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The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Zachary Hein as the new 4-H youth development educator serving Sheridan County. 

On Thursday, Feb. 26, the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources will facilitate a Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership (RMAL) seminar about running a successful family-operated business. 

New research by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Wyoming, published this week in Current Biology, reveals that migrating mule deer access more productive summer ranges, have higher adult survival, and raise more offspring compared to resident mule deer that remain year-round in a desert ecosystem.

Thanks to the hard work of two University of Wyoming professors and their field team of graduate students and technicians, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) has added a new forest site within the Teton mountain range to the Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) network, which spans 29 countries. 

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

Sean Giery, an incoming associate research professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, has been named a President’s Distinguished Scholar in recognition of his outstanding research achievements and growing national and international impact in ecology and evolutionary biology.

A significant gift from the estate of the late John Hines, a former state legislator from Gillette, will boost support to University of Wyoming students and programs.

Four University of Wyoming graduate students will present their research to the public during a Science Café Sunday, Feb. 1, at 1:30 p.m.

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’s annual Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership (RMAL) seminar series begins Thursday, Feb. 12, on UW’s Laramie campus.

The University of Wyoming Extension will host its WESTI Ag Day conference Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Worland.

A University of Wyoming faculty member wants to help college students become better writers of science by giving academics the tools necessary to do so.

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.

University of Wyoming entomology professor Scott Shaw recently contributed to a comprehensive new book on Darwin wasps, a group of insects that have a vital role in agriculture.