By Bob Beck

Wyoming – With the health care bill signed into law President Obama is looking for other initiatives One of those is changing the No Child Left Behind law. It's viewed by many as inflexible, too test driven and educators are concerned about penalties in the law. But supporters say it makes educators accountable for ensuring children are taught properly. After working with it for many years, there are several in Wyoming who want changes.

By Addie Goss

Wyoming – The writer Alexandra Fuller was on the University of Wyoming campus this week talking about an issue that's become important to her since her last book. The book, The Legend of Colton H. Bryant, was about a roughneck who died on the rigs. Fuller has since become active in advocating for improved worker safety in her writing and before the state legislature. Her speech at U-W was part of a series called "The Accidental Activist" - which Fuller told Addie Goss she is.

By Bob Beck

Wyoming – Next month the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody will host a Smithsonian Institution exhibit featuring some special photos of Native Americans who rode with Buffalo Bill in his Wild West Show. Michelle Anne Delaney is the curator of the photographic history collection at the Smithsonian and she joins Bob Beck to discuss it.

By Molly Messick

Wyoming – There's a groundswell of interest in small-scale renewable energy in Wyoming. Hundreds of homeowners are buying their own wind turbines and solar panels. But their reasons for investing in alternative energy point to a particular brand of environmentalism, one that's an outgrowth of rural life and rural values. Wyoming Public Radio's Molly Messick has this story.

By Addie Goss

By Doug Nadvornick

Wyoming – Idaho's inaugural wolf season wraps up at the end of March. It appears hunters will fall short of the state's goal of 220 wolves. But state officials say Idaho's wolf population is now stabilized and no longer growing. Many hunters believe the wolves will someday wipe out a species that they see as the symbol for big game hunting in Idaho: elk. Conservationists say hunters are turning to a simplistic answer to a complicated problem. Inland Northwest Correspondent Doug Nadvornick reports.

By Molly Messick

Cheyenne, Wy – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is imposing a fee on all boats launched in the state to fund a program to try to prevent exotic mussels from getting established.
Game department spokesman Eric Keszler says the new program will
require all boaters to purchase a decal before launching a boat
starting April 15. He says the decals will be available on the
department's Web site that day, and will be available at license
vendors starting on May 17.
The decals will cost $10 for motorized watercraft registered in

Salt Lake City, Utah – An energy company that plans to boost the capacity of a natural-gas pipeline that travels from Wyoming to California has cleared a hurdle with federal regulators.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has decided the
pipeline expansion can be accomplished with little environmental
damage. FERC will take public comment until May 17, then issue a
final environmental impact statement approving the project.
Salt Lake City-based Kern River Transmission Co. operates a pair

By Addie Goss