A coalition of hunter, angler and sporting organizations — 13 in all — launched a statewide effort this week to help preserve the Wyoming Range.
The group, Sportsmen for the Wyoming Range, unveiled its new Web site and billboards at a Wednesday afternoon presentation in Casper, at the Rocky Mountain Discount Sports store on CY Avenue.
January 25, 2007
Trout Unlimited launches “Sportsmen for the Wyoming Range” campaign
Montana: Big money in the outdoors
“It is a billion-dollar industry in Montana,” says Ron Aasheim, conservation education administrator for FWP. “Literally. Montana’s local and state economies are being primed by hunters, fishers and wildlife watchers to the tune of a billion dollars.”
Minnesota: Treading on thin ice
Utah: Reward offered in shooting of cougar kitten
ST. GEORGE — The National Park Service and the Bryce Canyon Natural History Association are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individual(s) responsible for shooting a cougar kitten.
West watches Bush plans
WASHINGTON — From new investments in wind and biofuel research to a call to encourage the expansion of refinery capacity, the West could be at the center of energy projects laid out Tuesday in President Bush’s State of the Union speech.
California: Yosemite plan remains tangled up in court
When the Merced River overran its banks and scoured Yosemite National Park a decade ago, many saw an unprecedented opportunity to restore the iconic park and cede more of the Yosemite Valley to nature.