WyACT in the media

Articles in news outlets and on websites that mention the WyACT project and its researchers. Click on the headline to go to the articles (external links).

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.