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Guest Column: The Mountain Pine Beetle And Forest Management
Retired forester Karl Brauneis writes, "The beetle epidemics of today are a direct result of the loss of America's timber industry in the west. The US Forest Service is no longer able to practice pro-active forest management with the absence of a robust timber industry."
Karl BrauneisJanuary 18, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Thursday, January 18, 2024
Snow possible, blowing snow, cold temperatures and windy conditions for many areas of Wyoming on Thursday. Highs range from the low single digits to near 30 and lows from -17 to near 20.
CSD StaffJanuary 18, 2024
Your Wyoming Sunrise: Thursday, January 18, 2024
Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Brian Perry in Grover, Wyoming. Brian writes, "This sunrise shot of Auburn was taken from my rear porch on Jan 15, 2024. The Wasatch Range is serene and impressive in the first light of the rising sun."
CSD StaffJanuary 18, 2024
Guest Column: Now Is The Time To Forever Protect The Kelly Parcel
Guest columnist Rob Wallace writes, "The wise decision by the State Land Board to postpone action now gives the legislature time to enact a law authorizing a direct sale to the National Park Service, an outcome that would guarantee permanent protection for the Kelly Parcel."
CSD StaffJanuary 18, 2024
Your Wyoming Sunrise: Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Jason Glantz. Jason writes, "Here's a great sunrise photo, taken on 1/16/24, silhouetting elk on a ridge in Dubois, Wyoming."
CSD StaffJanuary 17, 2024
Guest Column: My Name Is Wyoming And I'm An Addict
Rep. Ken Pendergraft writes, "I entered into an abusive relationship with my partner many years ago. This partner now provides me with a substance I can’t seem to walk away from, federal dollars."
CSD StaffJanuary 16, 2024
Guest Column: Natural Asset Companies? Hard Pass From Wyoming
Rep. Cyrus Western writes, "We need to call out Natural Asset Companies for what they are - yet another mechanism for outside forces to tell Wyoming what to do and chip away at our ability to control our own future."
CSD StaffJanuary 16, 2024
Guest Column: The Endangered Species Act Is Flawed, There Is Now A Road Map To Fix It
Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Shelley Moore Capito write, "With a less than 5% success rate, it is abundantly clear that the Endangered Species Act is woefully inept at recovering dwindling species populations on the verge of extinction and is in serious need of immediate reform."
CSD StaffJanuary 13, 2024
Guest Column: Uniparty Elitists Are Trying To Destroy Wyoming
Rep. Bill Allemand writes, "Why are the elitists in the Wyoming House of Representatives trying to destroy our great state? They proved last session that they support big taxes, big spending, and big pharma."
CSD StaffJanuary 12, 2024
Guest Column: Reviewing 2023 And Planning For Greater Successes Ahead
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman writes, "The year 2023 – my first year in the U.S. House of Representatives – was quite a journey. While we had our share of challenges, we have also had great success in passing conservative legislation, holding a record number of committee hearings, and tackling some of the issues most critical to our country."
CSD StaffJanuary 12, 2024
Guest Column: Why I'm The Prime Sponsor Of The "What Is A Woman Act"
Guest columnist Rep. Jeanette Ward writes, "Those who claim that we need 'Wyoming solutions for Wyoming problems' will sit idly by and allow the feds to dictate policies that put women in harm's way, that stomp on biological reality, and that force us to betray what we know to be moral and true."
CSD StaffJanuary 11, 2024
Guest Column: Let’s Embrace a Culture of Transparency
Rep. Sarah Penn writes, "My bill requires government meeting minutes and recordings to be made available online and requires, to the extent practicable, government agencies to stream their meetings online for all to witness."
CSD StaffJanuary 11, 2024
Guest Column: Ogden Driskill and Albert Sommers' 2024 Legislative Preview
Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers write, "As the presiding officers of our respective chambers, we will focus on fighting rising costs like property taxes and electric utility increases, placing parents in the driver’s seat of their children’s education, and supporting mental health programs for our fellow neighbors."
CSD StaffJanuary 10, 2024
What Happened to America’s Middle Class? An Old Foresters Perspective
Occasional guest columnist Karl Brauneis writes, "The Threatened and Endangered Species Act actually did more for attorneys and environmental elites then it did for the wildlife it was designed to protect. The few got rich while the working men and woman and the forest itself suffered."
Karl BrauneisJanuary 03, 2024
Guest Column: Name-Calling For Fun and Profit
Guest columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Political name-calling does nothing to advance the debate. It demeans us all. We should not tolerate spewing political platitudes, demonizing disagreers and high and mighty self-labeling."
CSD StaffDecember 30, 2023
Guest Column: Congressional Western Caucus Working Harder Than Ever
U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis writes, "During the past three decades we have grown to more than 100 members of the House and 20 Senators; yet our mission of serving the interests of farmers, ranchers, landowners and rural communities alike to ensure their legislative priorities are heard in our nation’s capital remains unchanged."
CSD StaffDecember 30, 2023
Guest Column: Endangered Species Act -- A Failure At 50
Former Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley writes, "After 50 years since enactment of the Endangered Species Act, there is little to brag over and much about which to be ashamed."
William Perry PendleyDecember 29, 2023
Guest Column: Tim Stubson Would Be Horrible Supreme Court Justice
Reps. Jeremy Haroldson and Mark Jennings write, "We are alarmed by the selection of Mr. Stubson (one of three candidates forwarded to Gov. Gordon), not because we disagree on nearly every political issue under the sun, but because of his active participation in divisive, partisan politics."
CSD StaffDecember 29, 2023
Daily Smile: Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Now let's slap on some Christmas music and watch some sleeping puppies...
CSD StaffDecember 19, 2023
Guest Column: Wyoming Needs To Be Bullish About Energy
Gov. Mark Gordon writes, "An all-of-the-above approach is urgent. Are there new industries entering the state? Yes. Are we abandoning traditional fossil energy? Categorically no! "
CSD StaffDecember 16, 2023
Guest Column: Government Hacks Are Exaggerating Consequences Of Carbon Dioxide
Guest columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Climate models are being gamed. If the assumptions are wrong, the results are wrong. You hear lots of politicians saying they 'believe' the models are wrong, but rarely do you hear anyone tell you why. Here's why..."
CSD StaffDecember 15, 2023
Guest Column: Wyoming Is Open for Business – Let’s Keep It That Way
Rep. J.T. Larson writes, "Despite the will of Washington, D.C., we must not abandon coal mining and coal-fired electricity production for newer forms of energy but instead find ways for this critical fuel source to remain a part of the solution to the country's energy needs."
CSD StaffDecember 09, 2023
Guest Column: If It Is Populist To Fight For Wyoming, Sign Me Up
Rep. Jeremy Haroldson writes, "If it is considered 'populist' to fight back against the radical left's push to place pornography in our schools, then sign me up."
CSD StaffDecember 09, 2023
Sally Ann Shurmur: Craig Bohl Is Wyoming
Guest columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "I love that Craig Bohl brought stability in a time of national chaos. No names on uniforms. Team above self. He relentlessly defended players who had tough days. Remember the punter at Iowa? I do."
CSD StaffDecember 07, 2023