The Great Outdoors

  • Obscure mountain ranges of southern Idaho, NW Utah, and Eastern Nevada

    Ralph Maughan

    Updated September 23, 2012. This has been a very popular post. I first posted it about 5 years ago, and now I have enlarged and updated it. Ralph Maughan Ah the Tetons, Wind Rivers, Sawtooths and White Clouds, Wallowas, Bitterroots, Beartooth, and Unitas! I love all the mountains. I decided to do a major photo…

  • Plans to release 40 Utah bighorn in Wyoming's Seminoe Mtns Canceled

    Ralph Maughan

    Utah doesn’t have enough sheep- Several months ago we reported on this plan to augment a dwindling population of bighorn in these relatively unknown south central Wyoming mountains. At any rate, Utah  bighorn haven’t done well this year, so the project is canceled. Plans to release 40 Utah bighorn in Wyoming Seminole Mtns Canceled. AP

  • Outdoor Recreation slows the passage of time

    Ralph Maughan

    The perception of time is subjective, and you can slow it down- Today I read this article, “Where Did the Time Go? Do Not Ask the Brain.” New York Times. It is about the sensation of passing time. Sometimes days, months, decades seem to whiz by. People commonly say that time passes more rapidly as…

  • Photo while Snowshoeing Today

    Ralph Maughan

    Taken from Walker Creek toward the Portneuf Mountains, SE of Pocatello-

  • The battle over Mt. Jefferson in Tester’s Wilderness bill

    Ralph Maughan

    Continuing fight by Idaho snowmobile interests to keep a small area in Montana out of Senator’s Tester’s Wilderness bill- We have covered this battle before. Dec. 13, 2009. Idaho Senators try to pressure Tester to remove an area from his “wilderness bill” Photo of Mt. Jefferson from the Montana side. It is the highest mountain…

  • Montana: Sled grooming to end in West Pioneers

    Ralph Maughan

    Action was meant to protect wolverine and the wilderness quality of this wilderness study area- The Forest Service has settled a lawsuit by Wildlands CPR of Missoula and Friends of the Bitterroot regarding the terms of the Montana Wilderness Study area act of 1977 regarding allowed uses of one of the study areas in the…

  • The Moral Call of the Wild

    Ralph Maughan

    A study suggests that spending time in nature changes our values- The Moral Call of the Wild. By P. Wesley Schultz. Scientific American. Being outside almost always improves my mood, and a lot of my best ideas have come in the wide open spaces, not sitting at a desk or computer.  The outdoors seems more…

  • Sheep Experiment Station produces its first environmental analysis (EA) in its history

    Ralph Maughan

    After many years in existence, Sheep Experiment State does NEPA analysis on their operations- According to their web site the Sheep Experiment Station’s mission is  “to develop integrated methods for increasing production efficiency of sheep and to simultaneously improve the sustainability of rangeland ecosystems.” OK, but maybe folks would like to know the details. For…

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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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