Its an incredible wildlife story!

Earlier I shared with you the story of a gray wolf found dead Monday morning near Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Well, we are learning more about the wolf after he made a 400-mile journey from Yellowstone National Park to southwest South Dakota, and he did it in less than two months.

Tom Ninneman has more.

Riverton’s water supply is being cut by nearly 40 percent because of drought conditions and the situation is not much better in Lander.

The story from Leslie Stratmoen.

Governor Matt Mead says he’s glad a federal agency has for a second time denied a permit requested by a Colorado businessman who wants to build a 500-mile pipeline to carry water from southwestern Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range.

Mead says he remains opposed to the project. The Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, one of the many conservation groups opposed to the project, says the pipeline would hurt endangered species and cost local jobs.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday denied the request from Aaron Million of Fort Collins, Colo., to reconsider its denial earlier of his permit.

Million proposes to draw water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwestern Wyoming and pipe it as far as Pueblo, Colo.

Million says he intends to reapply for a federal permit and is working to secure funding.

The Wyoming Department of Health reminds residents that smoke from wildfires can cause health concerns.

Some areas of southeastern Wyoming area seeing smoky air because of a fire burning northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado (pictured).

Kim Deti with the Wyoming Department of Health. She says smoke can hurt people’s eyes, worsen the symptoms of heart and lung disease, and aggravate respiratory problems.

Deti says people should use common sense when the air in their locality is smoky and avoid heavy outdoor exercise.

A security assessment of the State Capitol building in Cheyenne questions the state’s ability to respond to or prevent a violent incident.

Specifically, the assessment advised that Wyoming should increase its security staffing levels if it wants to continue the Capitol’s open environment.

The security assessment was performed by Colorado law enforcement agencies, including its State Patrol and Office of Homeland Security, who visited Cheyenne during the past legislative session.

The full report is confidential because of its sensitive security details.

Wyoming Highway Patrol Lt. Klief Guenther briefed lawmakers on some of the assessment’s findings during a recent legislative meeting.

He said possible solutions include adding security checkpoints or metal detectors or boosting security staff. Currently nine full-time troopers are responsible for patrolling the Capitol.

SOURCE: Associated Press

Cheyenne and most of southeast Wyoming are covered by smokey and hazy skies this morning.

That’s because smoke is blowing in from the south where a wildfire is burning near Fort Collins.

About 1000 acres is burning in the Poudre Canyon area.  Smoke from the fire is causing hazy and smokey conditions locally.

Colorado authorities say only about 5 percent of the fire is contained which is believed to have started by humans.

Forest managers are asking for greater flexibility to deal with the bark beetle epidemic that has ravaged forests in the Rocky Mountain region including Wyoming (pictured).

More from Leslie Stratmoen.