Category: wyoming

  • Quick Hits

    Things I should have posted about but haven't.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/05/news/state/38-brucellosis.txt">Brucellosis is almost wiped out in the US</a> with the declaration that Texas is now Brucellosis Free. Of course there still is the problem of Brucellosis in Bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area, but that is not cattle. I still think it can…

  • Right Thing

    Gov. Brian Schweitzer got it right <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/01/05/news/state/32-schweitzer.txt">here</a> at least. I know earlier he was considering accepting the deal but the pressure must have been too great. Believe me, I don't think a court case is the best thing but what else is there to do?<br />n<br />n<strong>Next to doing the right thing, the most…

  • CBM Settlement

    I would really like to know who come up with <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/11/05/news/state/22-tongue.txt">this settlement</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>It suggests relatively strict water quality standards for the Tongue River, in line with the state's 2006 rules. The Powder River would be subject to older, less-restrictive standards. And there would be minimal restrictions along two tributaries – Hanging Woman and…

  • The Pot And The Kettle

    This is hilarious. Sad, but hilarious and I wonder how many other people found this inconsistency.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2006/10/07/news/wyoming/37c341aba5ff6d01872571ff0081082f.txt">Freudenthal to Idaho: Ban game farms</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In the wake of domestic elk escaping from an Idaho game farm, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal is asking the neighboring state to ban game farms and to help enact a…

  • Stupid Idea

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/17/news/wyoming/50-brand.txt" >Brand inspections for horses debated</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A proposal to make brand inspections optional for horses is being criticized by some horse owners – and by some brand inspectors, as well.<br />n<br />nThe Wyoming Legislative Brand Inspection Task Force voted last week to recommend that brand inspections be made optional for horses.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMaking…

  • Wyoming Brucellosis-Free

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/12/news/wyoming/43-cattle.txt" >Wyoming regains brucellosis-free status</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The federal government declared Wyoming's cattle herds free of brucellosis, meaning costly restrictions placed on the state's producers over the last 2 1/2 years can now be eased, state officials said Tuesday.<br />n<br />nThe decision by the U.S. Agriculture Department to declare the state brucellosis-free will be official…

  • Signs of Intelligence

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/21/news/wyoming/38-cbm-rule.txt">Group backs CBM water rule</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A group of landowners in Wyoming's Powder River Basin says state leaders refuse to help protect against harm from coalbed methane water, so they're looking downstream to Montana for help.<br />n<br />n"We really struggled with ourselves about whether we wanted to file suit against our own governor," said…

  • Feedgrounds

    I see that <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/20/news/wyoming/80-elk.txt">the Governor of Wyoming</a> doesn't care that elk have Brucellosis in Wyoming and are spreading it throughout the area, Montana and Idaho. The Ranchers in Wyoming really need to consider how Gov. Dave Freudenthal is <u>not</u> supporting their industry come election time.<br />n<br />nWhat I don't understand is he wants to…

  • Duh, No Shit

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/18/news/wyoming/22-brucesslosis-feedgrounds.txt">Wyo. Game department finds more brucellosis on feedgrounds</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A survey by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department suggests that 14 percent of the elk wintering on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson have been exposed to brucellosis, a far higher rate than in areas where the state doesn't feed elk during the winter.</blockquote><br…

  • Spoiled Child

    Wyoming is the state who has told the Feds to keep out of it's business when it comes to wolves, they will manage them on their own and they don't care how any other state or the Feds want them to do it. They have even taken the Feds to court over this.<br />n<br />nNow…