Angus M. Thuermer Jr.
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Jackson, WY, United States
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Sage grouse ‘holding steady,’ spring survey suggests
Annual breeding-ground lek counts show a 6% increase over last year, bucking predictions of a further decline of the imperiled bird’s population. → Read More
Grizzly 399 offspring eschewed good habitat before being killed
The young grizzly 1057 was brought up learning to seek food in neighborhoods, and did so despite having alternatives, a top wildlife manager says. → Read More
Patagonia dumps Jackson Hole ski resort after far-right fundraiser
In a battle of outdoor sports brands, the activist sportswear company won’t supply Jackson Hole Mountain Resort after a ski-area owner co-hosted a House Freedom Caucus fundraiser. → Read More
Placid paddle
Recent storms remind Wyoming residents to enjoy the last days of summer before a harsher regimen blows in. → Read More
PacifiCorp: early closure of Wyo coal plants saves $599 million
Company presented 30 potential “portfolios” for future power mix, almost all of which predict savings through early retirement of Wyoming coal-fired electrical generating units. → Read More
Western pride
The Old West Days parade in Jackson became more colorful this year with a first-ever pride contingent, previewing Pride Month and other upcoming LGBTQ celebrations. → Read More
Branding along the Bighorn
Some Western cowboy traditions are fading as ranchers employ newfangled methods during spring branding. In Hot Springs County, however, ropers still rule. → Read More
National debate erupts over wildlife migration routes
Big game conservation techniques developed in Wyoming preceded national policy shifts that now see national opposition. → Read More
DEQ, residents clash over ozone pollution
Sublette measures levels that clean-air advocates say should trigger controls, but state regulators demur saying rules are unclear. → Read More
Game & Fish: Wildlife migration protest won’t derail policy
Agency says neither the designation of two new migration corridors, nor the agency’s broader approach to such habitat have been upset by pushback from influential user groups. → Read More
BLM offers draft for Moneta: font of revenue, pollutants
Draft EIS for 4,250-well project that anticipates $198 million a year in tax revenue is linked to Wyoming’s plan for discharging treated and tainted water into Boysen Reservoir. → Read More
Residents win comment extension on oilfield pollution dump
Thermopolis mayor, whose town drinks from the Bighorn River, also wants to know what’s currently in the water. → Read More
Experts question Wyo quest to run feds’ environmental reviews
Laws put responsibility for analysing impacts of projects on federal lands in federal hands, those who know the process say. → Read More
Wyo, Bernhardt eye state primacy on environmental reviews
Governor, acting Secretary of the Interior Bernhardt and Legislature mull state taking the reins of NEPA process management on federal lands. → Read More
Permit eyes tons of oilfield pollutants for Boysen, Wind River
DEQ would let millions of gallons of tainted water flow into reservoir above the Wind River Canyon, but the agency says water quality will be preserved. → Read More
Spring snowpack brings healthy runoff outlook
Drainages hold 108 percent of median water content statewide following first measurement of spring. → Read More
Goats now outnumber native bighorns in Tetons, become targets
Introduced by Idaho in 1969, mountain goats join habitat fragmentation and genetic isolation in threatening an iconic native sheep herd’s future. → Read More
Governor lets private schools avoid local zoning control
Gordon allows “flawed” legislation limiting county authority to become law with an explanatory letter but not his signature. It was backed by a one-time political rival. → Read More
Snowmobilers now top Wyo avalanche fatality list
Slide safety education hasn’t kept pace with the advances in machinery that have given riders ready access to treacherous terrain. → Read More
What the Sam Hill?
One big pile o’ snow has been building up in the town of Jackson, and it won’t go away soon. → Read More