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Bull Fire View of smoke from the Bull Fire from US 191/189 on Friday, July 30th. The fire is in the Gros Ventre Wilderness between Bondurant and Jackson. Photo by Bob Rule, KPIN 101.1 FM.
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Bull Fire Closure Order expanded (posted 7/30/10)
Bridger-Teton National Forest
The Bridger-Teton National Forest has expanded the Temporary Emergency Fire Closure for the Bull Fire. The closure order, which was put in place on July 24, includes the Rough Hollow, Bull Creek, Cow Creek, Bear Creek drainages, north of the Hwy 187 /191 to Cream Puff Peak. Due to the fact that the fire has progressed to the south and east toward a predetermined management action point, fire managers are extending the closure area to include Little Granite Creek to the East and Pinnacle Peak to the North. The trailheads and spur roads at the end of Little Granite road will close effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 31. The Little Granite road will close 12:01 a.m. Monday, August 2. The Hoback shield and Granite Creek Road are still open at this time. The purpose of the closure is to provide for public and firefighter safety during the incident.
The fire, now at 860 acres, is burning in timber. The fire has moved across the Bull Creek drainage and towards the Rough Hollow ridge line. The heavy dead and downed fuels on the fire are very dry and are the primary force driving the fire behavior.
The Bull Fire was located and sized up at 3 acres on the afternoon of July 23 after an aerial fire detection flight. The lightning-ignited fire is located east of Hoback Junction inside the Gros Ventre Wilderness in the Bull Creek drainage. Because the fire is of benefit to the landscape and wildlife, resource managers are monitoring the fire and will continue to manage the fire according to land use plans.
Neckels Type 3 Incident Management team has transitioned with the Jackson Ranger District and is overseeing the fire.
Primary objectives are to provide for public and fire personnel safety and to minimize threats to private property, facilities or other developments. Allow fire to play its natural role in the ecosystem as a process of ecological change and manage the fire in a cost effective manner. Crews continue monitoring the fires activity to ensure we are meeting both protection considerations and resource objectives.
For more information on this and other area fires, please visit www.tetonfires.com or www.inciweb.org.
Lummis: CLEAR Act costs American jobs, raises taxes (posted 7/30/10)
U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis media release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) released the following statement regarding today’s passage of H.R. 3534, the CLEAR Act:
"The oil leak in the Gulf is a terrible disaster and we must ensure a tragedy like this never happens again. BP must be held completely accountable for the massive damage it has done to the people of the Gulf, its environment and its economy.
"There is no doubt that changes are needed to ensure the development and implementation of the best offshore oil and gas operations and practices are identified and put into place. Operators must be held accountable for their actions. Nearly everyone can agree these changes are necessary.
"Unfortunately, Washington Democrats’ thinking is as clear as mud. Congressional Democrats’ CLEAR Act uses the tragedy in the Gulf as a misguided opportunity to impose job-killing energy policies on Americans. President Obama’s six month moratorium on offshore drilling is estimated to cost more than 8,000 jobs in the Gulf and cause major damage to the Gulf economy. It’s crucial to remember that offshore drilling accounts for 30% of our nation’s energy. As if a six month moratorium wasn’t enough, H.R. 3534 will significantly increase America’s dependence on foreign countries for energy by continuing to delay and block offshore drilling in American waters. This is the last thing the people of the Gulf and the American people need.
"Democrats are using H.R. 3534 as an opportunity to add more red tape and bureaucracy on energy development on public lands in the West. We need an all-of-the above energy approach, but instead, energy producers in Wyoming will be forced to pay higher taxes and suffer under duplicative regulations under this bill.
"H.R. 3534 kills jobs in the U.S., raises taxes on U.S. energy development, raises costs for American families and will significantly increase America’s dependence on foreign countries to fuel our nation. Americans are calling for the opposite. It’s unfortunate Washington Democrats continue to ignore Americans and push their out-of-touch agenda through Congress."
