1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1214+ words) A federal drought plan for the Colorado River and its tributaries in Wyoming shouldn’t stop Wyoming from building a new dam and reservoir in Carbon County, two Western water experts say. The Bureau of Reclamation plan for the sweeping basin…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) Over Yellowstone Lake, wildfire smoke turns the rays of the rising and setting sun orange, a phenomena caused by Rayleigh scattering of light. Rayleigh scattering is the result of particles — such as those in wildfire smoke — that are smaller than…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (644+ words) Last winter’s low snowpack spurred many Wyoming ranchers and farmers to get ready for a particularly dry summer. To make matters worse, there’s been unrelenting heat and very little rain. “We could see it coming all winter,” Upper North Platte…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (323+ words) When meteorologist Adam Dziewaltowski drove to work around sunrise, he could see the telltale sign on the horizon. “I kind of describe it as a highlighter orange,” he said Thursday of the vivid display. As smoke rolls into Wyoming, the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (757+ words) Proposed changes to federal oil and gas provisions are bad for public land, private property owners and democracy WyoFile As leaders and advocates, we know that public participation is essential to transparent decision-making, and it’s what builds trust. Public process…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (862+ words) Driven by historically low snowpack and above average temperatures this summer, Seminoe Reservoir has slipped into “near-worst case” water quality modeling scenarios that federal officials are relying on to greenlight a controversial pumped-water storage hydroelectric project there. If the facility…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (373+ words) Wyoming and other Upper Colorado River Basin states would be spared mandatory cuts, while the Lower Basin states — Arizona, Nevada and California — face significant water use reductions under a new federal proposal for future management of the beleaguered western water…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (582+ words) Amid a sweltering “heat dome” across much of the U.S. and Wyoming, electrical demand is spiking, prompting an all-hands-on-deck approach among utilities and an emergency order from the U.S. Department of Energy. The order, issued July 26, requires certain…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1521+ words) To a future ancestor, With my eyes shut, I hear the pop and crackle of far-away fireworks. I open my eyes and squint into the darkness, seeing the colors explode and disappear. They look like distant birthday candles. Above, the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1694+ words) PARK CITY, UTAH—The U.S. Forest Service received roughly 300 applications for the 15 new state director jobs created during a major agency reorganization that’s dissolving regional offices the agency’s first chief, Gifford Pinchot, created nearly 120 years ago. That’s 20 applications per job,…...