Hannah Habermann

1 day ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Caitlin Tan |Hannah Habermann |Hanna Merzbach |Jordan Uplinger

Very few know about Wyoming’s biggest export and how it’s produced. And yet, there’s a mini-underground world below the desert of Green River. Wyoming Public Radio brings you an audio tour of trona mining. Wyoming healthcare stakeholders are expecting a double whammy if changes proposed by Congress to Medicaid and the healthcare Marketplace are enacted. They predict 20,000 Wyomingites could lose coverage.

1 day ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hannah Habermann

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) office in Lander works with the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes on the Wind River Reservation to conserve the area’s big game and fish. That collaboration has been going on for decades, but the office’s lease is one of many listed on the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) termination list. While the office currently remains open, there’s a lot of uncertainty about what’s next for the location’s work and staff.

3 days ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hannah Habermann

State agencies want to build wildlife crossings on a stretch of highway around Dubois, to make it safer for drivers and deer alike. But federal grant freezes have created a bit of a roadblock for the potential project, which has a $28 million dollar price tag.

4 days ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hannah Habermann

The Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee took a full-day dive into all things nuclear at a recent interim session meeting in Casper. The discussion comes after two bills related to the storage of spent nuclear fuel failed last legislative session. During the May 22 meeting, the group of lawmakers decided to re-draft an abbreviated version of one of those bills, Senate File 186 - Advanced nuclear reactor manufacturers-fuel storage.

1 week ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hannah Habermann

Cooperative fish and wildlife research units across the country help train the next generation of the conservation workforce and support decision-making through on-the-ground technical assistance to state agencies. But the long-standing U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) program could be on the chopping block as a result of Trump’s proposed budget cuts, according to reporting from Science.