Lawmakers recently debated how much say landowners should have when companies want to build new pipelines for carbon dioxide, ultimately tipping toward industry.
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Trump proposal to build new roads in forests opens for truncated public comment
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.
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Once again, lawmakers disagreed on how to “save” coal, failing to move forward a draft bill that would have repealed current state law.
The Trump administration is letting states have more control over national forests
Montana is home to the first agreement of its kind in the nation.
BLM OKs roundup of much of southwest Wyoming’s wild horses
More than half of Wyoming’s wild horses will be removed to appease private property owners on the checkerboard landscape. Herds will cease to exist in the Great Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek areas, and portions of Adobe Town.
Recreationists can now access 40,000 acres of previously locked-up public land
Thanks to a new initiative, private landowners in Colorado and Wyoming are now letting people cross through their property for free to access these acres.
Seven killed in car crash west of Yellowstone
Idaho State Police is investigating what caused a pickup truck and a passenger van to collide and catch fire on U.S. Highway 20.
Feds won’t analyze total impact of 3,224 oil and gas leases in our region
Environmentalists say this analysis is critical to paint a full picture of climate and health impacts, but industry reps say it’s not necessary.
The federal freeze hits Wyoming’s invasive weeds: funding future is a ‘hodgepodge’
Wyoming relies on millions of federal dollars to spray for invasive weeds, and federal cuts are putting some of those dollars into question for the upcoming season. That could mean more costs to private landowners or fewer new treatment projects.
