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  • Western Montana: Biologists hunt for fisher hair in Fish Creek

    Ralph Maughan

    They must be nearby. Ken Cole saw one cross Highway 12 about 40 miles SW just the other day- Biologists hunt for fisher hair in Fish Creek. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian. “The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness appears to be such good fisher habitat that it may hold the last original Montana and Idaho species – unrelated to…

  • Forest Service rejects oil, gas leases in the Wyoming Range

    Ralph Maughan

    Oil and gas development of the Wyoming Mountain Range is very unpopular- Folks in NW Wyoming are rejoicing that the Bridger-Teton National Forest has announced the rejection of some of  the last of the requested natural gas leases in the Wyoming Mountain Range 20 miles NW of Pinedale (30 miles southeast of Jackson Hole). Forest…

  • Judge upholds ban on motorized travel in Badger-Two Medicine roadless area

    Ralph Maughan

    Motorbikes, ATV interests rebuffed for large roadless area between Glacier N.P. and Bob Marshall Wildlerness- Judge upholds ban on motorized travel in Badger-Two Med. By Karl Puckett.  Great Falls  Tribune Staff Writer. I’ve only been there twice, and just into it a little way.  My impression is that it isn’t quite as rugged as the…

  • Greater Yellowstone Coalition proposes protections for Absaroka-Beartooth Front

    Ralph Maughan

    Plan might copy relatively successful effort to conserve Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front- Given the very scenic nature of much of the A-B Front, in a way it is surprising this proposal didn’t emerge earlier. Personally, I think it is a great idea. Story in the Billings Gazette on plans to conserve the Absaroka/Beartooth Front.  

  • Groups consider drilling lease buyouts in Wyoming Range

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming Range Legacy Act didn’t protect 77,000 acres of the Wyoming Range. New approach to be tried? A lot of folks thought the tremendous victory of The Wyoming Range Legacy Act signed by President Obama last year stopping new oil or gas leasing on 1.2 million acres in the Wyoming Range and Salt River Ranges…

  • Bighorns transplanted to WY Seminoe Mountains doing well

    Ralph Maughan

    . . . and another transplant to this obscure mountain range planned- We’ve been following this for about a year now, and it’s good to hear good news on bighorn sheep because so much has been bad. Article on the transplants. By Jeff Gearino. Casper Star-Tribune in the Billings Gazette. Seminoe Mountains BLM photo

  • Opinion: Prominent Sawtooth Range peak, Mt. Heyburn, deserves a better name

    Ralph Maughan

    The grand mountain ought not be burdened with the name of one of Idaho’s most short-sighted senators- Weldon Heyburn, an Idaho U.S. Senator, back in days before the 17th Amendment (which the Tea Party now wants to repeal), is best known as a backward looking man who hated the creation of the U.S. Forest Service.…

  • Idaho Fish & Game Director Among Elk Hunters Questioned for Trespassing

    Ken Cole

    There are bumper stickers on every IDFG vehicle that say “Ask First to Hunt and Fish on Private Property”. Honest mistake? Maybe, but who knows what the implications are. Idaho Fish & Game Director Among Elk Hunters Questioned for Trespassing. NewWest.Net

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