News Releases

Edwards, deputy director and Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Division administrator for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), is retiring this month.

The State of Wyoming has been working for over four decades to reclaim and remediate these sites to avert environmental and human health impacts. In addition, residents and communities financially benefit from these p...

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) is recognizing the 50th Earth Day today, April 22, 2020.

DEQ encourages Wyoming residents to be aware of air quality in or around their area and to take action in reducing their respective contributions, no matter how small or large, to air pollution.

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality recently began operating a mobile ambient monitoring station near Boulder.

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) recently awarded the 2020 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for non-coal to Knife River for its efforts at the VR Mine, a 1,640-acre sand and gravel mine nea...

This approved permit application comes after several months of review by the Land Quality Division staff and consideration of public input to develop the final version of the permit and conditions.

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is asking residents to recycle their old electronics to the extent allowed by local recycling facilities.

State of Wyoming agencies want to remind people, including hunters and fisherman, to continue to avoid and keep animals away from harmful cyanobacterial blooms that may be present.

With summer nearly upon us and more people heading to Wyomings lakes and reservoirs to recreate, several State of Wyoming agencies want to remind the public to avoid and keep animals away from cyanobacterial blooms