Draft Barrasso bill eyes new BLM wilderness areas, motor park
Critics, who asked the senator not to introduce the measure, say the draft bill was forged without balanced input, including from Native Americans. But some like it.
wilderness study areas
Public divided on Cheney ‘Restoring Public Input’ bill
Measure outside statewide effort by county-level citizen working groups would extinguish half of the wilderness study area acres in Wyoming.
Public lands initiative deserves praise for collaboration
Opinion
by 7 Comments County commissioners lead a good-faith effort by hardworking stakeholders with diverse aims to resolve the wilderness study area issue — a fact critical broadsides have failed to acknowledge.
Zinke clips state BLM conservation power, draws Wyoming ire
Stakeholders collaborating on habitat conservation call foul and redouble efforts as oil and gas leasing proposals spike and decision making moves to D.C.
Why Wyoming needs more wilderness
Opinion
by 15 Comments Tourism will soon surpass energy as be the biggest economic force in Wyoming because people crave what they can only find here.
