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Wendy Corr:

Well, hey there, folks. Welcome to The Roundup! The Roundup is a Cowboy State Daily podcast that focuses on interesting people here in the Cowboy state, and we have one of the most interesting people on today's episode of The Roundup. Today we have - as quoted in Cowboy State Daily - "Noted Wyoming outdoorsman Paul Ulrich."

But Paul Ulrich is much more than an outdoorsman. Paul has a rich history, and his family has a rich history here in Wyoming, from the fossil industry to the - and really it is an industry - and of course, the oil and gas industry, but just years and years and generations of people living the Wyoming life.

And that is Paul Ulrich, and so I'm gonna say good morning, Paul. Hello. How are you? It's good to see your face. We talk every once in a while on the phone for story stuff, but we don't get to talk face to face very often. How are you today?

Paul Ulrich:

Wendy, I'm doing great, and I can't tell you how pleased I am to be here with you this morning. I love what you do. I love what the Cowboy State Daily does. What an excellent team. And really looking forward to a fun conversation today.

Wendy Corr:

This is going to be a lot of fun. I have to give a disclaimer here. Paul and our editor, Jimmy Orr, go way back, and they have great friendship, but it gets interesting sometimes… and so I'm gonna, I know that Paul's got a few Jimmy Orr stories that we're going to talk about today. So

Paul Ulrich:

I certainly do. And despite his work, Cowboy State Daily has succeeded, and honestly, has, you know, done such a great job covering all of our issues in Wyoming that are so very important, and all that, despite Jimmy's best efforts.

Wendy Corr:

Despite Jimmy's best efforts, right? Well, Paul, I've got to say, I want to, on a serious note here, Paul, you have been so much a part of those exact efforts about all the things that are happening in Wyoming right now.

You are the Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Jonah energy, based out of Pinedale, but you didn't you haven't lived in Pinedale your whole life. You've kind of crisscrossed the state.

Tell me a little bit about growing up in Meeteetse and Cody. I think that that's really a grand thing, because, of course, I'm up here in northwest Wyoming, and you've got great roots up here. Tell us about growing up in small town Wyoming.

Paul Ulrich:

What a blessing. Honestly, growing up and going to elementary school in Meeteetse, and high school in Cody, looking back, I could not have been luckier. Meeteetse is a special little town. We all know how wonderful Cody is, you know.

And for me and for the rest of Wyoming, getting to experience a small town living and raised in that kind of a, well, raised in small town Wyoming is pretty special.

Wendy Corr:

It really is. And so you made lifelong friends here, of course, and you still have family up here - your sister, Betheny, your baby sister, Betheny is one of my friends, and I've gone to church with her forever. Our kids grew up together, so it's fun to have those things in common with people throughout the state.

And I think that that's something that you, I'm sure, have experienced, is those connections from just corner to corner to corner.

Paul Ulrich:

Well, no doubt, and most of us in Wyoming who've been here for a long time have those connections. And I'm really been pretty lucky. You know, my family has been here for generations, in the mining industry, in the oil and gas industry, in the ranching industry, the connections you build and the relationships we