After achievements in Wyoming, USDA expands big game conservation program
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — You could call big game migrations miracles and it wouldn’t be a stretch. One mule deer herd in western Wyoming migrates more than 150 miles each way from the…
USDA Appoints New Members to Food Safety Advisory Committee
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the appointment of 21 new members and nine returning members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). The purpose of the committee is to provide impartial scientific advice…
USDA Forest Service Invests in Intermountain Region disadvantaged urban communities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the USDA Forest Service is investing more than $1 billion in disadvantaged urban communities by supporting work to increase access to trees and the social, health, and economic benefits they provide. Of the total…
Government spends $2.6M to reduce fire risk on Caribou-Targhee, private lands
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Federal land managers and nonprofits plan to spend $2.6 million to reduce wildfire risk on national forest and private property in Teton Valley, Idaho, in the next three…
Geese in Cheyenne test positive for avian influenza
CHEYENNE (WNE) —Two Canada geese from Laramie County have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The geese were recovered from Lions Park in Cheyenne, where several dead geese were reported. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has been monitoring…
Keeping Wyoming Strong: Lincoln County Farm Bureau Federation
◆ Lincoln County Farm Bureau Federation supports local families and their farms. By Breanna Call SVI Media A saying commonly heard from the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WYFB) is “Agriculture keeps Wyoming strong; the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation keeps agriculture…
Snow-water reports portend drought conditions despite recent snowfall
By Margaret O’Hara Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Local and statewide snow and water content data warn of continued drought conditions, particularly in the northeastern corner of Wyoming, despite last week’s snowfall. Conservationists and emergency personnel in…
Wyoming News Briefs: February 6, 2020
Man pleads guilty to 2018 murder LOVELL (WNE) — A little more than two years since the murder of Carol Jean Barnes, suspect Donald Joe Crouse appeared in Big Horn County Fifth Judicial District Court late in the afternoon of…
Alpine approved for Business Council grant to assist with wastewater treatment
The Town of Alpine has received initial approval from the Wyoming Business Council’s Board of Directors to proceed with a wastewater treatment center. Approval for the $2,300,370 grant came at a Business Council meeting in Sheridan earlier in September….