BLM approves Shute Creek CO2 disposal and pipeline project
KEMMERER (WNE) — The Bureau of Land Management recently approved the Shute Creek 7-34 carbon dioxide disposal project in Lincoln and Sweetwater counties. The well will be more than 18,000 feet deep and will permanently sequester excess carbon…
Wyoming State Forester Kelly Norris to visit Lincoln County
Wyoming State Forester Kelly Norris will be in Lincoln County this Thursday to meet with local leaders and community members as part of her statewide work to protect forest health and strengthen wildfire preparedness. Norris, who has served as…
BLM director confirmed
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — The U.S. Senate confirmed former New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce as director of the Bureau of Land Management on May 18, part of a package vote on 49…
Federal officer charged with murder following Lander bar fight
By Sarah Elmquist Squires Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — A Bureau of Land Management law enforcement ranger and former Bureau of Indian Affairs officer faces up to life in prison after he allegedly killed…
Independent Notes: Production opportunities have changed. Will local government and businesses respond?
On Tuesday morning, I sat in the historic Johnson County Courthouse in Buffalo for a Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee. The meeting followed another long night-run across this great state. This time, the news was good — at least…
Governor calls for cooperation on forest projects through executive order
Lincoln County’s Commission gave support to Gov. Mark Gordon’s executive order, signed Aug. 1, that called for improved forest health across the state and a reduction in wildfire risks through cooperative state and federal working agreements. The EO…
Wild horse advocates criticize BLM for ignoring court ruling
By Trina Dennis Brittain Rawlins Times Via- Wyoming News Exchange RAWLINS — Protesters showed up in Rawlins to express their shock as the Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office began a wild horse helicopter roundup on Tuesday,…
People want more Wyoming trails. Lawmakers ponder ways to pay for them.
• Legislators to pursue bills to raise non-motorized-trail-building money through lottery funds, state park fees. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com A growing body of hikers, mountain bikers, cross-country skiers and backpackers clearly want more non-motorized trails built in…
BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns
The following is a news release from the Bureau of Land Management – ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.— The Bureau of Land Management’s High Desert District may conduct prescribed burns this spring on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins, Pinedale, and Kemmerer…
Conservation group calls for return of wild horses captured by BLM
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The American Wild Horse Conservation on Tuesday sent a formal letter to the Bureau of Land Management condemning the agency’s 2024 roundup in Wyoming’s White Mountain Herd Management Area, which reduced the wild horse population to…