Background:
The CLEAR Act:
- Imposes job-killing changes and higher taxes for onshore natural gas and oil production. It fundamentally changes leasing onshore by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, which affects not just leasing for natural gas and oil, but also for coal and renewable energy including wind and solar. Over the objections of the Director of the BLM who currently overseas onshore energy development on federal lands, the CLEAR act strips the BLM of this authority and transfers it to the newly created bureaus formerly known as the Mineral Management Service.
- Raises taxes by over $22 billion in ten years – with the taxes eventually climbing to nearly $3 billion per year. This is a direct tax on natural gas and oil that will raise energy prices for American families and businesses, hurt domestic jobs, and increase our dependence on foreign oil. This tax only applies to U.S. oil and gas production on federal leases – giving an advantage to foreign oil and hurting American energy jobs.
- Requires the federal takeover of state authority to permit in state waters, which reverses sixty years of precedent. The mismanagement, corruption and oversight failures of the federal government are being used as justification to expand federal control by seizing management from the states.
- Allows 10% of all offshore revenues – an amount possibly as high as $500 million per year – to be spent on a new fund controlled by the Interior Secretary to issue ocean research grants (ORCA fund). There is no requirement that the fund is used for the Gulf region or anything related to oil spills or offshore drilling. These funds can be earmarked.
- Establishes "marine spatial planning" regulatory authority – which allows for ocean zoning that could lead to restrictions on fishing, energy production and even onshore activities such as farming. This vague new regulatory authority could cost fishing jobs, energy jobs, manufacturing jobs, farming jobs, and many more jobs that may impact waterways that drain into the ocean.
• The bill includes unlimited spill liability for offshore operators, which could effectively eliminate independent producers from operating offshore if they cannot obtain insurance policies to cover their operations. According to an independent study from HIS Global Insight, "by 2020 an exclusion of the independents from the Gulf of Mexico would eliminate 300,000 jobs and result in a loss of $147 billion in federal, state, and local taxes from the Gulf region over 10 years."
• Democrat leaders deleted an amendment adopted without objection by Rep. Lummis that would require the Department of Interior to track and report on lawsuits brought against the Department by environmental organizations, as well as the attorney’s fees paid to those organizations.
• Democrat leaders also deleted a provision adopted without objection in the House Natural Resources Committee just two weeks ago to establish a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the oil spill – a provision that has also passed a Senate Committee in a bipartisan vote.
Related Links:
Sublette Commissioners comment on HR 3534 CLEAR Act September 17, 2009
Lisa Solberg, from Pinedale, looks as if she’s admiring the sharp sword skills of her sensei Brent Dean during this weekend’s martial arts seminar hosted by Lim Kenpo Pinedale. Photo by Olivia Vidal, Pinedale Roundup.
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Pinedale Roundup – July 30, 2010 (posted 7/30/10)
Sharp Skills
Pinedale Town Council to draft smoking ban
SCSO investigates attack in Pinedale
Bloomfield story gets longer, more expensive
EPA Report: 22 Million cataract cases will be prevented by stronger Ozone layer protection (posted 7/30/10)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency marked the beginning of Cataract Awareness Month by announcing a new peer-reviewed report predicting that more than 22 million additional cataract cases will be avoided for Americans born between 1985 and 2100 due to the Montreal Protocol. The environmental treaty, signed by 196 countries, was designed to reduce and eventually eliminate ozone depleting substances. Too much UV radiation not only increases the risk for skin cancer, but also increases the risk for cataracts -- a clouding of the eye’s lens that affects more than 20 million Americans age 40 and older.
"Since the 1970s, we have prevented millions of skin cancer cases and deaths through our work protecting the ozone layer," said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. "I am excited to kick off Cataract Awareness Month by announcing that the science has now enabled us to estimate our impact on cataracts."
