Author: Brooke Ortel

In partnership with the Food Bank of Wyoming, University of Wyoming graduate student Julie Hampton-Lyon has organized a workshop series addressing the issue of food security. Hampton-Lyon, a master’s student in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences’ Food Science and Human Nutrition program, has spearheaded six events sharing information about Wyoming food policy with communities across the state.

The University of Wyoming Extension has partnered with the Wyoming Department of Health to offer a free self-paced wellness program encouraging outdoor exploration and healthy living. The three-month “Ready, Set, Thrive” program is open to Wyoming residents of all ages interested in getting outdoors with friends and family, embracing new wellness practices, and nurturing creativity.

Long-time University of Wyoming Extension educator Barton Stam was recently named a statewide rangeland management specialist. After years of relying on a single state range specialist, UW Extension has reinstated a second statewide position to complement a campus-based specialist role.

Starting Thursday, June 11, the University of Wyoming Extension will host a free three-part webinar series focused on caring for gardens, trees and turf during drought. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, much of Wyoming is currently considered to be in moderate to extreme drought conditions.

The University of Wyoming’s Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE) has released two short films highlighting cheatgrass management efforts in Carbon and Sublette counties. These films are the latest installments in an ongoing seven-part series highlighting collaborative efforts to “defend the core” from invasive annual grasses like cheatgrass, medusahead, and ventenata.

For those interested in home gardening, growing season extension and small-scale food production, the University of Wyoming Extension will host a conference in Cody Saturday, April 25. Pre-conference workshops will take place Friday, April 24, in Cody and Powell.

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.

In the inaugural U.S. Governors Cup Robotics Tournament last weekend, a Laramie County 4-H team brought Wyoming youth into the national spotlight, highlighting the state’s dedication to excellence in science and technology.

The University of Wyoming Extension has organized a series of interactive online trainings for new and returning 4-H volunteers.

Continuing a time-honored community tradition, the 42nd annual Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days will take place Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 11-12, at the county fairgrounds in Riverton.

Wyoming’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP), which provides free nutrition and physical activity education to residents with limited resources, has shifted from a county-based model to a regional structure in response to a loss of federal funding.

The University of Wyoming Extension has published a new interview-based report identifying key changes, challenges, and opportunities encountered by ranchers in Wyoming’s Upper Wind River Basin.

For new and current 4-H volunteers, the University of Wyoming Extension will offer an in-person training opportunity in Buffalo Saturday, Jan. 31.