Even with less bureaucracy and fewer environmental safeguards, stimulating an industry that’s in the doldrums won’t come easy, according to foresters and businessmen.

Jim Neiman says the best-case scenario for his family’s timber mill at the base of the Bear Lodge Mountains is that it doesn’t shutter.

If Wyoming residents spent just 5 percent of their grocery budget on local foods, local food production could contribute an additional $36.3 million to the state’s GDP (gross domestic product), ...