by Daniel Schwab | Jul 26, 2023 | Daniel Schwab, Environmental Conservation, Wyoming
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission unanimously adopted a wolf management plan instructing the state to gradually reduce the wolf population from about 1,340 to 500 animals over the next six years. The new wolf-management plan was introduced at a Commission meeting on...
by Daniel Schwab | Jun 27, 2023 | Daniel Schwab, Environmental Conservation, Wyoming
On May 11, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the northern long-eared bat’s endangered listing under the Endangered Species Act passed Senate. The endangered classification places a burden on Wyoming landowners, businesses, and infrastructure projects,...
by Daniel Schwab | Jun 27, 2023 | Daniel Schwab, Environmental Conservation, Wyoming
Conservation groups asked to reverse a federal judge’s decision to uphold the Trump administration’s approval of oil and gas drilling in Wyoming’s Upper Green River Valley in May. In 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved Jonah Energy’s Normally Pressured...
by Daniel Schwab | May 5, 2023 | Daniel Schwab, Environmental Conservation, Wyoming
Carbon offsetting is a way to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that either remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or prevent it from being emitted in the first place. While carbon offsetting has been criticized by some as a way...
by Daniel Schwab | Apr 14, 2023 | Daniel Schwab, Environmental Conservation, Wyoming
With evolving technology and new research, scientists, conservationists, policymakers, and other stakeholders have a better understanding of how migratory behavior plays an important role in maintaining healthy and abundant ungulate populations, which provides...