CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming will treat us to a gorgeous, colorful sunrise near Jeffrey City earlier this month, courtesy of Brian Hoffard! Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include day and location of photo.
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/15/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming will continue our trek across the state with this beautiful view of Devils Tower, captured by Kim Roylance on Oct. 6! Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include day and location of […]
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Game and Fish continues to monitor brucellosis in elk
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Hunters have long been considered an invaluable resource for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s efforts to collect biological samples for study and testing. This fall, elk hunters in select hunt areas are again being asked to collect blood samples from their harvested animal to help in the department’s brucellosis surveillance efforts. […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/14/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming brings us to Jackson Hole, where Candy Danielle snapped this beautiful photo! Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include day and location of photo.
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Lawmakers to local authorities: Don’t enforce federal land policies
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile A legislative committee will draft a measure to prohibit state and local authorities from aiding or cooperating with federal land management agencies “when they pursue policies which harm Wyoming’s core interests.” The move is in response to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s draft plan for managing 3.6 million acres of federal […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/13/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Sure, it’s cold outside today, but Wondrous Wyoming will take us back to Sept. 30, when Angelee Silvis captured this beautifully serene scene at the Platte River Trail! Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please […]
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BLM says plan for SW Wyoming won’t restrict recreation. Users still fret.
by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile ROCK SPRINGS—It’s hard to hear above the din in the hotel ballroom where hundreds of people have gathered to learn about the Bureau of Land Management’s draft plan for 3.6 million acres of southwest Wyoming. Over by the maps displaying special land designation proposals, a gray haired woman pops forward with a […]
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BLM offers reward for info about equipment vandalism
LANDER, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management is continuing to investigate the vandalism of a road grader near the Sweetwater Station intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Wyoming Highway 135. A reward of $1,000 is offered by the BLM for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people involved […]
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Wyoming places top 4 in nationwide state park awards
GILLETTE, Wyo. — Wyoming was recognized as a finalist in the recent American Academy for National Recreation and Park Administrations Gold Medal Award program. Considered the highest honor in the field of park and recreation management, the NRPA Gold Medal Award is given in recognition of exceptional park systems across the United States. The winner […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/12/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming reminds us that beauty can follow any storm. Here, Selina Sloan captured this double rainbow appearing over Casper on Sept. 14. Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include day and location of […]
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Movement matters for mule deer during the fall
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Most humans have a consistent address, living in the same location year-round. Although occasional moves happen, most people stick to one area for all seasons. But we all know someone who lives in a warmer location during the winter and returns to a more moderate climate as things start to heat up. It’s not […]
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Corner-crossed landowner hires high-powered appeal attorneys
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile The Carbon County landowner who lost a civil suit alleging four hunters trespassed by passing through the airspace above his ranch has hired three appeal attorneys, including one who clerked for Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh. The three lawyers filed papers in the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
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Wyoming Game and Fish asks hunters to complete survey for prize chance
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department wants to know how hunts went this year. Many hunters will receive a harvest survey via email or the Postal Service beginning Oct. 16 and continuing throughout the hunting season. The survey gathers harvest information and feedback on the 2023 hunting season. Wildlife managers use hunters’ responses about […]
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Chronic wasting disease detected in new Wyoming deer hunt area
JACKSON, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested buck mule deer in September. Deer Hunt Area 154 is in the Jackson Region and is bordered by three areas in which CWD was previously […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/10/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming reminds us that nature can be dangerously beautiful. Nick Tea captured this split second when a lightning bolt struck as rain fell on Sept. 13. Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/9/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming takes us to Alcova Lake on Sept. 15, when minimal wind in the air let the waters of the lake stand still. Janice Warr captured this gorgeous mirrored scene that day. Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and […]
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The toxic mystery of Wyoming’s backcountry cyanobacteria blooms
Kelsee Hurshman stepped carefully into the shallows of subalpine Upper Brooks Lake high in the Absaroka Range. The lake bottom was muck, and the water looked nasty — pea soup colored, with a bunch of floating thingies. The green, detritus-filled cove was nothing a healthy person would think of drinking from, but a thirsty dog […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/8/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming brings us a temporary but beautiful phenomenon, a rainbow cast over the highway after a September storm, courtesy of Mia Isabelle Tighe. Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include day and location […]
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Wyoming sides with industry, OKs ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ lease as-is
The fluid mineral industry’s immense influence in Wyoming was on full display Thursday as the state’s top five elected officials finalized a controversial gas lease in the pinch point of a world-famous pronghorn migration path without the wildlife protections requested by two state agencies. At issue was “Parcel 194,” a 640-acre tract of state school […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/7/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Today, Wondrous Wyoming looks back at summer with this beautiful day at Pathfinder, courtesy of Emil Gercke. Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include day and location of photo.
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/6/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming sees the September sun setting from the east end of Outer Drive in Casper in this beautiful photo by Hannah Acosta. Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and we may share it! Please include day and location of […]
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‘Conservation’ proposal for SW Wyoming would limit large energy projects
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile Undeveloped areas will be largely off-limits to industrial-scale energy projects — be they fossil fuels, trona, hard minerals, wind, solar or a combination — under the Bureau of Land Management’s preferred “conservation” scenario for managing 3.5 million acres of federal land in southwest Wyoming, some observers say. That’s primarily because the BLM’s […]
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Wondrous Wyoming (10/5/23)
CASPER, Wyo. — Wondrous Wyoming takes us to East 15th Street in Casper — or rather to the skies above it — where Alissa Hansen saw this hot-air balloon flying over her home on Sept. 16. Do you have a photo that captures the beauty of Wyoming? Submit it via Facebook Messenger or email to news@oilcity.news and […]
