The Trump administration wants to open up millions of acres of national forest lands to new roads and development, including 3.2 million in Wyoming. Public comment on the proposal is open, but only for about a third of the usual amount of time.
About Caitlin Tan | Wyoming Public Media
Caitlin Tan is the Energy and Natural Resources reporter based in Sublette County, Wyoming. Since graduating from the University of Wyoming in 2017, she’s reported on salmon in Alaska, folkways in Appalachia and helped produce 'All Things Considered' in Washington D.C. She formerly co-hosted the podcast ‘Inside Appalachia.' You can typically find her outside in the mountains with her two dogs.
Recent Stories by Caitlin Tan | Wyoming Public Media
Dollar Lake Fire worries Continental Divide Trail hikers
A re-route in the northern end of the Wind River Range’s remote, rocky landscape is trickier.
Cody Roberts charged with felony animal cruelty more than a year after alleged ‘wolf abuse’
Roberts was fined several days after the Feb. 2024 incident by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Sublette County grand jury to decide if felony charges should be brought in ‘wolf abuse’ case
A grand jury is a controversial legal tool rarely used in the state system.
Sublette County hospital opens amid state and federal budget cuts
Before, it was at least an 80-mile drive to get a lot of that care, often in Jackson or Rock Springs.
Wyoming lawmakers are still stumped on what to do with coal
Once again, lawmakers disagreed on how to “save” coal, failing to move forward a draft bill that would have repealed current state law.
Wyoming’s Brian Nesvik takes helm of nation’s wildlife agency
Congress has confirmed a longtime leader of Wyoming wildlife to oversee the nation’s, as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Wyoming is losing young people. Lawmakers are unclear how to fix it.
Wyoming has a “chicken or the egg” problem. Only, it’s jobs and people.