Due to the success of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is predicted to recover to pre-1980 levels after 2065. In the meantime, under a compromised ozone layer, more ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaches the Earth’s surface. While treatment for cataracts is widely available in the U.S., the costs are high, with direct medical costs estimated to be $6.8 billion per year
For the first time, EPA is able to include data on cataract risk by gender and skin type in the report. However, all people, regardless of gender and skin type, are at risk for cataracts. This is why it is important for adults and children to use eyewear that absorbs UV rays and to wear a wide-brimmed hat.
The following changes in vision may be signs of cataracts:
• Blurred vision, double vision, ghost images, the sense of a "film" over the eyes
• Lights seem too dim for reading or close-up work, or feeling "dazzled" by strong light
• Changing eyeglass prescriptions often, and the change does not seem to help.
Information on the report:
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/effects/index.html
More information on eye damage: http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/doc/eyedamage.pdf
More information on the Montreal Protocol: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/intpol/
The Bull Fire is located between Bondurant and Hoback Junction, in the Gros Ventre Wilderness.
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Bull Fire Update - July 29, 2010 (posted 7/30/10)
643-acre fire in the Gros Ventre Wilderness being allowed to burn for resource benefit
Bridger-Teton National Forest
The Bull Fire was located and sized up at 3 acres on the afternoon of July 23 after an aerial fire detection flight. The lightning-ignited fire is located east of Hoback Junction inside the Gros Ventre Wilderness in the Bull Creek drainage. Because the fire is of benefit to the landscape and wildlife, resource managers are monitoring the fire to ensure we are meeting both protection considerations and resource objectives.
Status: The fire, currently at 643 acres, is burning in beetle kill and subalpine fir. Observers on the fire have documented the fire burning around stringers of white bark pine, but not active within some of those stands.
Objective: To provide for public and fire personnel safety and to minimize threats to private property, facilities or other developments. Allow fire to play its natural role in the ecosystem as a process of ecological change and manage the fire in a cost effective manner.
Recent Events: The fire behavior was moderate on 7/28 with 100 acres of new growth. Fire is primarily smoldering, creeping in the mornings and picking up slightly in the afternoons with some single tree and group torching. No structures or private properties are threatened at this time.
This Week’s Strategy: Continue documenting the smoke dispersal, fire’s activity and implementing the management action plan. A Type 3 team (Neckels) has been ordered and they will transition the morning of 7/30. The team will implement the management action plans for the south and east areas of the fire.
Today’s Strategy: Crews on the fire will continue to spike out on the fire for patrols, monitoring the fire edge and supply information and data to forest resource advisors. Neckels’s Type 3 team members will shadow current staff on the fire for a smooth transition tomorrow.
Forecast: Partly cloudy, with a high near 80. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Light wind becoming south between 10 and 13 mph.
Closures: A closure order has been implemented and includes the Rough Hollow, Bull Creek, Cow Creek, Bear Creek drainages, north of the Hwy 181 to Cream Puff Peak. The Hoback shield is open to climbing.
Resource Benefits: "Wild fires are a natural ecological event which has occurred across the landscape for hundreds of years. They maintain a patchwork or mosaic of diverse vegetation age classes, structure and community types. Such diversity translates into long-term habitat stability, integrity and health including enhanced resistance to large-scale impacts from insects and diseases."
Steve Kilpatrick, Wildlife Habitat Biologist, WYGF
Please visit www.Tetonfires.com and www.inciweb.org for more information.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest and Grand Teton National Park are in HIGH fire danger. Please be careful with fire.
Ultra Petroleum: Reports record natural gas and crude oil production (posted 7/30/10)
First half and second quarter of 2010 financial report
Ultra Petroleum (NYSE: UPL) released their First Six Months and Second quarter 2010 Financial and Operating Results report on July 30, 2010. They report a 17% increase in natural gas and crude oil production for the first six months of 2010 and a 25% increase in operating cash flow from 2009.
