Letters to the Editor
Have a comment on one of our stories or an issue you care about? Submit a Letter to the Editor! Please make sure to include your full name, city, and phone number. Your phone number will not be published. Keep the letter under 500 words, please!
Letter To The Editor: RINOs or Neighbors? Wyoming Needs Republicans, Not Purists
Dear editor: Lately there’s been this tiresome trend of branding folks as “RINOs,” or trying to lecture them about their so-called "lack of integrity."
February 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act Is A Betrayal Of Trust
Dear editor: "I am extremely frustrated by Sen. Jared Olsen's decision to co-sponsor HB0199, which diverts funds from public schools to unregulated recipients. This is a betrayal of the public trust and a disservice to the people who rely on these essential services."
February 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Selling Private Property To Government To Protect Private Property Rights Is Oxymoron
Dear editor: If our legislators are unwilling to stand up against more government acquisition of our state which is already 56% owned by government, then when will they stand up?
February 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: No Teaching Degree, No Training, No Experience
Dear editor: House Bill 100 is a clear example of legislative incompetence and a lack of understanding or care about the complexities and value of a strong education.
February 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Legislation Undermine Rights & Restrict Access To Healthcare
Dear editor: In November, Teton District Court Judge Melissa Owens ruled that abortion bans are unconstitutional in Wyoming. Despite this clear ruling, legislators are pushing forward with bills that undermine these rights.
February 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Legislature Remind Me Of Former UW President Phil Dubois
Dear editor: It feels like this year’s legislature is ... looking to change just about everything that Wyomingites hold near and dear, many of the reasons we continue to choose Wyoming as our home.
February 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Freedom Caucus Not Focused On Important Things
Dear editor: If the Freedom Caucus truly cared about protecting women and children, they would focus on the issues that genuinely impact their safety and well-being: addressing Wyoming’s alarmingly high rates of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child poverty.
February 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Please Pass The Clean Kill Bill
Dear editor: The very sad and unfortunate act of cruelty that took place last year in Wyoming will now show people that totally disrespecting any animal in such a manner will pay a very high price with felony charges is only fitting.
January 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Splitting Mule Deer and Whitetail Tags Would Be A Disaster
Dear editor: This bill is not good for hunters and it is not good for the resource. It is being pushed by people who are only looking at money. They see the dollar signs and want a piece of that pie.
January 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Sausage-Making In The Legislature Is Terrifying
Dear editor: The Wyoming State Legislature is not boring this year, which everyone should find terrifying. If things continue as they are, I hope all of us can make our own “sausage” because the current actions of our legislative body is running Wyoming out of meat.
January 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Personal Bias or Monumental Ignorance? Neither Have a Place in Science
Dear editor: The Jan. 12 article regarding the introduction of wolves to Yellowstone unfortunately incorporated alarmingly slanted or seriously misinformed views from a supposed expert about wolf and elk population dynamics in Yellowstone.
January 15, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Let's Keep Nuclear Waste Dumps Out Of Wyoming
Dear editor: Here we are again — tempted by the possibility of easy money and an increasingly desperate federal government that has shown itself incapable of finding a permanent solution to the problem of nuclear waste.
January 09, 2025
Letter To The Editor: I Will Not Participate In The Charade
Dear editor: I thank Gina Mae Douglas for the Letter to the Editor in support of men becoming women and women becoming men, but I cannot agree with any of the reasoning, or the "esteemed" medical field held up as truth.
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Bravo To "The American West"
Dear editor: This is why I subscribe to the Cowboy State Daily newsletter and read it every day:
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Who's To Blame In New Orleans?
Dear editor: Was it evil outside our borders that invaded Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day or was it backsliding within?
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: More Information On Wyoming's Otters Please
Dear editor: [Could] Cowboy State Daily’s Mark Heinz or another experienced wildlife reporter write a balanced story on the pros and cons of keeping otters on the state’s protected species list [?]
