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
Comments
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.