Wyoming’s new US senator John Barrasso has picked up one of the priorities of the late Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.
It would stop oil and gas leasing in all of the 100 mile long Wyoming Range and buy back those leases already issued.
Senaror Barrasso brings bill to protect Wyoming Range. By Noelle Straub. Billings Gazette Washington Bureau.
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Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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