Eric Galatas
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The sixth America's Grasslands Conference, held in Cheyenne last week, brought more than 300 diverse stakeholders together to protect the nation's grasslands, which play a critical role in rural economies and are home to thousands of species of birds, insects and other wildlife.
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A new bridge funding program is helping get need-based scholarships to college students age 24 and older in time for fall semester enrollment in Wyoming.
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is holding meetings across the West on its new rules that add conservation to other priorities, including resource extraction, for uses of public lands.
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A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation has found that the number of Wyoming young people age 14 to 21 in foster care dropped 54% since 2006. Youths who age out of the system continue to face numerous barriers, including access to post-secondary education.
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Emerging research has linked low body fat levels on mule deer entering winter to forage competition with elk, further complicating challenges facing the iconic species in decline in Wyoming and across the west.
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Three bills before Congress would de-list currently protected populations of large carnivores, including the Northern Continental Divide grizzly bears (HR 1419), the Yellowstone grizzly population (HR 1245) and gray wolves nationwide (HR 764).
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As Colorado River Basin states grapple with ways to keep the river flowing for more than 40 million people who depend on it, Wall Street is tapping water scarcity to deliver steep profits.
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A bill that would expand Medicaid coverage for some 19,000 Wyoming workers who earn too much to qualify for standard Medicaid, but can't afford private insurance, is making its way through the state Legislature.
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After the price of crude oil plummeted to $75 a barrel, which marked the lowest price since Dec. of last year, big oil companies kept consumer gas prices artificially high in Wyoming and around the nation, according to new analysis by Accountable.US.
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Biologists say there is ample natural winter range for Wyoming's elk populations without continued use of controversial winter feedgrounds.