson, WY – The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation (JHWF) is excited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its flagship citizen-science program Nature Mapping Jackson Hole (NMJH) with the launch of an upgraded data entry platform designed to enhance the NMJH wildlife-sightings database for…
Trump highlights Wyoming man’s battle with EPA
By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A Wyoming man who became a poster child for what some saw as environmental overreach visited the White House for the signing of two executive orders by President Donald…
Chronic Wasting Disease found in deer west of Continental Divide
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department have confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer hunt area 152, approximately 12 miles west of Bondurant on Willow Creek. The mule deer buck that tested positive was hunter-harvested. This is the first time…
Biologist works to separate wolf fact from fiction
By Lew Freedman Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY — Wolves seen as bogeymen of the ecological landscape, has been the animal’s fate for a century or more, but much of what people say about them is based on…