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Update on HR 980: Rahall may send bill to Mark Up soon (posted 11/24/09) Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online! Wyoming Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis has sent word that House Resource Subcommittee Chairman Rahall may be planning to have Mark Up on HR 980 (the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act), possibly as soon as in December. The effort at this time by the proponents of this legislation are being directed in correcting inaccuracies in their maps. Under this proposed House bill, wilderness proponents are hoping to get 24-million additional acres of public land in five states in the northern Rockies under federal wilderness protection. States impacted are Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The proposal includes vastly increasing existing wilderness acreage in Sublette County, Wyoming, resulting in a significant reduction of areas open to outdoor recreation activities such as snowmobiling, boating, ATV vehicle use, and mountain biking. Subcommittee hearings were held earlier this year in April. Sublette County Commissioner Joel Bousman went to Washington D.C. to testify in front of the committee. No action was taken at that time. The bill now has 102 cosponsors, up from 69 sponsors when the hearings were held last spring. This legislation has been a dream of wilderness proponents for over 15 years. First introduced in 1992, the House Natural Resources Committee held hearings in 1994, but no other actions were taken for over ten years. There have been repeated attempts to revive legislation by a host of co-sponsors with the support of a number of environmental groups, however it has never been passed. The intent of the 2009 bill, H.R. 980, is: "To designate certain National Forest System lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes." The bill greatly expands the amount of federal land that has tight restrictions on allowed human activities, limits access, prohibits new development, and closes land to motorized and off-road vehicle use, mineral exploration, logging, road construction, and timber harvesting. If passed, Sublette County would see its existing wilderness areas expanded to include Bridger-Teton National Forest land surrounding Fremont Lake, Half Moon Lake, Willow Lake, New Fork Lake, Green River Lakes and large portions of the Wyoming Range. In addition, new areas that would come under wilderness management include Big Sandy Opening, Hoback Canyon, and land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Scab Creek. H.R. 980 is opposed by the Sublette County Commissioners, the Wyoming Association of County Commissioners, and the Wyoming Republican Party Central Committee. The Wyoming Wildlife Federation and Audubon Wyoming also wrote letters saying they do not support or endorse NREPA legislation. The Wilderness Society also contacted Pinedale Online last April to say they are not lobbying on behalf of H.R. 980. Click here for a printable PDF of the written testimony statement Sublette County Commissioner Joel Bousman made to the committee on Tuesday, May 5th. (10 pages, 130K PDF) Click here for a copy of the resolution passed by The Wyoming Association of County Commissioners opposing H.R. 980. (3-page, 25.6K PDF) Click here for a copy of the resolution passed by the Wyoming Republican Party Central Committee opposing the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (H.R. 980). (2 page, 24.1K PDF) Related Links: Full text of NREPA Printable PDF of bill 149 pages Map showing proposed new wilderness designation on the Bridger-Teton National Forest Alliance for the Wild Rockies Map showing 5 state NREPA proposal Alliance for the Wild Rockies Alliance for the Wild Rockies In support of NREPA Committee on Natural ResourcesDeliberating the proposed bill Wilderness designation proposed for Fremont, New Fork Lakes, Wyoming Range Pinedale Online! April 21, 2009 Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Audubon Wyoming, do not support NREPA Pinedale Online! April 24, 2009 Bill CoSponsors Sublette Examiner stories – Nov. 24, 2009 (posted 11/24/09) Bookworm Gros Ventre wolves kill 3 dogs Anticline seminar addresses fracking Tri Town Recycling could receive permission to operate on its own Economy creates high call volume at Wyoming UI claims center (posted 11/24/09)
Kniffy Hamilton JACKSON - Forest Supervisor Kniffy Hamilton has served as the Forest Supervisor of the Bridger-Teton National Forest since November 1999. Her office is located in Jackson, Wyoming. As Forest Supervisor, Hamilton is responsible for 3.4 million acres of National Forest land in Teton, Lincoln, and Sublette counties of Western Wyoming. Of the 3.4 million acres, there are 1.2 million acres of congressionally designated Wilderness in the Bridger, Gros Ventre and Teton Wilderness areas. Prior to Hamilton, Forest Supervisor Brian Stout (1984-1994) is the only other Supervisor to serve for a decade on the Bridger-Teton. Click on this link for more on this story: Bridger-Teton’s Forest Supervisor celebrates ten years of service