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Cassie Craven Is Wrong
In her most recent column, Cassie Craven espouses "common-sense" in praising the Freedom Caucus' third attempt to pass the What Is A Woman Act. Coming from a practicing-attorney, Craven's column is ludicrously disingenuous and propagandistic.
January 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: BLM's Rock Springs Plan is Balanced, Good for Wildlife
Dear editor: In the case of the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, the BLM has done a great job at taking into consideration local stakeholder input and honoring the wishes of many to protect the Red Desert for future generations.
January 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: BLM’s Updated Western Solar Plan Is A Good Outcome
Dear editor: The updated Western Solar Plan, finalized by the Bureau of Land Management on December 20th, has been thoughtfully designed to address the challenges faced by the increased demand on western landscapes for energy generation.
December 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Sen. Lummis For Rip And Replace
Dear editor: Congress established Rip and Replace in 2019 because it realized Chinese-manufactured equipment in our broadband and mobile networks posed a serious threat to our national security and legislatively banned the equipment.
December 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Disappointed With Biteman And Salazar
Dear editor: As it stands, Sen. Biteman and Sen. Salazar have opened the door for allowing themselves to be viewed as complete failures in passing any conservative legislation through the Wyoming Senate.
December 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Keep Wyoming Ranching Alive And Supporting Private Property Rights
Dear editor: Leasing a portion of ranch land for wind turbines or solar panels provides a steady, reliable income that can help offset rising property taxes, unpredictable weather impacts, and volatile commodity prices.
December 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Many Tourists In Yellowstone Are Idiots
Dear editor: I am amazed that people are not afraid of the wild animals in Yellowstone National Park!
December 10, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Open Letter To Gov. Gordon
Governor Gordon: I am writing to you as a Wyoming-raised and WWAMI-trained OB/GYN physician to express my strong and earnest opposition to your decision to appeal the recent ruling by Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens, which struck down the state’s abortion ban and medication abortion prohibition.
December 05, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Listen To Framers Of Constitution, Not Jonathan Lange
Dear editor: Dear editor: Jonathan Lange is absolutely wrong in his assertion that governments should be encouraging religious worship.
December 03, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Quit Whining And Build Another Dam
Dear editor: I have been following the articles on the LaPrele Dam with interest mainly because I see a lot of, "Woe is me! Whatever can I do?"
November 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Be Careful What You Vote For; You Just Might Get It!
Dear editor: Now that the dust has settled on the 2024 presidential election, I look forward to our neighbor to the south casting their 10 electoral college votes for Donald J. Trump
November 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Barrasso Is Wrong To Support RFK, Jr. For Dept Of Health
Dear editor: I was deeply disappointed to read that Senator John Barrasso has expressed support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
November 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The Rock Springs Management Plan Isn't Perfect But It Should Still Happen
Dear editor: The RMP isn’t perfect, yet we appreciate the enormous task the BLM undertook to review and respond to tens of thousands of comments. Failing to finalize it would waste the years of hard work that many have invested in this planning effort.
November 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Trump Won -- Now Let Him Govern
Dear editor: Republicans’ rush to judgment on President Trump’s cabinet nominees is astonishing, irresponsible and hypocritical, but typical of a party that can never rally behind its leadership and govern with collective focus and clear purpose.
CSD StaffNovember 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The United Nations’ War on Israel
Dear editor: It is important to realize how far the U.N. has descended from the high hopes that civilized nations once held for it and how the U.N. is no longer a beacon of peace, international co-operation and hope but a cesspool of hatred, envy, dishonesty...
November 06, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Amendment A Would Bring Fairness To Wyoming Homeowners
Dear Editor: Amendment A is straightforward. It doesn’t overhaul the tax system; it simply allows for a more balanced approach. Right now, family homes—where people raise children, plan futures, and invest savings—are taxed like investment properties and vacation homes. That’s a mistake.
