The State of Wyoming and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) filed a complaint against Chevron Corporation for violations of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act involving the remediation of environmental contamination at several service stations and convenience stores in Wyoming. During the time Chevron owned, leased, operated, and controlled its many service stations […]
By Kristine Galloway The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s dedication to student safety extends further than better air quality for kids. While the 92 new school buses the DEQ helped school districts purchase with grants are going a long way to ensuring Wyoming kids breath cleaner air, those buses also include the latest safety features […]
By Kristine Galloway Three years ago, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) dedicated itself to improving student safety statewide. The DEQ created the School Bus Replacement Program in 2016 and has helped replace 92 buses in Wyoming’s school districts with about $2.1 million in grant money. That money comes partially from the Environmental Protection […]
Boulder, WY – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a Pre-Winter Ozone Season Update on Monday, November 18, 2019. The meeting will begin with a presentation of information. After the presentation, multiple stations will provide one-on-one opportunities to answer questions and exchange information. The Wyoming Department of Health will also be in […]
A multi-party effort to improve safety and accessibility on Fremont County Road 10, aka Gas Hills Haul Road and Dry Creek Road, is complete. The project, led by Fremont County and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), will provide safer public travel on this road and reduce the number of travelers stranded miles from the […]
By Kristine Galloway The Nature Conservancy opened a seed lab this year in Lander, as part of the Abandoned Mine Lands Native Plants Project, an inter-agency effort, led by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Bureau of Land Management, to restore the sagebrush steppe ecosystem across the U.S. West. Through the seed lab, […]
By Kristine Galloway Inmates at the Wyoming Honor Farm, a minimum security corrections facility in Riverton, set up a greenhouse at the Honor Farm in June. They are exclusively growing about 40,000 seedlings of various types of sagebrush for the Abandoned Mine Lands Native Plants Project through the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the […]
By Kristine Galloway Educational outreach at Lander Middle School was the first piece implemented for the Abandoned Mine Lands Native Plants Project through the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Bureau of Land Management. That project is part of an inter-agency effort to restore the fractured sagebrush steppe ecosystem across the U.S. West. The […]
By Kristine Galloway In 2019, the sagebrush ecosystem is about half the size it used to be. This is concerning because so many animals, plants and insects make their homes in the sagebrush steppe habitat. To assist with the work to restore that ecosystem, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Bureau of Land […]
On September 20, 2019, the United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) responded to a recent citizen complaint filed by the Powder River Basin Resource Council (PRBRC). In OSMRE’s response, the federal oversight agency agreed with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) assessment that the Belle Ary and Eagle Butte mines are […]