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Press Release: 173,000 acres of oil and gas leases deferred in southwest Wyoming

By Guest Contributor | August 29, 2018

ROCK SPRINGS ­– Hunters and anglers praised the Bureau of Land Management’s Preferred Action to defer approximately 173,000 acres of oil and gas leases in the Greater Little Mountain Area of southwest Wyoming. The decision to defer leasing honored years of input from Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, former Governor Dave Freudenthal, the Sweetwater County Commission, …

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Wyoming Wildlife, BLM Leasing, and D.C. Politics

By Guest Contributor | July 31, 2018

Last week Wyoming Wildlife Federation visited the U.S. Capitol. Every once in a while, it is critical for Wyoming folks to visit directly with those working in D.C. – with close to a million acres of Wyoming’s public land being auctioned for oil and gas leasing in a six-month period here in 2018 – the …

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Cowboys in the Swamp

By Guest Contributor | June 29, 2018

Sometimes we have to do it – two weeks ago I flew back to Washington D.C. – I was there for a few reasons, to attend the National Wildlife Federation annual meeting, meet with Wyoming’s elected officials and meet with the Department of Interior to talk about the recent oil and gas leasing in sage grouse core habitat, designated big game migration routes, and the Greater Little Mountain Area.

Landon Blanchard watches a grizzly bear in Wyoming - Photo by: Christian Baumeister

Conservation In The Anthropocene

By Guest Contributor | June 29, 2018

Currently, there are over 7 billion of us living on the planet and I tend to think that with a population of the magnitude – with no sign of slowing – our ability to affect lasting changes on our planet, both positive and negative, cannot be overstated.

Bird-watching in Wyoming

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship

By Guest Contributor | June 26, 2018

Started in 1989, MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivor-ship) is a program that provides demographic information to explain population trends.

Veteran Hunt Program

By Olaus Linn | June 19, 2018

Wyoming Wildlife Federation participates in the Wounded Veteran Hunt program, which is intended to honor wounded servicemen and women for their duty and service by providing them with a complementary hunting experience in Wyoming’s beautiful backcountry.

Science Friday: Boreal Toad Project Summary

By Guest Contributor | June 15, 2018

Summary of Boreal Toad Project for Jesperson Award 2018   Emerging infectious diseases pose a significant threat to global biodiversity. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (commonly known as the amphibian chytrid fungus), an emerging fungal pathogen primarily affecting amphibians, is of particular concern because it has caused severe population declines and several extinctions in amphibian populations worldwide. Our current …

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Science Friday: Breeding Bird Surveys

By Guest Contributor | June 8, 2018

By: Reg Rothwell Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS) are the source of some of the most important, comprehensive, long-term data on avian populations in North America. Initiated in 1966, there are more than 4500 established routes in the US and Canada.  Approximately 70% of these routes are routinely run each year. In Wyoming there are 80 …

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