Check out news and blog postings from the Gina Guy Center for Land Water below.
UW Students Reach Semi-Finals at National Moot Court Competition March 11, 2025
Students representing the University of Wyoming College of Law and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources reached the semi-finals at the 2025 Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. The competition, in which more than 200 competitors from 47 law schools, was held at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, N.Y.
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The Rock Springs Resource Management Plan: A Critical Moment for Wyoming's Public Lands March 5, 2025
After more than a decade in development, officials finalized the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan (RMP), outlining the future of 3.6 million acres of public land in southwest Wyoming for the next 20 years. On December 20, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Record of Decision, approving the plan. However, amid ongoing controversy over its implementation, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a temporary hold on the Rock Springs RMP.
FWS Updates Grizzly Bear DPS Findings March 1, 2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) regarding the Endangered Species Act’s designation for the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the contiguous United States.
Join the 2025 Managing Wildlife on Large Landscapes Conference February 11, 2025
Managing critical wildlife species in vast and dynamic landscapes, such as those in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, presents an ongoing challenge that requires extensive collaboration. To facilitate these essential conversations, the University of Wyoming’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources invites conservationists, managers, and researchers to the Managing Wildlife on Large Landscapes Conference, taking place October 1-2, 2025, at Snow King Resort in Jackson, Wyoming.
Migration Ecologists Discuss Large-Landscape Conservation Ahead of Haub Conference January 20, 2025
Western Confluence magazine recently published an interview with Dr. Tony Sinclair and Dr. Arthur Middleton on bridging migration ecology across continents.
