For those of us who live 500 miles and one large desert away, the Wyoming Range is a world apart, a place of mystery and intrigue.
A coalition of outdoor enthusiasts want to change that through a campaign to bring this remote location along the western rim of Wyoming keenly into public focus.
January 31, 2007
Wyoming: Out to save the Wyoming Range
Idaho: Friends of Scotchman Peaks wilderness hold winter hike
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — There’s no offseason for the hikers in the North-Idaho based Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
Wyoming: Hunting, fishing fees to grow
CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s sportsmen would face a 20 percent increase in hunting and fishing license fees under a bill unanimously approved Tuesday by the Senate Travel Committee.
Bush admin in hot water over global warming
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled Congress on Tuesday stepped up its pressure on President Bush’s global warming strategy, hearing allegations of new political pressure on government scientists to downplay the threat of global warming.
January 30, 2007
Bush signs landmark executive order increasing power over EPA
But business executives and consumer advocates said the administration was particularly concerned about rules and guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Wyoming: House committee approves agressive wolf management plan
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A House committee reversed itself Monday and approved a bill that would enable the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to use aerial hunting methods and grant permits for private landowners to kill wolves threatening their property.
Experts slam upcoming global warming report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures.
But that may be the sugarcoated version.
Wilderness-Sportsman Music Club
Grandaddy with “Hewlett’s Daughter” from “the Sophtware Slump”:
In the Rockies, pines die and bears feel it
Excellent lengthy piece in the NYT.
The plight of trees may not catch the attention of most people. But the seeds of the whitebark pine, the pine nuts, feed Clark’s nutcracker birds; red squirrels, which store the nuts underground; and grizzly bears.
USFS seeks bigger role in plans
The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it will appoint a national team to decide how best to get the word out on the agency’s planning process for its recreation facilities.
The decision comes following a public outcry, media attention and congressional criticism. In November, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., objected to any campground closures without public involvement.