Are we losing the home place?

Walt Gasson (executive director of the Wyoming Wildlife Federation) - I wanted to be able to get behind the new alternative being proposed for natural gas drilling on the Pinedale Anticline. But in the end what I see here, despite weeks of media hype and what must have been a jillion dollars in public relations spending, is more of the same. The Bureau of Land Management continues to pursue its development at-all-costs policy for natural gas development in Wyoming. I ask that residents get engaged in energy development conversations, so that we can collectively decide about what we want to have happen on our "home place." Read entire opinion piece at Casper Star-Tribune.

The Wyoming Sportsmen's Perspective on Oil and Gas Development

Wyoming Public Radio host Bob Beck speaks with Ben Lamb, who works on wildlife issues for the Montana Wildlife Federation (formerly with Wyoming Wildlife Federation and Wyoming Conservation Voters). Listen to the interview discussing sportsmen's concerns about drilling in Wyoming.

LISTEN HERE

Bringing a Wyoming Sportsman's Perspective to Washington

By Armond Acri, WWF Board Member

In May, I traveled to Washington, D.C. with other concerned hunters and anglers from the West to share the sportsmen's perspective. With so many changes happening to our open country, this was an opportunity to be part of the public release of the Sportsmen's Public Lands Energy Agenda--a set of common sense policies developed by Trout Unlimited and National Wildlife Federation that recommends various improvements to current national oil and gas policy.

Participants came from Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Utah. Daly Edmunds, Duane Hyde and I represented Wyoming sportsmen and women. Daly is our Public Lands Coordinator. Duane is a retired Wyoming Game Warden in Afton. Our message was simple: we recognize the need for energy development, but we feel there needs to be a balanced solution.

Read more about Armond's trip to Washington, D.C.

Wildlife Group Gets New Leader

Casper Star Tribune

Walt Gasson was retired all of one day before he got the call.

The longtime Wyoming Game and Fish Department employee retired from the agency after 31 years on Dec. 3. The next day, he was named the new executive director of the Wyoming Wildlife Federation.

After a yearlong search, the state's oldest and largest sportsmen's conservation organization chose the 53-year-old Game and Fish career employee to help revitalize and direct the Cheyenne-based organization.

"It was a fairly short-lived retirement," Gasson said. "But I'm so excited about this ... It's unseemly for a man my age to be as excited as I am about this."

Founded in 1937 by hunters and anglers, the nonprofit group is composed of a variety of state residents who seek to conserve wildlife and wildlife habitat.

The federation touts itself as the largest statewide sportsmen and conservation organization with a membership of about 5,500 hunters, anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts.

Read the Entire Story from the Casper Star Tribune.

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