2026
Cowboy State Daily, January 23, David Madison
Inside Climate News, January 19, Jake Bolster
Wyoming Public Media, January 21
As the Cowboy State faces larger and costlier blazes, scientists warn that the flames
could make many of its iconic landscapes unrecognizable within decades.
CWC website, January 14
The summit centered on how institutions can collaborate to improve data access, data
literacy, and applied education in fields such as GIS, mathematics, computer science,
and software development
2025
Nature Conservancy, December 27, Kate O’Neill
Snowtography—a method that uses cameras, measuring stakes and sensors to track snow
depth over time.
Jackson Hole News & Guide, December 24, Christina MacIntosh
Climate change will shorten Jackson's ski season, but perhaps less than in other places.
UW establishes AI Across the University Commission
December 11
The 12-member commission is chaired by Jeff Hamerlinck, associate director of the
School of Computing and current President’s Fellow.
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WRAL News, December 11
Wyo Today, November 21
County 10, November 22
Cowboy State Daily, September 19, Mark Heinz
Cody Enterprise, September 22
Buckrail, September 19, Monica Stout
Patrick Hofstedt’s publication on climate and angling has been covered by several
media outlets.
agnews, September 10
The UW Extension welcomes Peyton Loss as an extension educator on the Wind River Indian
Reservation. During her time at UW, Loss worked as a graduate assistant with the WyAct
grant.
Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group, August 7
On July 16, with blue skies overhead and perfect weather, 12 SRHWG members hit the
river for a hands-on science float with researchers from ĂŰŃżTV’s
WyACT project.
WyoFile, July 1, Dustin Bleizeffer
Of the 81% who want their communities to plan for climate-related water changes, less
than half know that most of their neighbors feel the same.
Public News Service, May 27, Kathleen Shannon, Producer
An interview with Kristen Landreville, researcher of the WyACT study that looks at
water, climate and Wyomingites.
Wyoming Public Radio, May 16, Caitlin Tan
An interview with Kristen Landreville, researcher of the WyACT study that looks at
water, climate and Wyomingites.
Spot On Wyoming, May 2
Inside Climate News, April 15, Jake Bolster
The new devices, which are part of a slew of planned infrastructure upgrades, will
help the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho improve their disaster warning system.
Inside Climate News, February 2, Jake Bolster
The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on
the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal
legislation and a changing water landscape.
Wyoming Public Media, January 24, Caitlin Tan
University of Wyoming Geology and Geophysics Professor and WyACT Co-PI Bryan Shuman
was interviewed for a piece on Wyoming Public Radio.
2024
County 10, December 4
WRSC has grown from a subaward to Central Wyoming College to partnership with the
UW Office of Research and Economic Development–High Plains American Indian Research
Institute and the Wyoming Anticipating Climate Change grant to support programming
and nation building on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
UW program bringing real-world science to Wyoming classrooms
December 2: various news outlets published UW's press release on TRKE
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UW Project Garners NSF Funding Via CO-WY Engine to Study Weather Extremes and Water
Security
UW press release, October 31
A groundbreaking research project proposed by WyACT Co-PI Bart Geerts secured NSF
funding through the CO-WY Engine. Geerts, in the Department of Atmospheric Science,
is the principal investigator (PI) of the one-year, $300,000 project.
Buckrail, October 2, Leigh Reagan Smith
An interactive climate presentation at the Teton County Library on Monday, Sept. 16
predicted that climate in Jackson Hole and in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will
change more rapidly in the 21st century, compared to the last few decades.
KHOL, September 18, Dante Filpula Ankney
University of Wyoming professor and WyACT Co-PI Bryan Shuman spoke on climate change
and its potential impacts in the Greater Yellowstone at the Teton County Library on
Monday, Sept. 16.
2023
UW and Partners Provide Grants for Climate Change Adaptation
UW press release, September 20
Western Water Assessment and ĂŰŃżTV Center for Climate, Water and
People awarded three recipients grants through the “Adapting to Climate Change in
Wyoming” program.
Trout Unlimited, February 14
Trout Unlimited: The Snake River Headwaters just outside of Jackson, Wyoming will
be the subject of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to better
understand how climate change will affect stream flows, aquatic ecosystems and the
communities and individuals who rely on them.
Jackson Hole News & Guide, January 6, Billy Arnold
Scientists in Snake River headwaters will lead a $20 million grant that the National
Science Foundation awarded to ĂŰŃżTV to study how climate change
will impact streamflows, aquatic ecosystems and vegetations and the communities and
people that use the watersheds.
2022
Wyoming Public Media, June 10, Jeff Victor
At ĂŰŃżTV, researchers are studying the effects climate change
has on the local environment, region, and people.
Wyoming Public Media, June 10
Rawlins and Sinclair have recently been facing water shortages as the result of aging
and neglected infrastructure, but also drought. Experts suggest that many towns across
the West could face similar problems in the future.
Buffalo Bulletin, Laramie Boomerang, Wyoming News Exchange, May 24, Greg Johnson
As a prolonged Western drought hits new historic levels almost daily, a team of University
of Wyoming scientists has been awarded $20 million to study the crisis at the community
level with an eye on evolving solutions.
UW Wins $20M Grant to Study Climate-Driven Changes to State’s Water Supply
UW press release, May 16
A 5-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the University
of Wyoming will allow researchers to work with Wyoming’s communities to deal with
expected significant and lasting changes in water availability. Through fieldwork
and high-performance computing, researchers will quantify how a changing climate in
one of the nation’s key headwater regions is likely to affect streamflows, aquatic
ecosystems and vegetation and the communities and people who depend upon them.
