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Earlier this year, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe reclassified bison from being livestock to wildlife. On Thursday, Colorado’s governor signed the Protect Wild Bison bill, which creates a dual wildlife and livestock designation.
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The Rocky Mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of all U.S. ski visits.
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Researchers found Wyomingites are split on why the climate is changing, but most want to see action to prepare for changes. This comes at a time when some state politicians have denied climate science.
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Lots of uncertainty still remains about what the federal government will and won’t pay for. But one thing is clear: The feds will pay for toilet pumping on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
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Wyoming's governor spoke at a regional convention geared toward energy and mineral policy. He didn't mince words, calling some of the state Freedom Caucus’s efforts around the industry "dumb.”
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Respondents in Wyoming, Colorado, Montana New Mexico, Nevada and Utah worry about implications for public lands.
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Landowners have primarily used the technology to control grazing patterns, but experts believe the system can also help minimize ranching’s environmental impact.
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The University of Wyoming created a Nuclear Energy Science Certificate to prepare students for jobs in different fields of the expanding nuclear energy sector.
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For decades, hydrologists believed most spring snowmelt rapidly enters rivers and streams. But a new study from the University of Utah shows that most of it spends years as groundwater before it spills into reservoirs – new research that could help western water managers and farmers better plan each year.
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After being shut down “indefinitely” at the start of April, the registration portal of the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer is operational again. The registry is considered by many to be one of the largest and most promising efforts to further understand cancer risks among firefighters, including wildland firefighters.
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A federal judge issued a temporary injunction against the firings as a lawsuit against them proceeds. The director of Wyoming’s only black lung clinic previously told Wyoming Public Radio she valued the unit’s data collection.
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Wyoming high school alpine ski racing goes back at least 50 years, and the whole league could’ve gone under this coming winter due to one school’s budget cuts.