The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is now offering a reward of up to $10-thousand – or $5000 each – for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible for illegally killing two wolves last month. Game officials say one wolf … Continue Reading
Teton County Search and Rescue was called Wednesday to assist a group from the National Outdoor Leadership School in evacuating a skier who had fallen and injured his leg. Search and Rescue Coordinator Doug Meyer says the group was on an outing in Sherman Canyon when … Continue Reading
Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens are seeking information about the illegal killing of two gray wolves in the Gros Ventre area near Jackson last month. Game officials say one wolf that had been shot and killed was found in the Gros Ventre area in early December while a second wolf, which had also been shot, was found on December 21st several miles from the first wolf carcass. Spokesman Ray Hagaman recalls … Continue Reading
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has begun to capture bighorn sheep this winter to monitor the presence of pneumonia in the Jackson Region. Scientists are collecting nasal and tonsil swabs, along with blood samples from those sheep that are captured east of Jackson. Game and Fish Spokesman Mark Gocke explains … Continue Reading
The Intermountain Region of the US Forest Service has a new Regional Forester to replace Harv Forsgren who retired from that post on January 1st. In a letter from Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell Friday, Nora Rasure was named to the post which supervises … Continue Reading
The partisan battling over the federal budget continues today in Washington as the brink of the so-called “fiscal cliff” looms closer. Wyoming’s US Representative Cynthia Lummis told Jackson Hole Radio News she sees the answer in smaller government, not in higher taxes – and that may mean … Continue Reading
As the national fiscal cliff approaches, concerns are being raised about how it might impact agencies like the national parks which annually draw millions of tourists to the area. Wyoming’s US Representative Cynthia Lummis admits that such impacts are a concern, but … Continue Reading
Wyoming’s US Representative Cynthia Lummis says she finds it very concerning that a proposal to merge essentially four national forests under singular supervision is being made without the knowledge of the area’s federal lawmakers. Lummis told Jackson Hole Radio News that … Continue Reading
As a study team continues to examine a proposal to merge the Caribou-Targhee and Bridger-Teton National Forests, the counties which the Bridger-Teton spans are weighing in on the plan and are by no means in favor of it. Teton County Commissioner Hank Phibbs says Teton County is … Continue Reading
The push to raise funds to buy-out oil and gas leases in the Noble Basin area of the Wyoming Range is intensifying as the December 30th deadline to consummate the deal approaches. The Trust for Public Lands was given until then to raise $8 ¾-million dollars to obtain … Continue Reading
