Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor Guidelines

Keep letters under 500 words.
Include your full name, city or town, email and phone for verification.
Must be factually accurate and free of libel, personal attacks, hate speech or offensive language.
Letters should be constructive — no back-and-forth personal arguments.
Publication is not guaranteed; editors reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and style.

We will publish no more than one letter from the same reader within 30 days. No exceptions.

Wind turbines in Carbon County, Wyoming.

Letter To The Editor: The Future Of The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Dear editor: The central question is whether this law should protect migratory birds only from deliberate harm, or also from predictable, unintended deaths caused by large-scale industrial activity.

CSD StaffMarch 04, 2026

Letter To The Editor: Enough With Assaults On Librarians And Educators

Dear editor: At this point, far more people have been exposed to the alleged pornography by our representatives, Moms for Liberty, and Cowboy State Daily’s publication of one of the titles than were ever exposed to them in the library.

March 04, 2026

Letter To The Editor: Please Use Facts When Discussing Economic Impact Of Wolves

Dear editor: A 2021 study by the University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research estimated $82 million annually in wolf-related economic impact.

March 02, 2026

Letter To The Editor: Stop Crow Hunting Now!

Dear editor: Treating such animals as disposable targets for unlimited “sport” is ethically indefensible, especially when human–crow conflicts in agriculture can be addressed through humane, nonlethal means.

CSD StaffMarch 02, 2026

Letter To The Editor: If Anything, We Need More Flock Cameras

Dear editor: If you are a law abiding person, why do you have to worry about privacy? These cameras are to help catch criminals, not law-abiding people! So what's your problem?

March 02, 2026

Letter To The Editor: The 2026 Legislative Session Is An Embarrassment

Dear editor: The best way to sum it up is this: the Senate, by and large, has acted like adults and professionally carried out the people's work, while the House of Representatives has been a dumpster fire of childishness, drama, grandstanding and evasiveness.

February 25, 2026

Letter To The Editor: The Case for “Club No”

Dear editor: The governor’s label for the conservative majority isn’t entirely wrong, however. “Club No” is against things – primarily, Club No is against an ever-expanding government.

February 25, 2026

Adobe Town is one of the most mysterious and unusual outdoors spaces in Wyoming's Red Desert.

Letter To The Editor: A Wyoming Hunt, A Wyoming Landscape, And A Wyoming Choice

Dear editor: The current Rock Springs Resource Management Plan reflects years of hard work by hunters, anglers, local leaders, conservationists, labor, and industry. It came out of a long public process, a governor’s task force, and tens of thousands of public comments.

CSD StaffFebruary 25, 2026

The story of a local man running a wolf down with a snowmobile, then taping its mouth shut and displaying it in a local bar before killing it has stirred global outrage and has put the small rural Wyoming town of Daniel in the crosshairs of a storm of anger and indignation.

Letter To The Editor: Decent Guys Don’t Torture Animals

Dear editor: The torture of a wolf by Cody Roberts is not an isolated incident of individual depravity. It is the logical outcome of a system that has normalized violence toward predators.

CSD StaffFebruary 23, 2026

Wyoming State Capitol on Monday, February 23, 2026

Letter To The Editor: Bill Creates Unnecessary Risk For Wyoming Recreation Districts

Dear editor: House Bill 127, now before the Wyoming Legislature, would change how recreation districts are funded statewide. While procedural in appearance, the bill would introduce significant instability into systems that have operated responsibly for decades.

February 23, 2026

TerraPower is building a massive mechanic shop for its Natrium plant in Kemmerer, called the Test and Fill Facility. The crane behind the building is 200 feet tall, while the building is 167 feet tall.

Letter To The Editor: Let's Not Be Saddled With Obsolete Wind Energy Technology

Dear editor: A recent article in Cowboy State Daily describes technology that will soon make wind energy generation, and possibly solar energy generation, obsolete.

CSD StaffFebruary 19, 2026

Letter To The Editor: Jonathan Lange Needs To Re-Read The Abortion Study

Dear editor: The results of these studies are disturbing. But they do not support the assertion made by HB 117 and Rev. Lange, that “many women are coerced into having an abortion.”