January 31, 2007

Wyoming: Out to save the Wyoming Range

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:40 pm

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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.

Idaho: Friends of Scotchman Peaks wilderness hold winter hike

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:38 pm

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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

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:36 pm

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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

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:32 pm

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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.