by Karen Hertel.Wyoming Rising advocates for civil liberties, quality public education, affordable health care, protection of the environment, and participation in government. In keeping with our recent March for Science and celebration of Earth Day, I wanted to focus on the “protection of the environment” part of our mission. What…
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Guest essay by Cody Petterson, Director at Sequoia Foundation. For the first time in 15 years, I sat down in my car the other day and broke down sobbing. On the side of a dirt road, surrounded by mountains. Waves of sadness, frustration, rage, and despair welling up. I’d spent…
Guest Essay by Lee Nellis. Jackie is face down in the pink mud, laughing so hard she cannot stand. Henry is doubled over in mirth. Sophie, our dog, looks down from a sandstone capped pinnacle above the wash. She doesn’t like snowball fights. But the melting of a wet November…
Guest Editorial, by Linda Raynolds. April 12, 2019 Dear Secretary of State Buchanan, I was disappointed to read your recent letter to the editor, which appeared in my hometown newspaper, The Cody Enterprise. You write of your opposition to the temporary Court-ordered suspension of thousands of acres of o&g leases…
In just 7 days, it will be Earth Day. The world will be celebrating all week, and we will be ending the week of celebration on April 27 with a March for Science, free Earth Day events at the Buffalo Bill Center Of The West and a stellar group of…
Mark your calendar for April 27, when we gather to celebrate Earth Day (officially April 22) and to call for science-based solutions to the challenges of climate change. SCHEDULE of EVENTS 11:00: Gather in Cody City Park and march through downtown Cody, returning to the Park. Please arrive early to…