They have increased the efficiency of their drilling operations in Pinedale, averaging 14.5 days per well spud to total depth, reduced from the average of 20.6 days in the second quarter of 2009. In the 2nd Quarter of 2010, Ultra reached total depth on 36 gross (24 net) Pinedale wells. 86% of those wells were drilled in 15 days or less. Ultra reports a 12% decrease in completed well costs for 2010 compared to the 2nd Quarter of 2009.
Ultra Petroleum continues to expand their leasehold positions in the Pennsylvania Marcellus shale natural gas fields. The company now owns approximately 470,000 gross (255,000 net) acres in north central Pennsylvania. The company considers the undeveloped Pinedale and Pennsylvania natural gas fields to be their "two high-returning, high-margin assets," according to Michael D. Watford, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Given the robust economics we enjoy and our low cost structure, we will be able to generate significant returns for our shareholders," he said in the report.
Click on this link for the full report (PDF)
Click on this link to go to the Ultra Petroleum website and this report
Transportation commission awards $55 million in contracts (posted 7/29/10)
Wyoming Department of Transportation
Contracts totaling nearly $55 million for 14 highway projects around the state, including five to widen two-lane road sections to five lanes, were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its July teleconference meeting.
Lander’s Rice-Kilroy Construction won the largest contract awarded with a low bid of $11.9 million to widen a nearly six-mile section of US 26 just north of Riverton from its current two lanes to five lanes. The road section between Burma Road and Clothesline Road has experienced an increase in traffic due to subdivision and business development in the area. The contract completion date is June 30, 2012.
A heavily traveled six-mile section of WYO 59 providing access to the coal mines south of Gillette also will be widened to five lanes under a $10.7 million contract awarded to Gillette’s Intermountain Construction and Materials. The project will extend the five-lane portion of the highway to about one mile south of Bishop Road. The work is expected to be done by Oct. 31, 2011.
The series of projects to widen US 14A to five lanes between Cody and Powell will continue under a $5.9 million contact won by Mountain Construction of Lovell. The work, scheduled for completion by Oct. 31, 2011, will extend the five-lane section of the highway to about a mile north of Corbett Bridge.
Casper’s McMurry Ready-Mix won four contracts, the largest for $4.7 million for a pavement overlay and guardrail work on US 14 between Burgess Junction and Steamboat Rock. The guardrail work is expected to be completed this year, but the paving work is not expected to begin until next year. The contract completion date is Sept. 30, 2011.
McMurry also won a $3.1 million contract for a pavement overlay on a 10.5-mile section of WYO 59 beginning about 32 miles north of Douglas. The heavily traveled highway section provides access to coal mines to the north. Work is not expected to begin until next year and the contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2011.
Nearly two miles of US 191 just north of Eden will be widened to five lanes under a $2.9 million contract awarded to McMurry. The highway section is heavily traveled by trucks traveling to and from the natural gas fields to the north. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2011.
McMurry’s fourth contract is for an $810,000 pavement overlay on WYO 343 between Parkman and Dayton to be completed by Sept. 30, 2011.
McGarvin-Moberly Construction of Worland submitted the low bid of $3 million for pavement leveling and a pavement overlay on the 11 miles of WYO 172 (Black Mountain Road) east of Lucerne, where collapsing soils have damaged the existing pavement. Work on the project is not expected to begin until next year, and the completion date is Oct. 31, 2011.
McGarvin-Moberly also will add two inches of new pavement on 16 miles of US 30 just north of Bosler to help stabilize the road for handling heavy traffic during periods when I-80 must be closed. The $2.9 million contract includes an Oct. 31 completion date.
Deteriorating pavement will be milled off a nine-mile section of US 189 beginning in La Barge and a two-inch pavement overlay completed under a $2.6 million contract awarded to Mountain Construction of Lovell. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2011.
