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Please follow our discussion guidelines: https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/topic-of-the-week/2012-02-13/wpm-npr-community-discussion-rules . Wyoming Public Radio is a commercial-free station licensed to the University of Wyoming. Wyoming Public Media programming is primarily news, podcasts, classical and contemporary music. We also air jazz, folk, bluegrass, and unique entertainment programs. Wyo

ming Public Radio is the state's only member of National Public Radio. Wyoming Public Media also administers Classical Wyoming, Jazz Wyoming, and Wyoming Sounds streams of all three channels. Community Discussion Rules

The following serves as the official discussion policy for users of Wyoming Public Radio and Media's social networking tools. All participants in our social networking features and other forums are required to follow these rules or be subject to having their comments or account blocked. If you can't be polite, don't say it. Of course, we don't want to stifle discussion of controversial issues. Some topics require blunt talk, and we're not always going to agree with each other. Nonetheless, please try to disagree without being disagreeable. Focus your remarks on positions, not personalities. No personal attacks, name calling, libel, defamation, comments about someone's mother, hate speech, comparisons to notorious dictators -- you get the idea. And under no circumstances should you post anything that could be taken as threatening, harassing, bullying, obscene, pornographic, sexist or racist. Even if the word in question is often used in conversation. We're not going to list the words we object to; you know what they are. Remember, this is a public forum and we want everyone to feel comfortable participating. Anything you post should be your own work. You're welcome to link to relevant content and to quote limited amounts from other people's work with attribution and any associated copyright notice and consistent with "fair use" principles of copyright law. But that doesn't mean you can copy and paste wholesale. Please stay on topic. Think of it this way: if you hosted a book club meeting at your home, you wouldn't want someone to show up and insist on discussing reality TV shows. Please respect people's privacy. We love to learn about new and interesting individuals, but most people will not be happy to have their phone numbers or e-mail addresses published. Please do not share another's contact information through our social networks. Feel free to share your ideas and experiences about religion, politics and relevant products or services you've discovered. But this is not a place for advertising, promotion, recruiting, campaigning, lobbying, soliciting or proselytizing. We understand that there can be a fine line between discussing and campaigning; please use your best judgment — and we will use ours. Do not "feed" the trolls. We encourage community members to report abuse by trolls. But we also ask that you not engage with trolls in the comment threads. Reacting to their provocations is exactly what they want. If we see you feeding a troll, we will remove both the troll's comments and your responses. You are solely responsible for the content you post. Wyoming Public Media is not responsible for the content posted by its users. We do not and cannot review all user content posted on our social media platforms. However, we have the right (but not the obligation) to review, screen, delete, edit and/or move any content posted on our social media platforms. We encourage community discussion on our Facebook posts and look forward to hearing your thoughts and questions. However, this page is not for promotion of unrelated programs or activities and we will remove posts from others on our wall which solicit, promote, or advertise outside events or products. You are welcome to post this in our Wyoming Public Radio online events calendar. To post, merely click on the following link: http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/community-calendar/events/create to submit the date, title and location of your event. Call 307-766-4240 if you have any issues or questions.

01/06/2026

The state’s highest court ruled that two near-total state abortion bans violate the constitution.

Abortions will remain legal in Wyoming.The state’s supreme court ruled Jan. 6 that two near-total abortion bans are unco...
01/06/2026

Abortions will remain legal in Wyoming.

The state’s supreme court ruled Jan. 6 that two near-total abortion bans are unconstitutional.

“A woman has a fundamental right to make her own health care decisions, including

the decision to have an abortion. The State did not meet its burden of demonstrating the

Abortion Laws further the compelling interest of protecting unborn life without unduly

infringing upon the woman’s fundamental right to make her own health care decisions,” the court concluded in a split order. “As such, the Abortion Laws do not constitute reasonable and necessary restrictions on a pregnant woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.”

Chief Justice Lynne Boomgaarden, Former Justice Kate Fox, and Justices Robert Jarosh and John Fenn voted to strike down the 2023 abortion laws. Justice Kari Gray dissented.

Their ruling upholds an earlier decision from a Teton County district judge, which found the laws violate pregnant people’s constitutional right to make their own healthcare decisions in Wyoming.

