The Wyoming State 4-H Foundation awarded more than $69,000 in scholarships to Wyoming 4-H’ers attending the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college in the 2025-2026 academic year.

If Wyoming residents spent just 5% of their grocery budget on local foods, local food production could contribute an additional $36.3 million to the state’s GDP, according to a new study published by the University of Wyoming Extension.

From tracking migratory mule deer and sagebrush sparrows to monitoring cutthroat trout populations, the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit conducts research with a purpose. For faculty and students in this research group, scientific inquiry is directly guided by questions and concerns raised by wildlife and fisheries managers in Wyoming.

If you’ve ever moved, you might remember mapping out new routes to work, the grocery store, and other key locations. Perhaps it took you a couple trips to get completely oriented. You’re not alone. Many animals—including the bison recently reintroduced to Banff National Park—go through a similar process when adjusting to a new habitat.

Have you ever headed to the mountains to escape the heat? On a warm summer day, it’s hard to deny the appeal. While plants can’t move to higher ground on a whim, their geographic range may shift over time in response to changing environmental conditions.

The University of Wyoming Extension will offer its fifth annual Wyoming Ranch Camp June 9–13 at Ladder Ranch in Carbon County. Taught by UW Extension personnel and local producers, the five-day camp is geared toward current and aspiring ranchers ages 18 and up.

High school and middle school students are encouraged to hop online Monday, March 17, at 6 p.m. Mountain time for Wyoming 4-H’s fifth annual virtual career night.

For those interested in home gardening and small-scale food production, the University of Wyoming Extension will host a one-day conference in Cheyenne Saturday, March 8.

In a tradition spanning more than four decades, Fremont County’s 41st annual Farm and Ranch Days will take place Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 5-6, at the county fairgrounds in Riverton.

Whether it’s in a security badge or livestock ear tag, you’ve probably encountered some form of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. What you probably haven’t seen is a bumble bee wearing a tiny RFID “backpack” as it flits from flower to flower collecting pollen.

As you peer out the window, a small feathered object hits the glass and bounces to the ground. It’s another bird-window collision. But do you know what kind of bird it is? And how many of its kind bonk into windows annually?

Outside Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, lies one of the world’s oldest wildlife reserves, the Bogd Khan Mountain Strictly Protected Area (BMSPA). Now a UNESCO biosphere reserve, the area’s protected status stretches back to the 12th century, when restrictions on timber harvest and hunting were first imposed.

In Wyoming, a feisty five-pound canid known as the swift fox is expanding into new territory.

For many Wyoming visitors and residents, winter isn’t just snow season—it’s also snowmobiling season. But what happens if there’s not enough snow to ride?

As many Wyoming residents know firsthand, the introduction of invasive weed species like cheatgrass, medusahead and Palmer amaranth poses a growing threat to the state’s landscapes and economy.