CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Consistent with the direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming today released an environmental assessment analyzing 47 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 46,250.57 acres for a proposed lease sale that would be held in December 2023. The release of this environmental assessment starts a 30-day public comment period, which wil  more

RAWLINS, Wyoming, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * City to use Brownfields grant to address contamination, advance redevelopment at critical properties * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the City of Rawlins will receive a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment grant to conduct environmental assessments and develop cleanup plans at more than 20 high-priority properties. The target area for the gra  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Region 8 Office is previewing an upcoming grant competition for a Region 8 focused Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) to help Region 8 communities and other environmental justice stakeholders access federal technical assistance and resources to address environmental and energy justice concerns. EPA Re  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: MOUNTAIN I REGION (IDAHO, MONTANA, WYOMING) There were 24,000 workers hired directly by farms in the Mountain I Region (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) during the reference week of April 9-15, 2023, according to the Agricultural Labor Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statis  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will end data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture on May 31. Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming producers who have not yet returned their completed questionnaires have just one week left to respond.  more