Photo credit: Daniel Vorndran

LINK: https://ow.ly/BUU050XSxnb

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempted to delist grizzly bears during President Donald Trump’s first administ...
01/05/2026

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempted to delist grizzly bears during President Donald Trump’s first administration, its justification for doing so included the quality of grizzly habitat. Under the roadless rule, which prevents new thoroughfares from being built in some of the wildest corners of national forests, the mountainous areas and remote watersheds the bears depend on were ostensibly safe from development.

But now, both grizzlies and the roadless rule are in the crosshairs of the second Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.

In June, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the Forest Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, would begin the process to rescind the roadless rule; meanwhile, a House committee has passed legislation that would direct USFWS to delist grizzlies. Some in the environmental community are wondering whether these two objectives may be at odds with one another.

Story credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Photo credit: Jacob W. Frank

The rule banning new roads in some forests protects prime bear habitat and was part of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s justification for its failed attempt to delist grizzlies in 2017.

Wyoming saw more than 1,600 wildfires in 2025, a higher than average count that burned almost 250,000 acres, according t...
01/02/2026

Wyoming saw more than 1,600 wildfires in 2025, a higher than average count that burned almost 250,000 acres, according to the Office of State Lands and Investments.

Notable blazes included the Dollar Lake Fire near Pinedale and the Red Canyon Fire outside Thermopolis, both from August.

This year’s figures put 2025 well above the 10-year average, said Jerod DeLay, the State Forestry Division’s fire management officer. But it’s still below the record-setting heights of 2024, which saw more than 2,000 fires burning 850,000 acres throughout Wyoming.

Between the 2024 and 2025 fire seasons, the Wyoming Legislature gave the state’s wildland firefighters additional funding with Senate File 152. The State Forestry Division used that to purchase an additional helicopter and two more single-engine airtankers.

Photo credit: Craig Cochran

Wyoming’s number of wildfires and acres burned were well above average, but well below the records set in 2024.

Wyoming Game and Fish hosts a statewide art contest every year for its annual collectible conservation stamp. 2027 shine...
01/02/2026

Wyoming Game and Fish hosts a statewide art contest every year for its annual collectible conservation stamp. 2027 shines the spotlight on the Arctic grayling.

These slippery fish are a member of the salmon family and live in cool, clear rivers and lakes. They’ve got a big, sail-like dorsal fin with a scalloped edge and bright, colorful spots.

The species is little more than a foot long on average and is the only kind of grayling found in North America. But warming waters and habitat loss have made it more challenging for this swimmer to thrive.

Adults can submit their best depiction of the Arctic grayling for the professional contest through March 31. The K-12 student competition is also open and closes on April 10.

Photo credit: Wyoming Game and Fish Department

Adults can submit their best depiction of the fish through March 31 and the student competition closes on April 10.

01/01/2026

Name That Tune #558: Harry Salter Papers

The program was a test of musical knowledge. A live studio orchestra played a song. Two seated contestants listened to the melody. The first to recognize the tune raced across the stage to ring a bell. The quicker contestant had the chance to “name that tune.”

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The votes are in...And the top songs of 2025 are in! Check out the Wyoming Sounds page for the list.https://ow.ly/jQJO50...
01/01/2026

The votes are in...

And the top songs of 2025 are in! Check out the Wyoming Sounds page for the list.

https://ow.ly/jQJO50XQMa9

12/30/2025

The Du Pont Dynasty #557: Jacqueline Thompson Papers

The Du Pont family was once one of the most influential and prominent families in the United States. Eleuthère du Pont de Nemours founded what was to become the DuPont Company in 1802.

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Wyoming Public Radio is a commercial-free station licensed to the University of Wyoming. Wyoming Public Media programming is primarily news, podcasts, classical and contemporary music. We also air jazz, folk, bluegrass, and unique entertainment programs. We broadcast to over 80% Wyoming. Wyoming Public Radio is the state's only member of National Public Radio.

Wyoming Public Media also administers Classical Wyoming, Jazz Wyoming, and Wyoming Sounds streams of all three channels.