Wyoming folks love the Wyoming Range and fear fracking-
An unprecedented number of comments came in on the Plains Exploration & Production Co.’s (PXP) plan for up to 136 gas wells south of Bondurant near Noble Basin. Most of the Wyoming and adjacent Salt River Range has been withdrawn from oil and gas leasing/drilling by [...]
Continue Reading →They must be nearby. Ken Cole saw one cross Highway 12 about 40 miles SW just the other day-
Biologists hunt for fisher hair in Fish Creek. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian. “The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness appears to be such good fisher habitat that it may hold the last original Montana and Idaho species – [...]
Continue Reading →Oil and gas development of the Wyoming Mountain Range is very unpopular-
Folks in NW Wyoming are rejoicing that the Bridger-Teton National Forest has announced the rejection of some of the last of the requested natural gas leases in the Wyoming Mountain Range 20 miles NW of Pinedale (30 miles southeast of Jackson Hole). Continue Reading →
Motorbikes, ATV interests rebuffed for large roadless area between Glacier N.P. and Bob Marshall Wildlerness-
Judge upholds ban on motorized travel in Badger-Two Med. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer.
I’ve only been there twice, and just into it a little way. My impression [...]
Continue Reading →Plan might copy relatively successful effort to conserve Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front-
Given the very scenic nature of much of the A-B Front, in a way it is surprising this proposal didn’t emerge earlier. Personally, I think it is a great idea.
Continue Reading →Wyoming Range Legacy Act didn’t protect 77,000 acres of the Wyoming Range. New approach to be tried?
A lot of folks thought the tremendous victory of The Wyoming Range Legacy Act signed by President Obama last year stopping new oil or gas leasing on 1.2 million acres in the Continue Reading →
. . . and another transplant to this obscure mountain range planned-
We’ve been following this for about a year now, and it’s good to hear good news on bighorn sheep because so much has been bad.
Article on the transplants. By Jeff Gearino. Casper Star-Tribune in the [...]
Continue Reading →The grand mountain ought not be burdened with the name of one of Idaho’s most short-sighted senators-
Weldon Heyburn, an Idaho U.S. Senator, back in days before the 17th Amendment (which the Tea Party now wants to repeal), is best known as a backward looking man who hated the [...]
Continue Reading →This is my first time blogging here, and thanks to Ralph and Brian for sitting me down and inviting me. I’m going to try to attach a couple of photos to this post, so you’ll know what I’m talking about here.
Here’s a picture of a bull and a cow elk. No big deal, right? [...]
Continue Reading →While the headline is not accurate, it is gratifying to see a wolf in Franklin Basin-
A sheepherder killed a wolf in the Bear River Range, east of Franklin, Idaho. This is right on the Idaho/Utah border and is certainly good news for wolves traveling south. I have had reports of wolves in the Franklin [...]
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