Court OKs 3,500 gas wells amid ‘Path of the Pronghorn,’ sage grouse winter habitat
• Jonah Energy’s Normally Pressured Lance field in Sublette and Sweetwater counties clears the federal appeals court 5 years after the Bureau of Land Management signed off on the decision. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com A panel of appellate judges…
Study: Fed, state sage-grouse practice doesn’t work
By Sarah Elmquist-Squires Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — For decades, federal and state land managers have used a method of mowing and applying herbicide to Wyoming big sagebrush as a way to improve habitat for greater sage-grouse….
State’s proposed sage grouse protections anger local ranchers
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Jimmy Mankin’s worried about the future. The Mankin Ranch, located about 20 miles south of Gillette west of Highway 50, was established in 1939. He has cattle and…