Natural History

Environmental issues in Wyoming

The U.S. state of Wyoming faces a broad array of environmental issues stemming from natural resource extraction, species extirpation, non-native species introduction, and pollution. Wildlife species that have been affected by these issues include: Gray wolf (Canis lupus), locally extirpated Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), affected by mountain pine beetles, which threaten to disrupt forests in Wyoming Greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), affected by natural gas extraction. Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri), extinct in the wild Within the state organizations and governments are working to combat these environmental threats and restore balance to the ecology. Protection of some of these species has proven controversial.

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See also

• ▸African wild dog
• ▸Carcar
• ▸Fauna of Montenegro

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