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  • Senaror Barrasso brings bill to protect Wyoming Range

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming’s new US senator John Barrasso has picked up one of the priorities of the late Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo. It would stop oil and gas leasing in all of the 100 mile long Wyoming Range and buy back those leases already issued. Senaror Barrasso brings bill to protect Wyoming Range. By Noelle Straub. Billings…

  • Lost River Range: Pass Creek, Pine Creek, Wet Creek

    Ralph Maughan

    This is from the WWP blog about a range inspection tour we went on back in early October on the Lost River Ranger District. That is in the Lost River Mountains. We looked at conditions at the end of the grazing season in Pass Creek, Pine Creek, and Wet Creek. The Forest Service district ranger…

  • Lost River Mountains sure are pretty except . . .

    Ralph Maughan

    . . . . when you look down at your feet in the meadows. We went on a range inspection tour Oct. 2, 2007. We inspected the Pass Creek Grazing Allotment. The photo below shows a headwaters tributary of Wet Creek, an important Bull Trout stream. The little stream (Pine Creek) gradually gained water —…

  • Fires and the Idaho hunting season

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game has some info on closures and possible effects on the hunt. Fires close backcountry trails, roads. Idaho Fish and Game.

  • I visited the Mitchell Fire

    Ralph Maughan

    I did go visit the Mitchell fire burning in the Deep Creek Mountains of SE Idaho yesterday. Earlier story (which prompted my visit). A violent thunderstorm came up just about as I arrived. I ate a lot of dust and smoke. The storm redistributed the fire, which was burning in heavy fuels up the west…

  • Mitchell Fire burns Deep Creek Mountains of SE Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    This fire has been dumping a bit of ash on Pocatello, but the major threat is to wildlife habitat (sage grouse) and a steep scenic mountain range if they use bulldozers. It’s another fire where there might be contention over grazing and rehabilitation methods subsequent to the fire (a BLM mountain range). Part of the…

  • Majority leader Senator Harry Reid, now opposes Nevada coal plants!

    Ralph Maughan

    “U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that he’ll do everything I can to stop construction of three major coal-fired power plants in his home state of Nevada and will push for more alternative energy development.” Reid had seemed to be neutral to leaning toward the coal plants. They are being proposed not because…

  • As great as campfires can be, sometimes they just aren't worth it

    Ralph Maughan

    “Zimo” questions the need for a campfire, especially during the hot dry summer. Campfires are now banned in southern and central Idaho for the rest of the summer except in developed campgrounds. Nevertheless, people are still building them and accidentally starting larger fires. As great as campfires can be, sometimes they just aren’t worth it.…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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