Wyoming is joining Montana in a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management. The states say their concerns weren’t addressed in the federal agency’s latest decision to end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin.
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Wilderness Act anniversary highlights successes, limits to protecting public lands
The Wilderness Act, passed in 1964, gave Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas. It led to the establishment of many popular outdoor recreation areas, including the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness, and Flat Tops Wilderness.
‘This is a living house’: Homeowners replace fiberglass with straw bales
In places with some of the harshest winter conditions in the lower 48, people are insulating their houses with straw. The alternative material is a way to lower carbon footprints and is surprisingly resilient.
Indigenous Youth Voices reconnects young adults to Grand Teton and Yellowstone
A group of 16 young people from the Wind River Reservation spent a weekend in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks at the start of September.
Warming temperatures in Jackson could mean less snow
A University of Wyoming professor spoke on climate change and its potential impacts in the Greater Yellowstone at the Teton County Library on Monday, Sept. 16.
Citizen scientists stop and observe the flowers
Botanist Trevor Bloom is working to understand how climate change is affecting wildflowers and consequently the birds, butterflies, and bears that rely on them for food.