Mushing for Immunization - Sled dog race contributes vaccination funding to Wyoming and Utah charities International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) Vaccinating kids has become an of-the-moment hot topic with the thorny public health issues surrounding the H1N1 virus, but for the 15-year-old International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) – known as "the race to immunize" as part of its mission – promoting the need to immunize children under the age of two has always been on the agenda. And for the race, which will mush through Wyoming again January 29 – February 6, 2010, that dedication translates into hard cash that helps fund charities in its host communities, including Jackson, Lander, Uinta County, Pinedale, Alpine and Kemmerer, Wyoming, and Park City, Utah. "We’re thrilled to be in a position to donate cash to the stage stop towns on the race for the fourth year now," said IPSSSDR Race Director Frank Teasley. "We wouldn’t have a race without the support of these communities, so we’re glad to be able to help them with the areas where they’re most in need, including the immunization of young children." The race-provided funds are donated to the towns, which in turn donate the money to appropriate local charities. Designated community chair people identify which nonprofit organizations receive the funds, and many of the communities have chosen to fund immunizations. Nonprofits in Wyoming and Utah that received a contribution from the race in 2009 include Breakfast Rotary of Jackson Hole; Fremont County Health, Lander Ambassadors, Alpine Fire Department, Star Valley Humane Society, Lincoln County Immunizations, Sublette County Public Nurse, Park City Sunrise Rotary and Uinta County Community Youth Coalition. "Now more than ever, we want to stress the need for children under two to receive all of their proper immunizations," said Teasley, "The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race wants to help, both through spreading the word and by helping communities actually fund needed vaccines." Pedigree® Food for Dogs is the title sponsor of the IPSSSDR. The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by former Iditarod racer Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public and to promote the need to immunize children under the age of two. For more information, visit the race Website at www.wyomingstagestop.org, contact the race via e-mail at wystagestop@blissnet.com, or telephone at (307) 734-1163, or visit www.pedigree.com. Related Links: Pinedale Stage Stop Pictures from 2009 Pinedale Stage Stop Pictures from the 2009 Big Piney/Marbleton Stage Stop Antelope deaths traced to poisonous yew bushes (posted 11/24/09) Fall Commencement set at UW Dec. 4-5 (posted 11/24/09) National Park Service releases Final EIS on Benefits-Sharing (posted 11/24/09) Wyoming Game & Fish Calendar (posted 11/24/09) Tuition goes up at University of Wyoming (posted 11/22/09) Yellowstone Park Bison Management Plan available (posted 11/22/09)
Wyoming Department of Transportation Armed forces veteran specialty license plates and embossed plates approved by the 2009 Wyoming Legislature will become available next year. Both plates carry a $50 fee in addition to the standard $15 state registration fee and the county registration fee calculated based on the vehicle’s value. To be eligible for the veteran plates the vehicle owner must have completed at least one term of honorable service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard or Merchant Marine. Applications for the plates will be available beginning Nov. 23 through county treasurer offices, WYDOT’s Motor Vehicle Services office and the department’s Web site at www.dot.state.wy.us/wydot/titles_plates_registration/specialty_plates. Once filled out, the application must be submitted to the Wyoming Veterans Commission for confirmation of the applicant’s eligibility. WYDOT then will make the plates and ship them to the county treasurer’s office in the county in which the vehicle is registered for the owner to pick up. Embossed plates can be ordered for standard, specialty, prestige and University of Wyoming plates, and the applications will be available in December. Application for the plates is made to WYDOT Motor Vehicle Services, but the plates are picked up at county treasurer offices. Wyoming previously stopped offering embossed plates in 2001, when the Wyoming State Penitentiary shut down its plate manufacturing plant. WYDOT now has a digital flat plate manufacturing system that doesn’t produce embossed plates. The department has contracted with the state of Colorado to produce the new embossed Wyoming plates. Because the plates will be produced out of state by prison inmates, every set will have to be inspected, resulting in an estimated wait of 10 to 12 weeks for delivery. The $50 fee for either of the specialty plates must be paid every eight years, when new plates are issued. State law requires WYDOT to issue new license plates every eight years because that is the average life of the reflective materials on the plates. All specialty license plates in Wyoming must be approved by the Legislature, and there are now 16 categories available. Pinedale Roundup stories – Nov. 20, 2009 (posted 11/20/09) |
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