Author: Sara Fleenor

Snakes are out and that means interaction with livestock is bound to happen.

Native prairie ecosystems have been disappearing across North America since the agricultural revolution of the 1800s. The increased need for higher crop yields, infrastructure, and resource extraction were the main instigators of the loss.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Colleagues praise Grace Shearrer, an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences in the University of Wyoming’s College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources, for her innovative research, commitment to mentorship, service to the Laramie community, and overall excellence in the classroom.

The University of Wyoming Extension has launched a new educational series designed to support ranchers in navigating the complexities of modern livestock and land management.

Whether it has been teaching, research, educational outreach, or responding to national disasters, Ramesh Sivanpillai has answered the call.

Longtime University of Wyoming faculty member Scott Shaw has achieved international distinction in the field of entomology, but it is Shaw’s work with students in classrooms, laboratories, and the field that has earned him his latest honor from the university.

Sabrina White, a third-year Ph.D. student from Orlando, Fla., will receive $5,000 for her transformative “Bee the Scientist” program that brings cutting-edge scientific engagement directly to Wyoming’s senior communities.

Daniel Laughlin, a University of Wyoming professor in the Department of Botany, has been selected as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).