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Bridger-Teton National Forest

  • Forest Service calls off Bridger-Teton merger with Caribou-Targhee National Forest

    Ralph Maughan

    Controversial proposal rejected on Jan. 22 by Forest Service- In a news release the Jackson Hole Alliance celebrated the end of the proposal to combine national forests in Idaho and Wyoming that include some of the West’s best wildlife and scenery.  There is still on the table, however, the idea that perhaps the headquarters (the…

  • Protecting the path of the pronghorn. Western Watersheds Project takes Forest Service to court

    Ralph Maughan

    Bridger-Teton National Forest sued for failure to analyze new projects blocking the path of the pronghorn- According to the Western Watersheds Project, the Bridger-Teton N.F. was talking up a good story how they were going the protect the “path of the pronghorn” which runs from the Wyoming desert, where they winter, northward to Jackson Hole…

  • Bridger-Teton National Forest to map beetle-killed whitebark pine

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s critical for grizzly bear management to see where pine bark beetles have not killed this extremely valuable, bear food source in the Greater Yellowstone- Bridger-Teton to map beetle-killed whitebark. Forest Service partners with conservation group to quantify the damage. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.

  • New vehicle plan for Bridger-Teton National Forest goes in effect May 1

    Ralph Maughan

    The new travel plan for this high profile national forest is effective May 1- Developing a national forest travel plan nowadays is fraught with controversy and often lawsuits, but the Bridger-Teton seems to have pretty wide acceptance, relatively speaking. Years in the making, it goes into effect on May. 1. ATV, motorbike rules to go…

  • Preserving the pronghorn corridor into Jackson Hole

    Ralph Maughan

    The Bridger-Teton National Forest may alter its forest plan to make sure its portion of this 350 mile long migration route is conserved. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. The biggest worry, however, is at Trappers Point just west of Pinedale, where BLM gas developments and private land have almost squeezed off the…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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