Today in Labor History September 2, 1885: 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize for better wages and work conditions, attacked their Chinese fellow workers in the Rock Springs massacre in Wyoming. As a result, they killed 28 Chinese miners, wounded 15 others and forced all the other Chinese to flee town. By the time the federal troops arrived, there were no surviving Chinese people left in town.
The U.S. state of Wyoming could gain the most from federal climate funding, but obstacles are many.
Inside Climate News reports: "Ambitious climate action could reap rewards for the No. 1 coal state ... But the state economy remains tied to fossil fuels."
Found wolf spider inside garage by door as I was going out with dogs this morning. I put a lid on it. Texted for help, no hurry. Hubs arrives, scoops spider with shovel, opens the door to put spider outside.
At which time a rattlesnake hissed, rattled, and struck at the door as he was closing it. Comes inside tells me he's going to get the snake-grabber-thingy and to avoid the back door. Fucking yikes! Probably walked right by it too freaked about spider to notice. #Rattlesnake#Spider#Wyoming
The Bureau of Land Management (#BLM) is accepting public comments on its recently released #EnvironmentalAssessment (EA) for a removal of the #WildHorses from the 109,000-acre McCullough Peaks Herd Management Area (HMA) outside of Cody, #Wyoming.
These well-known and beloved wild horses are already managed by a successful humane #PZP fertility control program in place to stabilize their #population.
A very colorful hotspring near the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone Nationalpark. The colors result from dispersed silica (blue/green) which refract the sunlight. The warmer colors are small organisms (thermophiles) which live in hot springs and are colorful to absorb the sunlight. From those thermophiles the first enzymes for RNA/DNA analysis have been found. Also this was the cornerstone to our COVID vaccines today.
A petrified redwood-sized tree in the Yellowstone Nationalpark. Sadly, it is just one and the whole forests of petrified trees are quite difficult to access (very long hikes).
Will it take the death of a child to ban M-44s, the indiscriminate poison land mines lurking in our great outdoors in at least 10 states? We fear it might. These cyanide-dispersing devices used by government agents to kill livestock predators have already poisoned people and killed countless dogs and nontarget wildlife. M-44s cannot be used safely, which makes them a public safety menace.
They are allowed statewide in #Colorado, #Montana, #Nebraska, #Nevada, #NewMexico, #NorthDakota, #Oklahoma, #Texas, #WestVirginia and #Wyoming. The EPA also authorizes M-44 use by state agencies in Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. We continue to work toward a nationwide ban, while also pushing ahead on a state and local level to encourage local jurisdictions to lead the way. Progress is being made, as detailed below.
"I backed away from the carousel, remained calm. I could see her wildness, and this time, I didn’t run to her, worried that she might fall. I watched her like I watched that wild horse herd in the Red Desert, knowing that she was unafraid."
If you haven't been reading Nina McConigley, now's the time to start!
Marvelous hot spring with thermophile bacteria growing at the drain of the pool, yielding yellow, green and brown mats of bacteria. This is one of the numerous hot springs and geysirs near old faithful geysir.