Public Lands
Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder submitted a public comment opposing the federal Bureau of Land Management’s new proposed rule regarding the conservation “use” of federal lands. In March 2023, the Department of the Interior published a proposal to guide the balanced management of America’s public lands for the benefit of current and future…
What’s in a name, or in this case, a designation? A new collaborative study suggests a proper designation would improve wild horse management on public lands – and it might be the only foolproof solution to a persistent problem. According to a new paper by researchers at the University of Wyoming and Oklahoma State University,…
The American Wild Horse Campaign is raising concerns about “the unsustainable path the (Bureau of Land Management) continues to follow and is reigniting calls to prioritize on-range solutions, including humane fertility control” for wild horses on public lands This week, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (B.L.M.) released its 2023 Wild Horse and Burro Program…
Governor Mark Gordon is calling for Wyoming citizens to comment on the Bureau of Land Management’s (B.L.M.) preliminary environmental assessment (E.A.) that provides supplemental analysis to the Marton Ranch Acquisition E.A. On Friday, April 21, the B.L.M. Casper Field Office released their supplemental analysis of the Marton Ranch purchase and announced a 21-day public comment…
The proposed initiative hopes to find “balance” by reexamining the use of B.L.M. lands in the present to preserve and protect them for an increasingly uncertain future. The Department of the Interior published a proposal to guide the balanced management of America’s public lands for the benefit of current and future generations. The proposed Public…
A new initiative in the Republican-led U.S. House would simultaneously add more bureaucratic approval before any president could tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve while increasing drilling on public lands to offset prices. The Strategic Production Response Act, H.R. 21, limits releases of the national reserve to severe interruptions of energy supply that require the…
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and the Bureau of Land Management (B.L.M.) have reached a settlement on the State’s appeal of an acquisition of land by the B.L.M. in Natrona and Carbon Counties. In June, Wyoming filed an appeal challenging the B.L.M’.s purchase of more than 35,000 acres of the Marton Ranch near Casper. The B.L.M.…
The perpetrators of several fires on public lands in Hot Springs County have been found guilty, which means years of probation and thousands of dollars in restitution after an extensive cleanup. Two individuals have been charged with felony depredation of federal lands thanks to the combined efforts of B.L.M. Wyoming, North Wind Construction Services, and…
All three of Wyoming’s congressional representatives decry the lack of input from state, local, and federal agencies before the BLM purchase in a state that already has a vast amount of federal land. On Thursday, June 23, U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, and Rep. Liz Cheney, all R-Wyo., sent a letter to Department…
The Department of the Interior is allocating over $31 million to all 23 Wyoming counties to maintain public lands as part of the annual Payments in Lieu of Taxes funding. The Department of the Interior announced that 23 local governments in Wyoming will receive $31.5 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (P.I.L.T.) funding for…