By Kimberly Mazza Cheyenne – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) was recently awarded the Excellence in Underground Injection Control (UIC) Award at the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) Annual Forum General Session.  Lily Barkau, Groundwater Section Manager for WDEQ accepted the award that recognized the department’s leadership and innovation in Class...

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), and local, state, and federal partners want to remind people, including hunters and fisherman, to continue...

By Kimberly Mazza Cheyenne – Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Brownfield Program recently received The Sheldon D. Gerber Merit Award for Excellence in Environmental Planning award for their SPURR initiative. SPURR stands for State Partnership for Urban & Rural Redevelopment which is aWyoming Brownfield Initiative and provides a technical assistance toolkit calibrated...

By Kimberly Mazza, Jeremy Zumberge, and Eric Hargett Statewide – Since 2010, the Surface Water Monitoring Program at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Water Quality Division has been engaged in a study to understand the overall water quality condition of perennial streams and rivers throughout Wyoming.  For the research to be...