AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoYellowstone Stewardship: Yellowstone has a record $105 million fund for conservation research, park upgrades and programs bringing Wyoming students to the park. About $35 million is planned for a new Norris Geyser Basin visitor center. Critical Minerals: The National Science Foundation awarded UW $6 million to study using microbes to recover rare earth elements from coal and coal waste, including whether the process can work at scale. Public-Land Data Centers: At least 35 data-center and related infrastructure applications cover more than 24,000 acres of federal land across six Western states. Wyoming proposals include infrastructure tied to a planned Prometheus Hyperscale facility; there is no established permitting process for data centers on public land. Water Research: A Virginia Tech study estimates the Upper Colorado River Basin, which includes Wyoming, lost 4.6 trillion gallons of groundwater during the 2020–22 drought—an amount equal to about half of Lake Powell. Wyoming Dinosaurs: An Auckland Museum exhibition features five Triceratops skeletons from a herd discovered near Newcastle, Wyoming. Analysis suggests the animals may have lived together.
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