Concrete Foundations of Douglas will complete a pavement overlay on eight miles of WYO 91 and three miles of WYO 96 south of Douglas under a $2.3 million contract that includes an Aug. 31, 2011 completion date. Work is not expected to begin until next year.
Deteriorated pavement will be removed and replaced with two inches of new pavement on a three-mile section of US 191 just north of the highway’s junction with I-80 in Rock Springs under a $2.2 million contract awarded to Lewis & Lewis of Rock Springs. The project will include widening the highway’s intersection with Reliance Road from two lanes to five lanes to include turn lanes. The work is scheduled to be done by Oct. 31, 2011.
Slide mitigation work along the Rosie’s Ridge section of US 26-287 between Moran Junction and Dubois will be completed under a $1.3 million contract won by Oftedal Construction of Miles City, Mont. The work is not expected to disrupt traffic on the road, and is scheduled to be done by Nov. 30.
Emergency rehabilitation will be completed on the deteriorating concrete decks of the I-80 bridges at the Herrick Lane Interchange west of Elk Mountain under a $515,000 contract won by S&S Builders of Gillette. The contract completion date is Sept. 15.
WYDOT issues draft version of 2011 STIP (posted 7/29/10)
Upcoming highway project work
Wyoming Department of Transportation
A draft slate of upcoming highway projects and other work is detailed in WYDOT’s State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for fiscal year 2011 and is now available for public review and comments.
The STIP lists about $270 million in projects tentatively planned for the 12-month period beginning Oct. 1, 2010, as well as a compilation of engineering and environmental work the department will undertake in subsequent years. In addition to highway projects, the draft STIP also lists nearly $28 million worth of airport improvements scheduled for the upcoming year.
Copies can be found at WYDOT offices, libraries, and city and county government offices. It is also available on the WYDOT Web site (www.dot.state.wy.us), within the "Planning/Research/Projects" section.
The highway projects are listed according to system classification; for example, Interstate, Primary, Urban; and by type of work, such as reconstruction, resurfacing, bridge replacement, etc.
Because the needs of the transportation system exceed the department’s budget, WYDOT employs a comprehensive needs analysis, in concert with a thorough public consultation process, to decide what projects to include in the STIP.
Review and approval of the project schedule in the draft STIP is the responsibility of the Wyoming Transportation Commission. Even after a final version of the STIP is published, the project list remains tentative and will be revised quarterly in accordance with changes in funding levels and in various advance design considerations.
BLM launches social media to promote public involvement (posted 7/29/10)
Makes a presence on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
Bureau of Land Management
As part of its ongoing effort to engage the public on issues in more timely and relevant ways, the Bureau of Land Management has entered the realm of social media by establishing a presence on the popular websites Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.
BLM Wyoming now has its own Facebook page. To get the latest updates, you may follow BLM Wyoming by clicking on the link on BLM’s web page: www.blm.gov/wy or go to http://www.facebook.com/BLMWyoming.
"We are excited about using social media to connect with people interested in the management of their public lands," said BLM Director Bob Abbey. "Through such media, the BLM will not only be able to reach more citizens in ‘real time,’ but also generate instant feedback on the myriad issues facing our agency."
Besides the social media accounts set up by the Bureau’s national office in Washington, D.C., more local and subject-specific accounts will be administered by the BLM’s State Offices and various programs throughout the agency. For example, BLM-California, BLM-Colorado, BLM-New Mexico, BLM-Oregon, and BLM-Wyoming have already created Facebook pages, as has the Bureau’s Wild Horse and Burro Program.
Interested parties can begin following the BLM at http://www.facebook.com/BLMNational and
http://www.twitter.com/BLMNational. A list of our other social media sites can be found at http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/socialmedia.html
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Twitter is a free micro-blogging and social networking service that allows users to send and receive each other’s updates through interactions known as "tweets," while Facebook allows users to share items of interest with their friends via text, photos, and videos.