November 02, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Turning Wyoming Into California One Step At A Time
Dear editor: Isn't it wonderful that Casper was recognized as a destination retirement location. By all means advertise our beautiful state, but don't complain when you wake up one morning and wonder how you got to California.
October 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Planned Parenthood, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton And Adolph Hitler
Dear editor: How ironic that Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are claiming that Donald Trump is the second coming of Adolph Hitler?
October 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: If Re-Elected, Trump Should Have More Control Over Federal Agencies
Dear editor: In response to Mr. DeGroot’s recent letter claiming that President Trump, if re-elected, wants more control over federal agencies, I say YES he darn well should.
October 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Do Not Let The Government Delist Grizzly Bears
Dear editor: Make honoring 399 an issue every election. Hold your representatives and senators accountable to protecting wildlife and protecting public lands
October 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: One Good Reason Not To Vote For Trump
Dear editor: There are many reasons not to vote for Donald Trump. High on the list is his intent to violate the constitutional tenet of separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: A Vote For Harris/Walz Is A Vote Against America
Dear editor: Our local House and Senate Democrat candidates agree with Biden/Harris and Harris/Walz, thus to vote local Democrats into our legislature and to continue nationally with a Harris/Walz administration is delusional at best and extremely dangerous at worst.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Reader Will Not Denigrate Celebration Of Grizzly 399's Life
Dear editor: In response to Susan Caraveau's emotional letter to "tree huggers and nature lovers," her bitter verbiage was more a case of making stuff up, expressed by a person who is not mindful of a much better world around us, here in Wyoming.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The Bear Is Gone. What About The Driver?
Dear editor: To all those tree huggers and nature lovers, sh*t happens! There has not been one word written about the well-being of the unfortunate driver who accidentally hit the bear! Unbelievable!
October 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Maybe It's Time To Retire Some Counties
Dear editor: Doug Gerard’s letter of reluctant agreement with Tom Lubnau’s editorial opinion on Weston County’s insistence on having a State Senator is both funny and interesting.
CSD StaffOctober 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Tom Lubnau Is Actually Right On Something
Dear editor: Lubnau is right: you can't just pull legislative seats out of thin air like a magician at the county fair. Weston County's push for new representatives is like trying to lasso the wind — bold but bound to not catch much.
October 23, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Gary Brown Stands For The Republican Platform
Dear editor: Gary wanted to be a father and the person who he thought loved him, took that away from him. It devastated him, he now stands up any chance he can to fight for the lives of other unborn children and the men who want to be fathers but are never given that choice.
October 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Two Thumbs Down For Gary Brown For WY House District-41.
Dear editor: I am a fifth-generation Wyoming citizen, a parent of two Wyoming daughters, and a Republican. This is a critical time in our Wyoming’s history. I do not support Cheyenne resident Gary Brown for House District 41.
October 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Amendment A Gives Special Tax Breaks To A Select Group
Dear editor: It is best not to enable the Legislature to discriminate in favor of a select group of taxpayers -- ones who are actually likely to be better off than the rest -- and against others.
October 20, 2024
Letter To The Editor: God Bless Our Founding Fathers And Their Wisdom
Dear editor: If Mr. McEvoy does not like our system or the state of Wyoming. Then move! Go to California or New York or England. However, he would rather exercise his first amendment rights. Which is fine but you have a choice.
October 19, 2024
Letter to the Editor: Defending Mining Jobs Like Our Lives Depend On It, Because They Do
Dear editor: As if Wyoming hasn’t suffered enough from regulatory assault recently - think what the BLM is trying to do in the Southwest or the Powder River Basin - we’re facing yet another disastrous potential outcome.
October 19, 2024
Letter to the Editor: American Red Cross Of Wyoming Can Help You Be Prepared
Dear editor: Thank you for your recent article about the UW student who ran into a deer on Highway 287 and was left without a working vehicle and no cellphone service.
October 18, 2024