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  • High Noon On The Range

    Ralph Maughan

    This is an insightful look at the implications of the recent U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s report by one of Wyoming’s leading rangeland experts. High Noon On The Range. By Deb Donahue. Wyomingfile.com

  • Underpasses for deer built on U.S. 30 northwest of Kemmerer, WY

    Ralph Maughan

    The Wyoming Range’s deer herd is not doing well. A lot of deer are killed on the highway. This is an fairly ambitious effort to reduce highway mortality. I’ve had some close calls on U.S. 30, and I don’t drive it very often. Taking the low road. By JEFF GEARINO. Southwest Wyoming bureau. Casper Star…

  • Wyoming Range deer survey reaps grim results

    Ralph Maughan

    [Suvery coordinator Gray] “Fralick said there’s ‘no doubt the poor habitat conditions on this winter range contributed a great deal” to this year’s high death rate.’ ” Deer survey reaps grim results. By Jeff Geario. Casper Star Tribune.

  • Do Elk Feedgrounds Violate Public Trust?

    Ralph Maughan

    Do Elk Feedgrounds Violate Public Trust? By Deb Donahue.* Wyomingfile.com This is a fine legal analysis of Wyoming’s elk feedlots. ” Litigation is generally an ineffective way to manage wildlife. But litigation over the feedgrounds seems inevitable, and it may be the only way to ensure that western Wyoming’s wildlife get a fair shake.” –…

  • Ten per cent of Wyoming wolf population outside YNP now killed

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf-kill total reaches 16. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.  Another wolf has been shot in Wyoming’s “wolves-are vermin-zone.”

  • Upper Green River Valley air pollution blamed on drilling industry

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is more on the striking decline in air quality in the Pinedale, Wyoming area. Pollution blamed on drilling industry. Associated Press More on May 12. Once-idyllic Pinedale is ground zero in debate over energy quest, quality of life By Brandon Griggs. The Salt Lake Tribune

  • Close Elk Feedgrounds Before It's Too Late

    Ralph Maughan

    Close Elk Feedgrounds Before It’s Too Late. By Brodie Farquhar. Wyomingfile.com

  • Sublette County, Wyoming – A peaceful protest on the Pinedale Anticline

    Ralph Maughan

    In a county that as gone from just a few gas well to one with more wells than residents, there is a protest demonstration scheduled today, Sunday. The Casper Star Tribune reports that a “retired high school science teacher Elaine Crumpley has helped organize what she’s calling a ‘peaceful protest.’ ” It will be from…

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