Following are current news releases (most recent first):
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| Citizens Work to Protect Clean Air in Wyoming |
| 2007-03-16 This guest editorial by Tom Bell on the Wyoming Outdoor Council, Sierra Club lawsuit to stop air pollution at the Jim Bridger Power Plant appeared in the Saturday, March 10 issue of the Casper Star Tribune and the Sunday, March 11 edition of the Lander Journal. ... more> |
| Air quality problems threaten our clear skies |
| 2006-12-06 This guest editorial by the Wyoming Outdoor Council's Bruce Pendery appeared in the Casper Star-Tribune on Sunday, December 10. ... more> |
| Upper Green parcels withdrawn from Dec. 5 Lease Sale |
| 2006-11-06 Press release on BLM's decision to pull two protested parcels from Dec. 5 lease sale following protest from Wyoming Game and Fish Department, conservation groups and others. ... more> |
| Wyoming Outdoor Council cohosts Dubois Wildlife Film Festival |
| 2006-10-23 The success of grizzly restoration in Yellowstone has created a complex web of social and environmental issues throughout the region. A critically acclaimed documentary exploring these issues—“The Good, the Bad and the Grizzly”—will be shown Wednesday, October 25 as the first feature of this winter’s newly established Dubois Wildlife Film Festival. ... more> |
| Double the Air Pollution: Particulate Matter from Upper Green’s Jonah Field Infill Project Will Be Nearly Twice EPA’s New Allowable Maximum |
| 2006-10-09 The proposed Jonah Field Infill project, which will add 3,100 new wells in the Upper Green River Valley, would violate the Clean Air Act by releasing nearly double the amount of the maximum daily limit for particulate matter, local Wyoming citizens noted today. ... more> |
| Another Win For the Wyoming Range; IBLA Grants Stay on April Leases |
| 2006-09-22 Nearly 20,000 acres of prime elk and mule deer habitat in Wyoming’s namesake mountains are temporary off limits for oil and gas leasing under a decision issued yesterday by the U.S. Interior Board of Land Appeals. Siding with concerns raised in protests by outfitters, hunters and anglers, local residents, oil and gas field workers, and conservationists, the IBLA halted an April oil and gas lease sale in the Wyoming Range while it considers an appeal of the leasing decision. ... more> |
| Ancient Corridors—Following the Path of the Pronghorn—Now Out on DVD |
| 2006-08-06 The Wyoming Outdoor Council is pleased to announce the release of Ancient Corridors—Following the Prehistoric Path of the Pronghorn—on DVD. These DVDs are free and available to the public. They will also be given to schools and libraries across the state for educational purposes. ... more> |