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Does this fisherman have the right to be in this billionaire’s backyard?

By Louis Wertz | September 14, 2022

In 2018, Hill, 81, a retired nuclear weapons scientist, filed a lawsuit asking the state to clarify its notoriously muddy stream-access laws vis-à-vis one of his favorite trout fishing grounds. To the…

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USDA partners with Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem landowners to conserve wildlife habitat 

By Zach Altman | May 23, 2022

Wyoming landowners in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have long allowed wildlife to migrate through their private lands, and now, a new partnership will financially compensate them. The United States Department…

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USDA to Provide Payments to Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire

By Zach Altman | March 31, 2022

The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that ranchers who have approved applications through the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for forage losses due to severe drought or…

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President Biden Releases FY23 Budget Proposal

By Zach Altman | March 31, 2022

The White House officially released their fiscal year 2023 (FY23) budget request on March 28, 2022. The release of the President’s budget proposal which outlines the administration’s spending priorities, is…

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Senators Fischer, Grassley, Tester, Wyden unveil updated cattle market reform bill

By Zach Altman | March 29, 2022

U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released an updated version of their legislation, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.…

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Corner crossers reach for federal court, access to 1.6M Western acres

By Zach Altman | March 29, 2022

Four hunters charged with trespassing in Carbon County Wyoming seek a federal court where their case could resolve the legality of corner crossing to access 1.6 million acres of public…

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New Legislation Would Improve Grazing and Wildlife Habitat Potential of Conservation Reserve Program

By Zach Altman | March 28, 2022

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, have introduced the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Improvement Act. This legislation…

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CPW no longer final arbiter of wolf reintroduction after court relists species as endangered

By Zach Altman | March 17, 2022

A federal court ruling in February relisting gray wolves as an endangered species across much of the United States could complicate Colorado’s wolf reintroduction effort.

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Climate change hearing focuses on what farmers need

By Zach Altman | March 16, 2022

More technical assistance and streamlined application processes for conservation programs would help farmers adopt practices to reduce greenhouse gases, lawmakers were told at a hearing on how the next farm…

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Congressional members call for WOTUS pause

By Zach Altman | March 15, 2022

As the Supreme Court looks to hear a crucial wetlands case later this year, over 200 House members called on the Biden administration to drop its current rulemaking to revise…

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