Todd Heward’s family has been ranching in Shirley Basin, Wyoming, for more than a century. For decades, he has grazed cattle near and on reclaimed uranium mine sites, observing changes in the landscape over time. Under his conscientious management, Heward has seen former mining sites slowly return to grasslands with healthy soil and diverse plant communities.

Whether seen scurrying up trees or perching themselves on green garbage cans looking for a meal, the numerous squirrels on campus are part of the natural outdoor ambience at the University of Wyoming.

The University of Wyoming has partnered with the Boone and Crockett Club to establish the Boone and Crockett Working Lands Wildlife Conservation Professorship in UW’s College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources.

The University of Wyoming will wrap up its fourth annual high-altitude bull test with a field day and sale at the Laramie Research and Extension Center Saturday, March 28.

With lambing season in full swing, the University of Wyoming Extension has published a new online resource for producers seeking to minimize pregnancy loss in their flocks.

A generous gift from the estate of the late Charles “Chuck” McKinley, a University of Wyoming alumnus, boosts support to graduate students in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology.