State’s Teton land revenue quest gets only 3 construction plans
Conservation proposals dominate the offers but some of those could generate millions of dollars for schools.
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Cheney next to vote on Great American Outdoors Act, park funds
U.S. Sens. Enzi, Barrasso opposed the bill that would permanently fund a program that brought $132 million in federal investment to Wyoming over 55 years. Cheney has a record of skepticism regarding the program.
Scientists: Reworked BLM plan still fails to protect sage grouse
Agency’s preferred alternatives don’t account for four-year population slide, wildfire risks or landscape-scale coordination as the BLM aligns federal conservation plans with states’, experts charge. Others back the federal plan.
Running into history
A hardy crowd gathered in South Pass City for running races through the northern Red Desert in celebration of Wyoming Public Lands Day.
Gov. makes sage grouse ‘expansion’ voluntary in new order
Grouse team leader says tweaked recommendations don’t change state’s commitment as Gordon adopts “vast majority” of expert advice.
