Does this fisherman have the right to be in this billionaire’s backyard?
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…
Read More...USDA partners with Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem landowners to conserve wildlife habitat
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…
Read More...USDA to Provide Payments to Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire
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…
Read More...President Biden Releases FY23 Budget Proposal
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…
Read More...Senators Fischer, Grassley, Tester, Wyden unveil updated cattle market reform bill
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.…
Read More...Corner crossers reach for federal court, access to 1.6M Western acres
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…
Read More...New Legislation Would Improve Grazing and Wildlife Habitat Potential of Conservation Reserve Program
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…
Read More...CPW no longer final arbiter of wolf reintroduction after court relists species as endangered
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.
Read More...Climate change hearing focuses on what farmers need
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…
Read More...Congressional members call for WOTUS pause
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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