DEQ leadership receives signed proclamation from Governor. From left: Deputy Director and ISD Administrator Alan Edwards, SHWD Administrator Suzanne Engels, Governor Mark Gordon, Director Todd Parfitt, WQD Administrator Jennifer Zygmunt, Management Services Administrator Kimber Wichmann, AQD Administrator Nancy Vehr, LQD Administrator Kyle Wendtland By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE –Governor Mark Gordon celebrated the Department of Environmental […]
HCBs at Alcova Reservoir By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE, Wyo – Since 2017, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has worked with cooperators to improve our understanding of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Wyoming waterbodies for the wellbeing of the public. Harmful cyanobacterial blooms, also known as HCBs, blooms, or blue-green algae are dense accumulations of cyanobacteria […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo – With summer nearly upon us and more people heading to Wyoming’s lakes and reservoirs to recreate, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), Wyoming Livestock Board (WLB), and local, state, and federal partners want to remind the public to avoid and keep animals away from harmful cyanobacterial […]
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 […]
By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Air Quality Division (AQD) has been recognized in the newly released 2023 edition of “State Air Trends & Successes: The StATS Report.” The annual publication, which has been issued by the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA) since April 2017, looks at […]
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 […]
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Air Quality Division has deployed a Mobile Beta Attenuation Monitor (BAM) trailer in Laramie County. The BAM trailer began operation on April 1, 2023, and will be in place for approximately one year. The Air Quality Division sited a regional population-based location among populated areas at the Willadsen Elementary […]
By Kimberly Mazza CHEYENNE – Lily Barkau, Natural Resources Program Manager at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, was recently tapped by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to serve on one of two new task forces that will provide input to inform the responsible development of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS). […]
By Kimberly Mazza The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will be recognizing Asbestos Awareness from April 1-7, 2023 to help the public better understand what asbestos is, where it comes from, what building materials might contain it and how to dispose of it. Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral that was mined […]
Stories that exemplify DEQ’s 50 years of accomplishments Hanna – For decades the town of Hanna sat above miles of open underground voids – pockets of space caused by underground coal mining. Those voids can cave in (an occurrence called subsidence) creating potentially dangerous situations for people and damage to property. The Wyoming Department of […]