The BLM has established a YouTube channel to share informational videos more easily with the public. The Bureau’s YouTube page is accessible at http://www.youtube.com/BLMNational.
EPA rejects claims of flawed climate science (posted 7/29/10)
Environmental Protection Agency
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today (July 29, 2010) denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities, and threatens human health and the environment.
The petitions to reconsider EPA’s Endangerment Finding claim that climate science cannot be trusted, and assert a conspiracy that invalidates the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Global Change Research Program. After months of serious consideration of the petitions and of the state of climate change science, EPA finds no evidence to support these claims. In contrast, EPA’s review shows that climate science is credible, compelling, and growing stronger.
"The endangerment finding is based on years of science from the U.S. and around the world. These petitions -- based as they are on selectively edited, out-of-context data and a manufactured controversy -- provide no evidence to undermine our determination. Excess greenhouse gases are a threat to our health and welfare," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "Defenders of the status quo will try to slow our efforts to get America running on clean energy. A better solution would be to join the vast majority of the American people who want to see more green jobs, more clean energy innovation and an end to the oil addiction that pollutes our planet and jeopardizes our national security."
Click on this link for EPA’s responses to the basic assertions by the petitioners.
Update on Pinedale assault case (posted 7/28/10)
No suspects; residents urged to be watchful & report any suspicious activity
Editor’s Note: The Sublette County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference on Wednesday, July 28th at the Sheriff’s Office in Pinedale to give an update on the status of the assault on a 20-year old Pinedale woman on the morning of July 24, 2010. Sublette County Attorney’s Office special investigator Randy Hanson said, "Everyone is a suspect." He added that at this time there are no indications of a sexual assault. They clarified that the two other incidents they are also looking into happened in the weeks prior to this latest incident, and not on the same night. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help with any tips or information on this case. They stressed that people call in with information that might seem insignificant and report anything that happened over the past several months which seemed out of the ordinary, because it might be helpful in this case. The department would like citizens to report incidents such as seeing someone walk between yards where they don’t belong after dark. They advised citizens to be watchful and secure their premises (lock vehicles and doors & windows in buildings). They also do not want people to try to take matters into their own hands if they see something suspicious, which might put themselves in danger. The Sheriff’s Office wants people to call in right away and report anything out of the ordinary, and for citizens to keep themselves out of harm’s way and let law enforcement respond to any incidents. Below is the press release from the press conference. See the related links at the end of the story for additional updates from the Sublette Examiner and Pinedale Roundup newspapers. See their printed versions for more in-depth information. – Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online! dawn@pinedaleonline.com
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PRESS RELEASE
JULY 28, 2010
1:00 PM
Sublette County Sheriff’s investigators are stating that at this time there are no suspects in this incident. Sheriff’s investigators are looking into two other incidents that have similar facts, but are not sure at this time if they are connected. The Sheriff’s Office is urging the public to keep an eye open for anything that seems suspicious and out of the ordinary. This is a top priority for the Sheriff’s Office. All available resources are in use.
The Sheriff’s office is again requesting the public to keep an eye open for anything that seems suspicious and out of the ordinary. Report this immediately to dispatch, 307-367-4378.
It is worthy of reporting anything that has happened in the last two or three months that may now seem suspicious, and you have not previously reported.
The safety of the community is the top priority of the Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Bardin is still requesting that residents use caution and secure your premises.
Authority,
Bardy Bardin, Sheriff
Click on this link for a printable PDF version of the media release
Related Links:
Update: No suspect in weekend attack By Derek Farr, Sublette Examiner, July 28, 2010
SCSO investigates attack on local woman By Megan Rawlins, Pinedale Roundup, July 28, 2010
Pinedale woman assaulted in her home Sublette County Sheriff’s Office media release, July 26, 2010
Community Resources: A Woman’s Work Pinedale Online!, July 28, 2010
Paul Rock of Pinedale swings a katana sword while learning a Japanese samurai martial art form on Saturday at the American Legion Park in Pinedale. Photo by Mari Muzzi, Sublette Examiner.
