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For the eighth year running, community scientists helped track moose populations in the mountains outside of Laramie for Winter Moose Day. Fifty-five surveyors, using snowshoes or skis, trekked 25 routes in the Snowy Range and Pole Mountain areas during the Feb...

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has joined 25 Republican governors in calling on President Biden today to restore America’s energy independence amidst the crisis In Ukraine. They stated the following: “As governors, we call on President Biden to reverse his policies and restore America’s energy independence for our citizens as well as our allies abroad. By removing his ...

The Nuclear Energy Research Center (NERC) in the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER) is seeking proposals from UW faculty members currently receiving or pursuing sponsored research for nuclear-related projects. Physical and social science proposals are encouraged for two mini-grant opportunities related to faculty research, with the purpose to provide summer salary to faculty

Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Stefan Johansson as Director of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Johansson has served as Interim Director since May 2021. Johansson joined WDH  in 2013 and has held several positions with the agency since then, including Policy Administrator and Deputy Director. ...

Throughout the month of February, the Laramie Region wildlife personnel fitted GPS collars on more than two dozen bighorn sheep ewes in the Laramie Peak and Douglas Creek.   Collared bighorn sheep in the Laramie Peak herd is part of an ongoing disease surveillance study that hopes to identify respiratory pathogens that are known to affect bighorn sheep. Data ...

Those wishing to hunt bighorn sheep, mountain goats, and moose are reminded by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to apply before midnight on Monday, February 28. This applies to residents and nonresidents. Along with this, the month-long wild bison application period opens on March 1 ...

A new study from the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis (CERPA) looked into Wyoming residents’ views on achieving a net-zero carbon energy economy. The survey, which was conducted at the request of the U.S. De...

The Wyoming Super Tag raffle raised $1.6 million for conservation in 2022. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s program saw another record-breaking round of ticket sales. Created by Gov. Matt Mead and the Wyoming Legislature in 2013, the Super Tag raffle provides hunters opportunities for hunting licenses and raises money for wildlife management in Wyoming. This year 124, ...

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Two Wyoming departments have joined together to make it easier to find roadkill

IMPACT 307, a business incubator program at the University of Wyoming, is now expanding statewide. The program has helped create and launch more than 200 Wyoming businesses, with the majority of those coming in the past three years of IMPACT 307 community startup challenges...