Jun 4, 2009Wyo. wind power boom could drive sage grouse to endangered list
Development of wind energy and sage grouse protection are on a collision course in Wyoming, where state officials are worried that a future Endangered Species Act listing for the chicken-like bird could ruin the golden egg laid by the Obama administration's renewable energy mandate.
New York Timesmore
Jun 3, 2009Wyo gets oil shale project
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is launching Wyoming's first oil shale research program in nearly three decades to determine the economic feasibility of developing oil shale in southwest Wyoming.
The Denver Postmore
Jun 2, 2009Wyo gets oil shale project
Scientists estimate there's up to 1.5 trillion barrels of oil within shale formations that could be recovered in northwest Colorado, southeast Wyoming, and northeast Utah.
Casper Star Tribunemore
Mar 10, 2009The Road RIPorter
Quarterly Journal designed to help activists and citizens intelligently meet road and off-road vehicle challenges.
Wildlands CPRmore
Mar 9, 2009Bush-era ruling on gray wolves is upheld
After nearly being wiped out, the population of wild gray wolves in the continental United States is now more than 5,500. The wolves had been protected for 35 years.
MSNBCmore
Jul 31, 2008Community colleges tap into wind energy boom
BISMARCK, N.D. - With wind turbine towers popping up on the U.S. landscape at a rate of almost 10 per day, the need for people to maintain and repair them is reaching the critical point.
Community colleges in North Dakota and other states are jumping at the chance to help fill that need and...
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Mar 26, 2009Wyoming Range bill clears Congress
Cheyenne - Bills championed by the late Sen. Craig Thomas that would put portions of the Wyoming Range off-limits to future oil and gas drilling, and designate Snake River headwaters as "wild and scenic," have cleared Congress.
Wyoming Wildlife Federationmore
Feb 11, 2009Lummis Should Vote For Public Lands Bill
Lummis isn't listening to either of her Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate, John Barasso and Mike Enzi, who both voted for omnibus public lands legislation that includes protection of the Wyoming Range and the headwaters of the Snake River.
Casper Star Tribunemore
Sep 23, 2008Room for both? Deer and Drilling on Little Mountain
ROCK SPRINGS -- The doe mule deer poked its head out from a wall of golden aspen trees near Trout Creek on Little Mountain on Friday afternoon. Spooked by the tour van, the animal turned and darted up the red-rock canyon shadowed by the setting sun behind Ramsey Peak.
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Feb 17, 2011Feds ease sanctions for brucellosis in livestock
The new status for Wyoming, Idaho and Montana is a pretty big deal. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is now taking the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem into account when a cattle herd is infected with the disease near its border. This means that Wyoming won’t lose its Brucellosis free...
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