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After U.S. Senate proposed selling public lands, Wyoming lawmakers send D.C. a message: 'No"
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (509+ words) State Rep. Karlee Provenza, D-Laramie, leads a chant during a rally against Utah Sen. Mike Lee's proposed sale of public lands at the state Capitol on June 26, 2025, in Cheyenne. The rally was to urge Wyoming's congressional delegation not to endorse…...
The Quack is Back: Public is invited to dress their ducks to the nines for a cause
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (222+ words) The Green River Chamber of Commerce is hosting the fourth annual Duckorating for Bills as part of the annual River Festival this summer. Pictured are attendees looking at decorated ducks during the 2023 event. GREEN RIVER " It's time to get those…...
Industry reps, hunters and others start review of world’s longest pronghorn migration
3+ week, 2+ day ago (630+ words) Interested residents, state employees and advocacy group staff listen to the Sublette Pronghorn Working Group's first meeting on Feb. 2, 2026, in Pinedale. Gov. Mark Gordon addresses the Sublette Pronghorn Working Group during its first meeting in Pinedale in February 2026. Robb Slaughter,…...
Wyoming Senate decisively shoots down two controversial ‘landowner’ hunting tag bills
3+ week, 3+ day ago (630+ words) A herd of about 300 elk grazes private land in Laramie County in February 2024. CHEYENNE " Sen. Laura Pearson suspects a barrage of correspondence from upset hunters effectively killed the two landowner hunting license proposals she'd been championing. "I had a few…...
Bison’s ‘livestock’ status in Wyoming inflames tensions over tribal rewilding
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1315+ words) Jason Baldes" effort to restore bison as a wide-ranging wildlife species has led to roughly 300 animals on the Wind River Indian Reservation. These animals are grazing outside of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative headquarters near Morton in 2023." Jason Baldes,…...
Rock Springs nears $5M for Bitter Creek Restoration following Hageman’s support
3+ week, 5+ day ago (268+ words) The restoration of the Bitter Creek has hope of continuing following a funding request submitted'through U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman's office for the 2026 fiscal year. ROCK SPRINGS -- The City of Rock Springs is seeing a massive return on its investment in federal…...
Viral eagles lose eggs after raven attack caught on YouTube stream
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (322+ words) The bald eagle eggs. (Friends of Big Bear Valley via SWNS) A pair of famous bald eagles have lost their first eggs of 2026 after a raven attack - caught on a YouTube livestream. The parents, Jackie and Shadow, welcomed their first…...
Evans: Wyoming’s public lands bring us together. Let’s keep it that way.
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (538+ words) In Wyoming, public lands are not an abstract policy debate. They are the places where we hunt elk and pass down family traditions for generations, teach our kids to fish, camp under wide-open skies, ski and snowmobile in winter, ride…...
Wyoming public land housing project spurs debate over land use
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1046+ words) Situated between existing federal housing on Nelson Drive and the Cache Creek trailhead, a 3.15-acre, sagebrush-covered parcel is slated to become a 36-unit affordable housing development, with construction potentially breaking ground as early as this spring." A western Wyoming housing…...
Landowners help with conservation, wildlife management
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1116+ words) Elk move behind irrigation equipment and over a fence on private land along the South Fork of the Shoshone River Valley. Private landowners host habitat for wildlife, including habitat for about two-thirds of all endangered species and more than 75% of…...