Wyoming

Movement To ‘Re-Indigenize’ Yellowstone Gains Steam

September 13, 2022 Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile. Create! Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Wyoming, Yellowstone

Old Faithful, Wyoming - Tom Wadsworth read straight from the 154-year-old treaty that displaced his ancestors from their land as he made a case that Shoshone and Bannock tribal members should be allowed to hunt, fish and gather inside Yellowstone National Park. Signed at Fort Bridger on July 3, 1868 in what’s now southern Wyoming, the treaty granted the Shoshone and Bannock native people the right to “hunt on the unoccupied lands of the United States” in perpetuity, so long as game was found and peace with white people maintained. Yet, today, with a few exceptions, hunting isn’t allowed by tribal members or anyone else in Yellowstone or the rest of the National Park Service’s 400-plus units in the Lower 48. Wadsworth, the captain game warden for the Shoshone-Bannock tribes, suggested the federal government didn’t uphold its end of the deal.

People Near Wyoming Fracking Town Show Elevated Levels Of Toxic Chemicals

June 23, 2016 Zahra Hirji, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Fracking, Toxic Chemicals, Wyoming

By Zahra Hirji for Inside Climate News - Researchers tested air pollution in Pavillion, Wyo., along with local residents, suggesting a link between the toxic chemicals released and biological impacts. A new study brings researchers and environmental advocates closer than ever to tracing whether toxic chemicals spewing out of natural gas production sites are making their way into the bodies of people who live and work nearby.

Fracking Study Finds Toxins In Wyoming Town’s Groundwater

March 31, 2016 Neela Banerjee, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! EPA, Fracking, Wyoming

By Neela Banerjee for Inside Climate News - Hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas operations contaminated the groundwater in Pavillion, Wyoming, according to a new study by Stanford University scientists. The findings raise concerns about possible water pollution in other heavily fracked and geologically similar communities in the U.S. West. Pavillion has long been a flashpoint in the national debate over the potential impact of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on drinking water.

A Victory For Fracking Transparency

February 14, 2015 Wayne Lax, www.trib.com Organize! Environment, Fracking, Law, Transparency, Wyoming

This week, under pressure from public interest groups, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and energy giant Halliburton agreed to reform the state’s policies for disclosing fracking chemicals to the public. As a result of an Earthjustice lawsuit (representing Powder River Basin Resource Council, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Earthworks and the Center for Effective Government), oil and gas companies face a heavier burden of proof. Under the new policies, if they want to keep fracking chemicals confidential as trade secrets under state law, they will be required to submit detailed information in support of such requests.

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