2025
Floating for Science: SRHWG Joins WYACT on the Snake
Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group, August 7
On July 16, with blue skies overhead and perfect weather, 12 SRHWG members hit the
river for a hands-on science float with researchers from the University of Wyoming’s
WyACT project.
Wyoming warming to climate change reality and worried about water, UW poll finds
WyoFile, July 1, Dustin Bleizeffer
Of the 81% who want their communities to plan for climate-related water changes, less
than half know that most of their neighbors feel the same.
Survey: 81% of Wyomingites think state should plan for water supply shifts
Public News Service, May 27, Kathleen Shannon, Producer
An interview with Kristen Landreville, researcher of the WyACT study that looks at
water, climate and Wyomingites.
UW survey: Wyomingites believe the climate is changing and want to prepare
Wyoming Public Radio, May 16, Caitlin Tan
An interview with Kristen Landreville, researcher of the WyACT study that looks at
water, climate and Wyomingites.
Wyoming Residents Want Communities to Plan for Changes in Water Resources, UW Survey...
Spot On Wyoming, May 2
New Stream Gauges and Weather Stations Poised to Help Wyoming Tribes Endure Flooding
and Drought
Inside Climate News, April 15, Jake Bolster
The new devices, which are part of a slew of planned infrastructure upgrades, will
help the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho improve their disaster warning system.
Giving a Dam: Wyoming Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as the State Proposes
Sending it to Outside Irrigators
Inside Climate News, February 2, Jake Bolster
The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on
the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal
legislation and a changing water landscape.
Some legislative action is trying to reverse Wyoming’s effort toward alternative energy
Wyoming Public Media, January 24, Caitlin Tan
University of Wyoming Geology and Geophysics Professor and WyACT Co-PI Bryan Shuman
was interviewed for a piece on Wyoming Public Radio.
2024
Wind River Development Fund awarded grant from the Wells Fargo Invest Native Program
County 10, December 4
WRSC has grown from a subaward to Central Wyoming College to partnership with the
UW Office of Research and Economic Development–High Plains American Indian Research
Institute and the Wyoming Anticipating Climate Change grant to support programming
and nation building on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
UW program bringing real-world science to Wyoming classrooms
December 2: various news outlets published UW's press release on TRKE
Oil City News - K2 Radio - Cap City News - Carbon County Comet
UW Project Garners NSF Funding Via CO-WY Engine to Study Weather Extremes and Water
Security
UW press release, October 31
A groundbreaking research project proposed by WyACT Co-PI Bart Geerts secured NSF
funding through the CO-WY Engine. Geerts, in the Department of Atmospheric Science,
is the principal investigator (PI) of the one-year, $300,000 project.
U of Wyo climate scientist predicts less snow in Jackson Hole in next 20 years
Buckrail, October 2, Leigh Reagan Smith
An interactive climate presentation at the Teton County Library on Monday, Sept. 16
predicted that climate in Jackson Hole and in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will
change more rapidly in the 21st century, compared to the last few decades.
Warming temperatures in Jackson could mean less snow
KHOL, September 18, Dante Filpula Ankney
University of Wyoming professor and WyACT Co-PI Bryan Shuman spoke on climate change
and its potential impacts in the Greater Yellowstone at the Teton County Library on
Monday, Sept. 16.
2023
UW and Partners Provide Grants for Climate Change Adaptation
UW press release, September 20
Western Water Assessment and the University of Wyoming Center for Climate, Water and
People awarded three recipients grants through the “Adapting to Climate Change in
Wyoming” program.
$20 Million Grant Jumpstarts Wyoming Climate Resiliency Work
Trout Unlimited, February 14
Trout Unlimited: The Snake River Headwaters just outside of Jackson, Wyoming will
be the subject of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to better
understand how climate change will affect stream flows, aquatic ecosystems and the
communities and individuals who rely on them.
Study of Snake River headwaters will lead $20 million climate change grant
Jackson Hole News & Guide, January 6, Billy Arnold
Scientists in Snake River headwaters will lead a $20 million grant that the National
Science Foundation awarded to the University of Wyoming to study how climate change
will impact streamflows, aquatic ecosystems and vegetations and the communities and
people that use the watersheds.
2022
As the west dries, a new climate change research grant seeks to ‘co-produce’ local
knowledge
Wyoming Public Media, June 10, Jeff Victor
At the University of Wyoming, researchers are studying the effects climate change
has on the local environment, region, and people.
How a small Wyoming town’s water shortages could set an example for other Western
towns in the future
Wyoming Public Media, June 10
Rawlins and Sinclair have recently been facing water shortages as the result of aging
and neglected infrastructure, but also drought. Experts suggest that many towns across
the West could face similar problems in the future.
Nearly tapped out: UW team wins $20M grant to study climate-driven changes to water
supply
Buffalo Bulletin, Laramie Boomerang, Wyoming News Exchange, May 24, Greg Johnson
As a prolonged Western drought hits new historic levels almost daily, a team of University
of Wyoming scientists has been awarded $20 million to study the crisis at the community
level with an eye on evolving solutions.
UW Wins $20M Grant to Study Climate-Driven Changes to State’s Water Supply
UW press release, May 16
A 5-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the University
of Wyoming will allow researchers to work with Wyoming’s communities to deal with
expected significant and lasting changes in water availability. Through fieldwork
and high-performance computing, researchers will quantify how a changing climate in
one of the nation’s key headwater regions is likely to affect streamflows, aquatic
ecosystems and vegetation and the communities and people who depend upon them.
