By Kimberly Mazza Cheyenne, Wyo – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Air Quality Division has begun operating a mobile ambient monitoring station in Laramie County, Wyoming. The mobile monitoring station began operations on February 1, 2023, and will be in place for approximately one year. The mobile monitoring station includes gaseous monitors (NOx, SO2, […]
CHEYENNE – Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon proclaimed this week, Feb. 6-13, as the Wyoming Professional Water and Wastewater Operator Appreciation Week. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) is joining him in honoring these essential professionals. Water treatment, water distribution, wastewater collection and wastewater treatment operators are professionals who are vital to Wyoming. They protect public […]
By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE – This year marks an important era for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The agency was established on July 1, 1973 and will be celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2023. In 1973, the DEQ was created through the Environmental Quality Act. The purpose of the Act was to protect […]
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 […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo – Although fewer people are recreating in Wyoming’s lakes and reservoirs this fall as water and air temperatures decrease, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ), Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), Wyoming Livestock Board (WLB), Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Wyoming State Parks, and United States Forest Service want […]
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 […]
Todd Parfitt, Director of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently attended the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) Fall Meeting. Formed in 1993, ECOS is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders. The focus of the Fall Meeting was “Taking Innovation to New Heights” and included presentations on State […]
By Kristine GallowayCHEYENNE – The Shoshone River fishery has improved and is now better-protected thanks to jointefforts by Wyoming organizations. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) partnered with multiple organizations toredesign operations at the Willwood Dam in Park County to improve sediment management to betterprotect water quality standards and support the downstream fishery. DEQ, […]
Lindsay Patterson, the Surface Water Quality Standards Coordinator at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) was recently recognized by the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA).
The Department of Environmental Quality’s Land Quality Division (LQD) established the summer internwork program in 2021 to recruit a junior or senior student enrolled at the University of Wyoming in theCollege of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The summer temporary position provides an opportunityfor a student to gain valuable skills while supporting the DEQ intern mission […]