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GOP-led Congress could toss Rock Springs plan in 2025 using an unprecedented...
Continued criticism of the near-final plan guiding management of 3.6 million acres of public lands in southwest Wyoming has sparked speculation that the incoming Republican-led Congress will nix the...
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Feds seek 88% ‘critical habitat’ cut for lynx in Yellowstone ecosystem
Pointing to new science suggesting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem lacks quality lynx habitat, wildlife managers are proposing expansive reductions in the area designated as “critical habitat” for...
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Teton County still nation’s wealthiest with $471,751 average annual income
Federal data shows the average per capita income for a Teton County resident was $471,751 last year, the highest in the nation. With a per capita income approaching half a million dollars annually,...
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Anti-red-tape task force runs out of time to address soaring housing costs
A legislative task force that sought to address high housing costs in Wyoming has run out of time and money, leaving in limbo draft bills aimed at curbing local control over development. The...
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Judge gives feds 45 days to decide on Yellowstone grizzly bears’ ‘threatened’...
A judge has ordered federal wildlife officials to decide by Jan. 20 whether Yellowstone-area grizzly bears should be delisted from the Endangered Species Act. The order, issued by U.S. District Court...
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Neighbors can’t defend their interests in Teton glamping suit, Wyo Supreme...
This story was updated with a reaction from Citizens for the Responsible Use of State Lands — Ed. Neighbors worried about development on state land can’t join a legal embroglio between the state of...
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Gordon’s appeal nudges the Rock Springs plan — and Kelly Parcel sale — toward...
Two high-profile public land disputes in Wyoming advanced one step closer to tenuous resolutions following Gov. Mark Gordon’s formal appeal of the Bureau of Land Management’s resource management plan...
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Wyoming property tax refunds jump 72% to $14.2M
Wyoming refunded $14.2 million in property taxes to state homeowners in 2024, about $6 million more than the statewide relief program doled out in 2023. The Wyoming Department of Revenue recently...
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Biden administration finalizes Rock Springs Plan without further changes
Federal officials finalized new land-management guidelines Friday for 3.6 million acres of southwest Wyoming, prescribing future management for beloved landscapes like the Red Desert and the Little...
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Utah: We’re no longer asking Supreme Court to ‘dispose’ of public BLM land
Utah is no longer asking the U.S. Supreme Court to order the United States to “dispose” of 18.5 million acres of public land in the Beehive State, its latest court pleading shows. In an 18-page Dec. 4...
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In new leadership post, Hageman takes fresh aim at federal land, grizzly...
With a bevy of new federal bills filed this week, Rep. Harriet Hageman is looking to reverse the outcomes of three high-profile Wyoming public land and wildlife issues that have made headlines in the...
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Study predicts huge decline of Jackson Hole elk, especially if refuge keeps...
The National Elk Refuge will once again examine the future of its elk feeding program, revisiting a reliably fraught topic that’s sure to elicit strong calls to stay the course. A new study by the...
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Fresh off Kelly Parcel sale, lawmakers seek to bar similar federal land deals
CHEYENNE—Rep. Dalton Banks, a twentysomething Republican rancher from Big Horn County, was clear about his goals for a measure that could inhibit Wyoming’s ability to pull off land deals with the...
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Seventy-two years of otter protections could end in Wyoming
CHEYENNE—Merav Ben-David’s request that state lawmakers leave river otters alone stems from her own research. The Ph.D University of Wyoming professor isn’t certain of why, but her research has found...
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Wyoming’s money managers fear losses from Freedom Caucus’ investment...
CHEYENNE—The House Freedom Caucus’ proposed ban on “environmental, social and governance” investing threatens Wyoming’s pensions and stock market returns, the state’s investment chiefs say. Those...
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Wyoming Freedom Caucus sides with private property restrictions in land-sale...
CHEYENNE—Dalton Banks stood on the House floor Monday and argued his proposal isn’t a taking of private property owners’ rights and liberties, as some of his legislative colleagues claimed. At issue...
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Wyoming could lose $5 billion from Freedom Caucus’ investments bill. It...
Despite estimates of billions in investment losses, Freedom Caucus lawmakers again advanced a bill Tuesday that would punish contracted financiers who invest Wyoming’s money in funds with...
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‘Anti-woke’ investing bill advances after Freedom Caucus compromises on...
The Wyoming Freedom Caucus Wednesday dropped a controversial bill provision that would have penalized contracted financiers who invest the state’s money in “ESG” funds. Following days of heated debate...
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The courts ruled people can sue cops for botched investigations. Lawmakers...
CHEYENNE—A Wyoming Supreme Court ruling allowing citizens to sue the government over negligent investigations by law enforcement will stand after a House committee declined to take up the issue...
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Bills targeting predator torture, snowmobile hunting could make infamous wolf...
CHEYENNE—Sophomore representative Andrew Byron’s appointment to chair the House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee was a real honor. The new authority also came with a...
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