Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

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The water content of the snowpack across Wyoming increased in the last week of December but remains below normal at 75% of the average.

Pandemic drove hordes of visitors to the state this summer as outdoor visitation exploded. Hosting winter travelers poses trickier challenges.

Conservation proposals dominate the offers but some of those could generate millions of dollars for schools.

As fossil-fuel income declines, draft legislation could generate more revenue for education by leasing state lands for construction projects.

Introduced by Idaho in 1969, mountain goats join habitat fragmentation and genetic isolation in threatening an iconic native sheep herd’s future.