Wilderness protection

A coalition of Colorado conservation groups are protesting the proposed Flaming Gorge pipeline, that would carry water from southwestern Wyoming to the front range of Colorado. Doug Randall has that story. The Wyoming Bureau of Land Management has waved off a request by the Interior Department to list public lands in the state for possible wilderness protection. Click past the jump to listen to Wy

More than 50 areas in Wyoming could be considered for new federal wilderness protection after conservation groups asked the BLM to refer them to congress. Doug Randall reports. Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy Freudenthal has thrown out Obama Administration rules that sought to slow down expedited environmental review of oil and gas drilling on federal land.  Click past the jump to listen