CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2022: Governor Mark Gordon's leadership in protecting private agricultural lands and migratory big game populations was recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today with the signing of the Wyoming Wildlife Habitat Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Under the MOU, Wyoming and the USDA agree to invest "technical capacity and resources in the conservation, restoration, managem  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 19 (TNSawa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Eli Bebout, a member of the Wyoming Enhanced Oil Recovery Commission (EORC), has been selected to receive the 2022 Bill Daniels Ethical Leadership Award. The EORC and the University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) celebrate this award with Bebout and his family, EORI Director Lon Whitman says. "We are exceedingly grateful for Commissioner Bebout's service, contributions and l  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Yun Li, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming's Department of Zoology and Physiology, recently received a $2.25 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) RF1 grant to advance her Alzheimer's disease research. The RF1 grant provides the initial three years of support for her research titled "Loss of TDP-43 disrupts the prefrontal neural activity and circuitry: relevance for TDP-43   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: After Hurricane Fiona rocked the Dominican Republic last month, Ramesh Sivanpillai received the call. On Sept. 20, the University of Wyoming senior research scientist in the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) was tapped by the International Charter Space and Major Disasters to be the project manager for its hurricane response efforts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiate  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A rare species of sagebrush found only in southeast Wyoming survives primarily through pollination by bees, according to new research led by a University of Wyoming graduate student. That makes the Laramie chickensage unusual among the hundreds of species of sagebrush, most of which are primarily pollinated by the wind, according to the research published in the Nordic Journal of Botany. Madison  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming researchers have gained further insight into the biological processes that allow microscopic creatures called tardigrades to survive extreme conditions, including being completely dried out in suspended animation for years. Thomas Boothby, an assistant professor of molecular biology, and colleagues discovered how a sugar called trehalose works with proteins to allow tardigra  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Native freshwater mussels are key to aquatic ecosystems, as these organisms improve water quality by filtering large water volumes as well as provide nutrients and substrate for other aquatic species. However, these mussels have experienced dramatic declines in western North America, including two species native to Wyoming and Utah. Lusha Tronstad, lead invertebrate zoologist with the Wyoming Nat  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 20 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: Representatives from the The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), the Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB), and the U.S. Department of Labor have signed an agreement creating the standards for Wyoming's Teacher Apprenticeship initiative, which will allow pilot school districts to begin taking applications from candidates for the spring 2023 semester. "This is an important milestone in  more