Don Newton, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality AML Administrator testifies before the U.S. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Don Newton, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Division Administrator, testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) in Washington D.C. today.  The purpose of this hearing was to examine the implementation of federal coal mine land reclamation and abandoned coal mine […]

Department of Environmental Quality Presents Native Plant Project National Awards

By Kimberly Mazza LANDER – Todd Parfitt, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Director presented the Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC) Public Outreach Award to Gina Clingerman of the BLM for her ongoing efforts in the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Native Plants Project, providing sagebrush habitat reclamation in Wyoming. Parfitt also presented the Lander Middle School […]

Wyoming Department of Environmental/Abandoned Mine Land Division to Host Seeding Specialist Certification and Training

By Kimberly Mazza Lander – The Wyoming Department of Environmental/Abandoned Mine Land Division (AML) is hosting a Seeding Specialist Certification and Training at the American Society of Reclamation Sciences (ASRS) annual meeting in Boise, Idaho June 4th-7th. The Seeding Specialist Training will focus on planning, designing, construction management techniques, and tools to increase vegetation establishment of a diverse […]

DEQ Honors Mining Industry in Wyoming

DEQ Honors Mining Industry in Wyoming By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE – Today, December 6 is National Miner’s Day 2022.  As one of Wyoming’s founding industries and historically rooted in the state’s culture and economy, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) would like to honor our Wyoming miners and acknowledge the continued impact of Wyoming’s […]

Wyoming Presented with OSMRE Western States and Tribes Region Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Award 

WASHINGTON – The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement honored the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Abandoned Mine Land Division during the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs conference in Grand Junction, Colorado, on October 17. Wyoming won the award for reclamation work at Hanna Elementary School and the adjacent high school football field and […]

DEQ names new AML Administrator

Statewide, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Director, Todd Parfitt has named Don Newton as the new Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Division Administrator. Newton’s previous experience includes 10 years as a key member of the AML program, 12 years with the DEQ’s water quality division, and more than 10 years of other management […]

AML to host meeting in Reliance

Reliance, Wyo – On April 12, 2016, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Abandoned Mine Land Division (AML) will be hosting a public meeting to present recent data collected and upcoming mine subsidence projects in and around the Reliance community. The meeting will start at 6:00 PM at the Reliance Library, 1329 Main Street. This work is a continuation […]

AML to host meeting on upcoming projects in and around Reliance

On November 19, 2015, the Abandoned Mine Land Division (AML) will be hosting a public meeting to present recent data collected and upcoming projects in and around the Reliance community. “We will be showing the public recent data we found after an AML project was completed this year,” said Alan Edwards, AML Administrator. “This past project […]