Way above timberline, looking across Meadow Creek Basin in the Francs
Peak roadless area. Shoshone National Forest. Photo copyright Ralph Maughan
Wyoming has many fine roadless areas that are not protected as designated Wilderness — 3-million acres in total.
Liz Howell of the Wyoming Wilderness Association writes in their defense and against Governor Freudenthals’ short-sighted views. Many of them are threatened by oil or gas development.
Guest opinion in Casper Star Tribune
Roadless facts for Wyoming. From the Wilderness Society
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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Absolutely. Why is this fact so hard for some folks to comprehend? Even if considered only from the cold economic side, there’s no question that the wilder the land, the better.