Wild populations of native edible berries, including silverberry, skunkbrush, and silver buffaloberry, are becoming depleted in the Intermountain West. This is cause for concern for food sovereignty and ancestral preservation within the Eastern Shoshone communities, where gathering is culturally significant.

Mijal Altmann will serve as the new statewide youth development specialist for the University of Wyoming Extension.

The University of Wyoming will host a free educational field day Tuesday, July 1, at the Sheridan Research and Extension Center. The event, which is open to the public, will highlight new research on invasive grasses, wildfire recovery, pest control, precision agriculture technologies, and forage crops.   

The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Lauren Faurie as the new 4-H youth development educator for Niobrara County.

In a transformational commitment to the University of Wyoming’s land-grant mission and one of the state’s most vital industries, Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) has established the Farm Credit Services of America College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources Deanship at UW.

The University of Wyoming Extension’s Laramie County office is excited to announce its next Wyoming Walks event. The upcoming program, titled “Walk with Nature,” will take place at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Lions Park, on Monday, June 23, at 12:30 p.m.

For those interested in local art and agriculture, the University of Wyoming Extension will lead three self-guided tours in Wyoming counties this summer.

The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Callie Surber as an extension educator focused on weather and climate resilience.

For decades, a population of grouse in south-central Wyoming and northwest Colorado has been identified as Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, the same subspecies that can be found in far western Wyoming near Jackson along with Idaho, northern Utah, and parts of the Pacific Northwest.

The University of Wyoming Extension’s Laramie County office is excited to announce its next Wyoming Walks event. The upcoming program, titled “Stroll Among the Bronzes,” will take place at the Wyoming State Capitol Tuesday, June 17, at 10 a.m.

Throughout this spring, members of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources, the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station (WAES), and UW Extension have been celebrated for their exceptional efforts and accomplishments.

To better serve Wyoming communities with aging populations, the University of Wyoming Extension recently launched a new website.

Astrid Vargas, a University of Wyoming alumna and conservation biologist, will host a public talk, reception, and book signing for her recently published book “On a Butterfly’s Wing: Lessons from Nature on Embracing Change” Tuesday, June 10.

In its efforts to support Wyoming youth and communities, the University of Wyoming Extension has revitalized a key county-based internship program funded by the state extension office and UW College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources.

In the spring, Wyoming residents are busy thinking ahead to the growing season and production year. The calves and lambs hitting the ground are the market crop for this fall and the replacement females for next year. Seed catalogs arrive in the mail and greenhouses go up in the parking lots of hardware stores.