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Hunting outfitters are planning a rally on the town square in Jackson this week to call attention to declining elk herds and hunting opportunities around Yellowstone National Park that they blame on wolf depredation. Jackson area outfitter B.J. Hill, a member of the board of the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, said he expects hundreds of people at the "Wolf Impact Rally" on Saturday. "If we don't do something with this wolf in the in the next year or two or three, sport hunting is going to be gone in the West,"...
A bill to impose a tax on wind energy generation in Wyoming advanced Monday despite warnings that it could slow development and increase power costs. The House Revenue Committee voted to reduce the proposed tax by two-thirds, from $3 to $1 per megawatt hour. It also amended the bill to delay imposition of the tax until 2012 and specified that the state won't collect taxes on power generated by turbines during their first three years of operation. The committee voted 6-3 to recommend approval of House Bill 101, which now... Full story
More people in Wyoming describe themselves as conservative than in nearly any other state, a new Gallup poll shows. Fi f ty- three percent of Wyomingites polled said they consider themselves to be conservative. Only Mississippi had as many self-identifying conservatives. A separate poll by Mason- Dixon Polling and Research for the Casper Star-Tribune showed a 52-percent disapproval rating for President Obama and even stronger disapproval of the health care reform law passed earlier this year. Obama's job-approval ratings... Full story
