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  • Bush BLM's environmental legacy on trial; Will Salazar listen ?

    Brian Ertz

    Judge B Lynne Winmill ruled in favor of Western Watersheds Project ordering that the group’s comprehensive challenge of over 16 Resource Management Plans, directing management of over 30 million acres, can be litigated in his single court. Resource Management Plans (RMPs) guide management of livestock grazing, off road vehicles, energy development, and other potentially environmentally…

  • New vehicle plan for Bridger-Teton National Forest goes in effect May 1

    Ralph Maughan

    The new travel plan for this high profile national forest is effective May 1- Developing a national forest travel plan nowadays is fraught with controversy and often lawsuits, but the Bridger-Teton seems to have pretty wide acceptance, relatively speaking. Years in the making, it goes into effect on May. 1. ATV, motorbike rules to go…

  • Warning. Bison migration across US 191 north of West Yellowstone!

    Ralph Maughan

    Sudden appearance of bison on highway have resulted in numerous bison deaths- Although conditions for the bison that leave west side of Yellowstone Park in the winter, and especially the spring, have been much better in 2009, the sudden migration of buffalo across busy U.S. 191 has resulted in at least 15 dead bison this…

  • Is the RV headed for the history books?

    Ralph Maughan

    Are RVs viable in a time when their builders may go bankrupt, gas prices can skyrocket, and seniors lose their retirement funds? The RV’s last roundup. Salon Magazine. By Mark Schone, with additional research by Ben Travers

  • Grizzlies using Banff NP wildlife crossing structures more each year

    Ralph Maughan

    Five crossings by grizzlies in 1996 have grown to 177 last summer- Grizzlies using highway crossings. By Cathy Ellis. Rocky Mountain Outlook. They clearly are working. It would be nice if some of stimulus money here in the U.S. went into wildlife crossings. They are as shovel ready as other highway projects.

  • Bridger-Teton National Forest produces its long-awaited travel plan

    Ralph Maughan

    Big news because this forest is so scenic, recreational and wildlife important- With the growth in use of off-road vehicles, the travel plan for each national forest has become a bigger and more important decision. After a number of years of work and rounds of public input the Bridger-Teton National Forest in NW Wyoming has…

  • Webcams capture success of deer underpasses

    Ralph Maughan

    Some good results on US 30 in Southwestern Wyoming- Webcams show deer quickly using new underpasses– By Jeff Gearino. Casper Star Tribune. Southwest Wyoming bureau. Over 800 deer have already used the underpasses. Other animals too.

  • Off-road vehicle use fuels tension, violence across U.S.

    Ralph Maughan

    Most violence over private property and those who try to enforce the law- This is according to USA Today. By Emily Bazar.

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