Posted on August 31st, 2011 by admin
Send us your best shots! Submission deadline is September 15, 2011 DO YOU HAVE GREAT SHOTS OF WYOMING’S spectacular landscapes, wildlife, and people enjoying the great outdoors? If so, get them published in the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s annual calendar. Previous calendars have included photographs by some of Wyoming’s best professional photographers, as well as some [...]
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Posted on August 31st, 2011 by admin
Check out these images from the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s 2011 Ride the Red mountain bike tour of the Red Desert’s Jack Morrow Hills. All photos by Associate Director Gary Wilmot:
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Posted on August 29th, 2011 by admin
EXCELLENT VIDEO ABOUT THE PROPOSED FLAMING GORGE WATER PIPELINE, which would go from western Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range. Check it out. Other posts you might want to see: WyoFile feature: WATER FOR OIL Colorado water official blasts entrepreneur’s pipeline proposal House reps attempting to dismantle the EPA
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Posted on August 19th, 2011 by admin
By Jamie Wolf THIS YEAR THE WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL’S POPULAR RIDE THE RED BIKE TOUR WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RED DESERT IN THE JACK MORROW HILLS, which is home to outstanding scenery, pronghorn, the Steamboat desert elk herd, sand dunes, and various other treasures. The mountain-bike ride will begin at [...]
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Posted on August 18th, 2011 by admin
President Obama speaks to a joint session of Congress in 2009 The EPA is Under Attack (This is Not a Drill) By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature WITH SO MUCH DUST KICKED UP OVER THE DEBT-CEILING DEBATE IT’S BEEN EASY FOR PARTISAN INTERESTS to obscure the mischief that [...]
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Posted on August 16th, 2011 by admin
Lisa McGee with the Wyoming Outdoor Council tells Jackson Hole Community Radio about the proposed full-field gas drilling project in the Upper Hoback area of the Wyoming Range—and what it will take to protect this special landscape. “We believe the values there are really too high; too special. Not only for wildlife—but for recreation, [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2011 by admin
Industry executives as well as regulators have long said that fracking has never contaminated underground drinking water. But the New York Times reports there is at least one documented case. Excerpt one: The report concluded that hydraulic fracturing fluids or gel used by the Kaiser Exploration and Mining Company contaminated a well roughly 600 feet [...]
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Posted on August 2nd, 2011 by admin
Another big story on hydraulic fracturing. Listen here. Other posts you might want to see: Wondering what the frack is going on? Fracking linked to water contamination Fracking not as safe as industry claims ‘I asked them for the data and they wouldn’t share it’ Very funny video: Stephen Colbert talks fracking
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