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.
- A guest column and a letter to the editor are considered the same thing.
We will publish no more than one letter from the same reader within 30 days. No exceptions.
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Letter To The Editor: Recovering Mule Deer & Pronghorn Herds Need Updated Management Plan
Dear Editor: The carnage this past winter wreaked on our ungulate populations will be felt for years to come. We can’t control what the weather throws at us, but we can control how we plan for storms that will inevitably come.
June 24, 2023
Letter to the Editor: I Traveled From Alaska To Attend Wyoming Minerals Conference
Dear Editor: I had the pleasure of traveling to Sheridan from my home in Anchorage, Alaska, last week, where I attended my first Wyoming Mining Association annual convention.
June 15, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Is Cynthia Lummis Pro-Privacy Or Anti-Privacy?
Dear editor: The following is an open letter to Senator Cynthia Lummis in response to her own letter in today’s Cowboy State Daily. I have emailed her as well.
June 15, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Doug Gerard's Voting Analysis Is Crap
Dear editor: According to the Letter to the Editor there were 45 representatives involved in this statistical analysis. But I just doubled checked and there are 60 representatives in the Wyoming House of Representatives. Did the other 15 just vanish into thin air?
June 13, 2023
Letter To Editor: A Closer Look at Speaker Sommers' Criticism Of Wyoming Freedom Caucus
Dear editor: "Speaker Sommers' voting record aligns 80.93% with Democrat Rep. Yin while only aligning 52.32% with the most conservative Republican, Rep. Bear. Does this make him a free thinker within the Republican Party or a Democrat in Republican clothing?"
June 11, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Who Jim Watt Really Was
Dear editor: Although I enjoyed the discussion of Jim’s experience with the One-Shot-Antelope Hunt, I was disappointed that the column got so much wrong. I will give you just three instances
June 10, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Before Attacking Rod Miller, Catholic Church Needs To Clean Up Its Mess
Dear editor: Mr. Papadopoulos should possibly concentrate cleaning up his international church's backyard...
June 07, 2023
Letter To The Editor: It's Government's Role To Teach Children About Sex
Dear editor: I am 60 years old and my brother and I certainly wished we had better sex education as the world would be a better place if there were more satisfied consenting adults.
June 06, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Don’t Let Rod Miller Gaslight You Into Celebrating Queer Pornography In Schools
Dear editor: "Rod Miller has written a lot of awful columns over the years. But surely his most recent entry, which tries to justify queer pornography in our schools under the cover of a tough-guy libertarian approach to parenting, takes the cake."
June 04, 2023
Letter to the Editor: In Defense of Susan Stubson
Dear editor: I respect military service and agree that rioting is not a commendable activity. However … a riot and an insurrection are not comparable events.
May 26, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Susan Stubson Should Be Ashamed
Dear editor: "I wonder if Susan Stubson has ever written a 1736-word op-ed piece for the New York Times to condemn the riots and horrendous destruction by Antifa and BLM?"
May 25, 2023
Letter to the Editor: In Honor Of Mayor Kaumo
Dear editor: "After serving the City of Rock Springs passionately and faithfully for 12 very productive years, at great personal cost to himself, his family, and business, some have sought to destroy the reputation of former Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo."
May 21, 2023