The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Begins Redesignation Process

By Kimberly Mazza PINEDALE – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Air Quality Division (AQD) recently held a public meeting in Pinedale, Wyoming to discuss the process to officially redesignate the Upper Green River Basin (UGRB) to Attainment status for meeting the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). In 2012, the UGRB […]

DEQ’s State of the Environment Podcast, Episode 5, Just Released. All Things Air Quality!

Cheyenne – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality State has released a new episode of its State of the Environment podcast. The podcast’s episodes cover topics related to the agency and its work to help listeners be more aware of the work the DEQ and its seven Divisions provide for Wyoming.  Listen now to DEQ Director […]

DEQ adds mobile air quality monitor to Rock Springs

Cheyenne, Wyo – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Air Quality Division (AQD) has begun operating a mobile ambient monitoring station in Rock Springs, Wyoming.  The AQD will be holding an open house regarding the mobile station on July 29, 2024, 4 p.m.– 6 p.m. at the Western Wyoming Community College Workforce Training Center. The public […]

Wyoming DEQ’s Leif Paulson Presents at NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team Public Meeting 

Leif Paulson, Air Quality Natural Resources Program Supervisor with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality – Air Quality Division presented at the Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts recently.  HASQAST works to connect NASA satellite data and products with public health experts and air […]

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Presents at the NASA Health and Air Quality Applications Annual Program Review

By Kimberly A. Mazza CHEYENNE – Amber Potts, Air Quality Resource Program Manager with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality-Air Quality Division was in Jackson recently to welcome the NASA Health and Air Quality Applications Team to Wyoming.  A part of NASA’s Earth Science Applied Science, the NASA Health and Air Quality Applications Team provides […]

DEQ to recognize Asbestos Awareness

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will be recognizing Asbestos Awareness from April 1-7, 2024 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 all over the […]