Governor Matt Mead is asking Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, to work with Wyoming to remove the grizzly bear from the Endangered Species List sooner than currently anticipated. Mead says delisting by the federal government appears to be at least two years away because … Continue Reading
Weekend rain and snow has provided a much-needed “shot-in-the-arm” for Northwestern Wyoming where average moisture conditions were already beginning to degrade. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, precipitation in the Snake River Basin is now … Continue Reading
Twenty-seven wild American bison were captured Thursday near West Yellowstone. The operation was led by the Montana Department of Livestock and took place at the department’s Duck Creek bison trap, located on private land adjacent to the western edge of Yellowstone National Park. A news release from the environmental group Buffalo Field Campaign says … Continue Reading
Tourism season has begun now in Wyoming, and so has Wyoming’s marketing campaign for the summer. The division of tourism’s national advertising campaign has been implemented for several months now. Division of Travel and Tourism Director Diane Shober says … Continue Reading
All Yellowstone National Park entrances are open for the season now, and the road over Dunraven Pass linking Canyon Village and Tower Fall along with the Beartooth Highway northeast of the park are scheduled to open for the season this morning. However, Park Spokesman Al Nash says don’t count too heavily on that. Nash says snow has already led to … Continue Reading
Those looking for something to do this weekend may be interested in taking a closer look at some of Idaho National Laboratory’s early historic nuclear energy activities by visiting the Experimental Breeder Reactor-1 museum west of Idaho Falls. Free summer tours of the recently expanded EBR-1 museum begin tomorrow. EBR-1 was … Continue Reading
While most forest facilities have opened for the season now, there are still some areas where access is limited due to early season conditions. On the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, the Ashton/Flagg Ranch Road and dispersed camping is not yet open. On the Gardiner Ranger District of the Gallatin National Forest, the Palmer Mountain Road remains closed due to snow. Visitors to Bridger Teton National Forest will find … Continue Reading
While Wyoming’s snowpack has dropped to 22% of the 30-year average now, the Natural Resources Conservation Service says the river basins of Northwestern Wyoming are in better shape than the rest of the state. According to their report, those basins remain in the 50 to 70 percent range. Snow-water content is … Continue Reading
The annual fire season briefing for Montana was delivered to Governor Brian Schweitzer yesterday including presentations from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the Northern Rockies Coordination Center and a variety of other state and federal agencies. Schweitzer says the state has already seen fire on … Continue Reading
Tourism this weekend could see more travelers this year than last. According to AAA Auto Club, 1.6% more residents here in the mountain states plan to take trips over Memorial Day Weekend than compared with last year. That amounts to about 2.5 million residents of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Meanwhile, gasoline prices, which shot up about … Continue Reading
