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

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, Wyoming state delegates, the Greater…

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WGF Commission Meeting

Wyoming Game and Fish Commission On July 19 in Afton, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission recognized exemplary employees from each department. In honor of those employees and our appreciation for the work the Department and Commission does for Wyoming, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation hosted a lunch. “It was an opportunity for the Federation to show our gratitude for our…

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Meadows: Allowing companies to capitalize on wildlife to make up for development is not a Wyoming value

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First published in the Casper Star Tribune The current mess we are in with greater sage grouse is just history repeating itself. We have been here before, and we have made these mistakes — mistakes that have cost sportsmen and sportswomen of this country billions to try to repair the damage. Damage that could have been avoided in the first…

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