DENVER, Colorado, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - EPA partners with the state to protect and restore watersheds, streams and groundwater * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $859,000 to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) to help protect human health and the environment through a Nonpoint Source Program (NPS) Clean Water Act Section 319 grant. This grant is given to states to implement en  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36326) entitled "Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. and DJP XX, LLC Control Exemptio Genesee and Wyoming, Inc., Et Al.": On July 9, 2019, Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. (Brookfield), and DJP XX, LLC (DJP), filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1180.2(d)(2) to allow DJP and Brookfield to control Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) and the 106 rai  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $400,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Wyoming for the monitoring of Colorado butterfly plant and Preble's meadow jumping mouse at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00309 (CFDA 15.678). For more information, contact Alex Schubert, 307/773-5098, Alex_Schubert@fws.gov.  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 18-04680-162) summary on "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Cheyenne VA Medical Center, Wyoming": Summary: This Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center. The inspection covers leadership and organizational risks and key clinical and administrative proce  more