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Sublette Examiner – July 27, 2010 (posted 7/27/10)
Sublette Examiner – July 27, 2010
Swordplay
Lighning-sparked growing Bull Fire
RHCD foundation can start raising money
‘No’ to S&R stand-by helicopter
Obituary - Virginia ‘Ginny’ Schertz
Obituary - Keith Eugene Anderson
Sublette County wolf problems (posted 7/27/10)
Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports:
"On 3/10/10, Wildlife Services confirmed that a calf was killed by wolves from the Black Butte Pack NW of Pinedale, WY. Control efforts were completed when 3 wolves were removed. On 4/18/10, WY Wildlife Services verified a foal was killed and a yearling horse was injured by wolves from the Black Butte Pack. Control efforts began again to remove the remaining 2 wolves, but were unsuccessful. On 7/21/10, Wildlife Services confirmed that another calf was killed by wolves in the same area. Control efforts are ongoing to remove these 2 wolves."
Related Links:
Wolf Watch - By Cat Urbigkit
Master falconer Jason Jones, holds Gus the golden eagle, who because of an injury or birth defect, has never been able to fly. TRC helps birds of prey through veterinary care to injured raptors, education, conservation, and human/wildlife conflict resolution. Photo by Cat Urbigkit.
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A visit to the Teton Raptor Center (posted 7/27/10)
Located on Highway 22 in Wilson, Wyoming
Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
Visitors to the Teton Raptor Center, located on Highway 22 in Wilson, Wyoming, are given the opportunity to see raptors native to this region, and from other areas of the world. TRC has resident raptors that include a great horned owl, Peregrine falcon, red-tailed hawks, and golden eagles. Additional birds are also sometimes on site, including some falcons native to Africa.
Tours cost $10 per person and are scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at noon and 2 p.m., and on Wednesdays at 8 and 10 a.m. Call 307-203-2551 to schedule a visit.
Click on this link for more photos: A visit to the Teton Raptor Center (12 photos)
Native American High Altitude Living presentation July 31 (posted 7/27/10)
Archaeological talk In Dubois
David Hurst Thomas, author and current curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, will talk about a Central Nevada Native American high altitude residential site in an evening lecture in Dubois on July 31.
The Dubois Museum-sponsored talk, "Thoughts on Alta Toquima", will be heldat 7 p.m. in the Dennison Lodge in the Dubois Museum complex.
The Alta Toquima site, located at 11,000 feet on Mt. Jefferson in central Nevada, is almost identical to the "High Rise Village" site in the Wind River Mountains near Dubois. That site is also located above 11,000 feet.
Thomas and Wyoming archaeologist Richard Adams, who discovered the High Rise Village site in 2006, have compared notes and concluded both residential sites were constructed by Shoshone Indians about 1,500 years ago.
Only a few high-altitude village sites were previously thought to exist, but archaeologists now believe they were part of a common survival strategy for the Shoshone Indians.
Despite the 500 miles that separate Altima Toquima and the High Rise Village site, dwellings at the sites appear to have been similar in construction. Stone tools and weapons found at the site are also similar.
Thomas, a specialist in Native American archaeology, holds four degrees from the University of California, Davis, including a Ph.D. He also earned a Doctor of Science Degree from The University of the South. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, University of California, Davis, University of Florida, University of Nevada and the City College of New York. He has lectured in more than forty countries.
Thomas has written 30 books, edited 90 additional volumes, and written more than one-hundred scientific papers. His most recent book is the award-winning Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity.
Dr. Robert L. Bettinger, another top name in Native American high altitude living will also be part of the Dubois Museum's free event.
Related Links:
Life at 10,700 feet: Late Prehistoric Alpine Archaeology in the Wind River Range, Wyoming Presentation by Richard Adams at the Museum of the Mountain Man - Sublette County Historical Society
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