Summer Travel Regulations took effect Monday for the Palisades Ranger District of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Conditions at the lower elevations are suitable to support vehicle traffic on many roads and some trails now without causing resource damage. However, District Ranger Tracy Hollingshead asks … Continue Reading
The number of wolves living in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region has been growing substantially over the past two years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in collaboration with other federal, state and tribal agencies, Friday released the 2012 Annual Report for … Continue Reading
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar defended President Obama’s allocation in his proposed budget of $11.9-billion for the Department of the Interior as a balanced one that makes tough budget choices but funds the highest priorities. During a telephone news conference yesterday, Salazar told reporters … Continue Reading
Friends of the Teton River has released copies of the final Teton Creek Restoration plans, which will include a new water park in the vicinity of the Aspen Pointe subdivision—just upstream of the Cemetery Road Bridge near Driggs, Idaho. Restoration Director Mike Lien says he got the initial idea … Continue Reading
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission last week, extended the current wolf hunting season through June 30 in the Middle Fork and part of the Dworshak-Elk City wolf management zones of that state. These seasons were scheduled to end last Sunday. Most other hunting and trapping seasons … Continue Reading
Two additional suspects have been arrested now in connection with recent burglaries near Alta, Wyoming. Working together with the Teton County, Idaho Sheriff’s office, Teton County, Wyoming Sheriff’s detectives arrested … Continue Reading
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting public review and input on Proposed Revisions to the Demographic Recovery Criteria for the Grizzly Bear Population in the Greater Yellowstone Area. According to Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator Chris Servheen, the agency is proposing to … Continue Reading
Reservoirs in the Upper Snake River Basin are filling again with the reservoirs collectively filled to 69% capacity. Individually, those reservoirs range from 100% filled at Henry’s Lake and 90% filled at American Falls to 39% of capacity at Pallisades Reservoir. Jackson Lake is currently filled to 74% of its storage capacity. The Bureau of Reclamation says … Continue Reading
The Teton County Sheriff’s offices from Wyoming and Idaho arrested a 19 year old man at his residence in Driggs on a Wyoming felony warrant for conspiracy to commit auto burglary and auto burglary linked to … Continue Reading
This weekend, we get to reset our clocks again as the U.S. returns to daylight savings time. The concept is that people won’t need their lights on at home until one hour later in the evening. It’s part of … Continue Reading
