CODY, Wyoming, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office has released an environmental assessment that analyzes future wild horse bait trap gathers and fertility control measures needed in the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area for the next 10 years. The public comment period is open July 13-Aug. 12, 2023. The McCullough Peaks HMA is located east of Cody in Park Co  more

NEWCASTLE, Wyoming, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 45-day public scoping period to gather comments to inform an environmental impact statement for planned revisions to the resource management plans for the Newcastle Field Office and Nebraska planning areas. The proposed revision would replace the existing 23-year-old Newcastle RMP that guides the management of approximate  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Wyoming Field Office issued the following news release: WYOMING HIGHLIGHTS Barley production in Wyoming, based on conditions as of July 1, 2023, is forecast at 6.72 million bushels, according to the July 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is up 25 percent from the 5.39-million-  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: Grady Lynn Peoples, age 50, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced on July 6, 2023, to 140 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence, which also includes four years of supervised   more