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Challenge to BLM coal lease in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin rejected by federal court

The decision comes after an analysis found that the BLM’s coal leasing program results in a large subsidy to the coal industry by providing coal at bargain prices with minimal oversight.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Ecology, Wyoming Recreation & Environment

WCS: Wyoming natural gas development depletes pronghorn antelope winter habitat

Conservation group suggests several measures to mitigate impacts.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Ecology, Wyoming Recreation & Environment, Yellowstone Ecology

USFWS advances Wyoming gray wolf endangered species delisting; CBD fears large wolf kill

As the U.S. moves closer to removing Wyoming gray wolf populations from the endangered species list, concerns about the fate of wolves remain.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Wolves, Wyoming Recreation & Environment, Yellowstone Ecology

USFWS, Wyoming gray wolf management plan draws criticism

Are northern Rockies’ gray wolves ready to be delisted as an endangered species? The feds and Wyoming believe so; environmentalists disagree.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Wolves, Wyoming Recreation & Environment

Climate change may alter Yellowstone meadows, plant diversity

Researchers measured the changes in the Yellowstone meadow plant community from 1997 to 2007, including a period of extended drought, and found that shrubs (such as sagebrush) that grow in the drier meadows increased, while flowering plants decreased in number.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Climate, Rocky Mountain Ecology, Wyoming Recreation & Environment, Yellowstone Ecology

OSU: Yellowstone wolves influence elk; benefit trees, streams

The study conducted by forestry researchers supports a “trophic cascade” theory of ecological interdependence — extending to plants, animals, food chains and ecological zones.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Ecology, Rocky Mountain Forests, Rocky Mountain Wolves, Wyoming Recreation & Environment, Yellowstone Ecology

Wyoming Bighorn Basin research links warming, vegetation changes

Analysis of the plant fossils showed that the plants from before and after the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum were from typical forests for the time, containing relatives of dawn redwood, alder, sycamore, walnut and sassafras.

Filed Under: Rocky Mountain Climate, Wyoming Recreation & Environment

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