Mountain Ranges

  • Judge slashes Southern Nevada Water Authority

    Ralph Maughan

    SNWA loses right to suck 6- billlion gallons of water a year from under Nevada desert valleys- This is a blockbuster decision for the high desert of Nevada and western Utah and against the same old pattern of urban sprawl for Las Vegas. The state supreme court could yet rule for SNWA. It’s a big…

  • Photos of Wyoming Range

    Ralph Maughan

    Protection of the Wyoming Range was one of the big achievements of 2009- B. Henrie, who posts here under another name, provided the blog with some fine photos of these splendid mountains. He took them on a Sept. deer hunt. No doubt they are now covered with snow. A million acres was withdrawn from oil…

  • Female Grizzly Relocated to Cabinet Mtns of NW Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    The relocation is another in a series of transplants to bolster the weak grizzly population of the Cabinet-Yaak- Bear managers have been releasing about one new grizzly each year into the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear recovery area of extreme NW Montana. This smallish recovery area has no connection to NW Montana’s Northern Continental Divide grizzly area…

  • Wolves add to awe of El Capitan hiking adventure

    Ralph Maughan

    A brief encounter with a wolves makes climbing a major Bitterroot peak a perfect adventure- Wolves add to awe of El Capitan hiking adventure. By Will Moss. The Ravalli Republic (in the Missoulian)

  • Rocky Mountain Front grizzlies are in the river bottoms

    Ralph Maughan

    Hunters and hikers should take special note- This time of year, many grizzlies take to forested river bottoms that lead eastward out from the Front,* such as the Teton River, Sun River, etc. River bottom grizzlies spark warnings to hunters. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune. – – – – *The Front is the name…

  • Mountain goat seen/photographed in Wyoming's Wind River Range

    Ralph Maughan

    Mountain goats were never native to Wyoming, although they have become established in YNP- Mountain goat in Wind River Range. By Mead Gruver. Associated Press writer. Goats are not native to Wyoming and have never been introduced for fear they will compete with bighorn sheep.

  • More good news on gas leasing in the Wyoming Range

    Ralph Maughan

    24,000 more acres won’t be leased- This is on top of the near million acres in the Wyoming Range, Salt River Range, and Commissary Ridge recently withdrawn from leasing by Congress in the Omnibus Public Lands Act. BLM cuts energy leasing in Wyoming Range. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily.

  • Rare wolverine spotted in Idaho's Pioneer Mountains

    Ralph Maughan

    Rare observation and photo near the top of Idaho’s second highest mountain range- Hikers see solitary member of the weasel family on east side of range. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. The wolverine was near the top of one of the canyons in the distance. Photo copyright © Ralph Maughan

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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