Groundbreaking of transmission line marked by federal and state officials
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Some of them had been waiting more than a decade, but a slate of TransWest Express company leaders and federal and state officials smiled Tuesday afternoon as their…
Facing staunch opposition, BLM extends Public Lands Rule deadline
Wyoming officials, other interests oppose rule they decry as bureaucratic meddling; conservationists call it solid strategy for tackling contemporary issues. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com In an apparent response to strident opposition from western conservatives, including Wyoming’s top elected officials, the…
BLM updates wild horse management in southern Wyoming
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office issued a Record of Decision and approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for wild horse management within the Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices. The amended plan resolves…
Governor Gordon Calls on Public to Participate in Marton Ranch BLM Comment Period
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Today, Governor Mark Gordon called for Wyoming citizens to provide comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) preliminary environmental assessment (EA) that provides supplemental analysis to the Marton Ranch Acquisition EA. On Friday, April 21, the…
Kemmerer District Ranger Appointed on the Bridger-Teton National Forest
The Bridger-Teton National Forest announces Adam Calkins as the District Ranger for the Kemmerer Ranger District. Calkins joins the Forest from his former position as an archeologist with the Bureau of Land Management in Lander, Wyoming. No stranger to the…
Governor Questions Transparency of BLM Land Acquisition
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced that Wyoming is appealing a massive acquisition of land by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Natrona and Carbon Counties. The State has concerns that BLM did not involve the public in…
Feds will include fewer Wyoming tracts in oil and gas lease sale
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —The federal government will include one-third fewer Wyoming tracts than anticipated in the first oil and gas lease sale of the Biden presidency — about 28% of the 459 parcels…
BLM to round up half of Wyoming’s wild horses
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Bureau of Land Management will round up most wild horses in five herd management areas in southwestern Wyoming, beginning as soon as Oct. 7, the agency said Friday….
Sublette commissioners lift fire restrictions
PINEDALE (WNE) — Ranchers across western Wyoming are thankful for the precipitation that finally came in recent weeks. It’s quenched a dire thirst for livestock and wildlife alike, finally leading the county out of disastrous drought conditions. Sublette County Commissioner…
East Smoky Panel Mine expansion of the Smoky Canyon Mine approved
——– ◆ Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management give approval of mining project. Tuesday, July 28 the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District and U.S. Department of Agriculture Caribou-Targhee National Forest each released a Record of Decision approving…