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WPLI Resolution
Matters from Staff Agenda Item # 17 Board of County Commissioners ‐ Staff Report Meeting Date: 11/13/2018 Presenter: Alyssa Watkins Submitting Dept: Administration Subject: Consideration of Approval of WPLI Resolution Statement / Purpose: Consideration of a resolution proclaiming conservation principles for US Forest Service Lands in Teton County as a final recommendation of the Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) process. Background / Description (Pros & Cons): In 2015, the Wyoming County Commissioners Association (WCCA) established the Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) to develop a proposed management recommendation for the Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in Wyoming, and where possible, pursue other public land management issues and opportunities affecting Wyoming’s landscape. In 2016, Teton County elected to participate in the WPLI process and appointed a 21‐person Advisory Committee to consider the Shoal Creek and Palisades WSAs. Committee meetings were facilitated by the Ruckelshaus Institute (a division of the University of Wyoming’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources). Ultimately the Committee submitted a number of proposals, at varying times, to the BCC for consideration. Although none of the formal proposals submitted by the Teton County WPLI Committee were advanced by the Board of County Commissioners, the Board did formally move to recognize the common ground established in each of the Committee’s original three proposals as presented on August 20, 2018. The related motion stated that the Board chose to recognize as a resolution or as part of its WPLI recommendation, that all members of the WPLI advisory committee unanimously agree that within the Teton County public lands, protection of wildlife is a priority and that there would be no new roads, no new timber harvest except where necessary to support healthy forest initiatives, no new mineral extraction excepting gravel, no oil and gas exploration or development. -
Prepared in Cooperation with the National Park Service Open- File
Form 9-014 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER RESOURCES OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING, MONTANA, AND IDAHO by Edward R. Cox Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service Open- file report February 1973 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16 08863-3 831-564 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey Water resources of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho by Edward R. Cox Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service Open* file report 73" February 1973 -1- Contents Iage Abstract ....... .... ................................... 9 Introduction-- - ....... ........ .................. n Location and extent of the area 12 Topography and drainage* -- - - - . --. -- .--..-- 13 Climate - - ................ 16 Previous investigations- -- .......................... 20 Methods of investigation . 21 Well and station numbers- ..... .... ........... .... 24 Acknowledgments---------------- - - 25 Geology-- - .............. ....... ......... ....... 26 Geologic units and their water-bearing characteristics 26 Precambrian rocks------------ -- - - -- 31 Paleozoic rocks ------- .. .--. -.- 31 Mesozoic rocks-- ,........--....-....---..-..---- .- 35 Cenozoic rocks- ....... ............................ 36 Tertiary rocks-- ........... ............... - 36 Tertiary and Quaternary rocks-- -- - - 38 Rhyolite - ............ 38 Basalt--- - ....................... .... 42 Quaternary rocks- - ...-. .-..-... ........ 44 Glacial deposits---- - .-- - 44 Lacustrine deposits---- - - 47 Hot-springs -
Conservationists and the Battles to Keep Dams out of Yellowstone: Hetch Hetchy Overturned
Conservationists and the Battles to Keep Dams Out of Yellowstone: Hetch Hetchy Overturned Michael J. Yochim Abstract Between 1919 and 1938 irrigation interests in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming repeatedly tried to construct reservoirs in Yellowstone National Park by damming several large park lakes and Bechler Meadows. Conservationists of the time joined forces with Horace Albright and Steven Mather of the National Park Service to oppose the dams. Ultimately successful in all their efforts, their key victory came in 1923 when they defeated an attempt to dam Yellowstone Lake. This victory reversed the loss of protected status for national parks that had occurred just ten years earlier at Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. By chronicling the protracted conflict over dams in Yellowstone, I illustrate that the conservationists (including Mather and Albright) reestablished the funda- mental preservation policy of the national parks and empowered the newly cre- ated National Park Service to carry out its mission of park protection. This effort was the key battle in proving national parks and wilderness to be inviolate to industrial, exploitive uses. Conservationists both defined and tested the inviolate policy in Yellowstone; their battles in Dinosaur National Monument and the Grand Canyon cemented it into place. Introduction Far off, there lies a lovely lake Which rests in beauty, there to take Swift pictures of the changing sky, Ethereal blues, and clouds piled high. When black the sky, when fall the rains, When blow fierce winds, her face remains Still beautiful, but agitate, Nor mirrors back their troubled state. Within a park this treasure lies, — Such region ne’er did man devise — The hand of Mighty God, alone, Could form the Park of Yellowstone. -
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37_54442X bindex.qxd 5/13/04 11:42 AM Page 421 Index Antrim, Henry (Billy the Kid, outlaw), • A • 312, 314 Apple Barn (TN), 166 AAA (American Automobile area codes. See specific drives: services Association), 405 and information AARP, 59, 105 Arizona. See Route 66 drive Acadia National Park (ME), 10, 115–116 Arkansas. See Ozarks and Branson accessible travel. See disabled RVers drive Acoma Pueblo (NM), 374, 377 Asheville East KOA (NC), 163 Admiral Nimitz Museum & Historical Asheville, NC, 156, 159 Center (TX), 217 Astoria, OR, 336 Admiralty RV Resort (TX), 224 Astoria/Seaside KOA (OR), 341–342 Adventure Kayak (OR), 333, 339 atlases, road atlases, 101–102 Alabama (AL). See Gulf Coast drive; ATM locations, 405 Natchez Trace drive Aunt Jenny’s Catfish Restaurant Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 10, 196, (MS), 186 197–198 Austin, TX, 215–216, 220, 221 Alamo KOA (TX), 224 autumn, traveling during, 15. See also The Alamo (TX), 214, 218 specific drives: planning and Alamogordo/White Sands KOA packing (NM), 322 Aztec Motel (NM), 374 Albuquerque KOA (NM), 384 Albuquerque, NM, 374 Allegany State Park (NY), 135, 142–143 Alligator Point KOA (FL), 173, 180–181 • B • Alpine Alpa (OH), 237, 242 Baby Boomers’ clubs, 60 Altdorf’s (TX), 228 Bagdad Cafe movie location (CA), Amarillo KOA (TX), 384–385 376, 381 American Automobile Association Banana Belt (CA/OR), 332 (AAA), 405 Bandon Cheese Company (OR), American Indian Crafts Shop (NY), 134 332, 346 American Sanitary Plumbing Museum Bandon Fisheries (OR), 347 (MA), 399 Bandon Old Town (OR), 333, 336–337 American SeafoodsCOPYRIGHTED (FL), 185 Bar Harbor MATERIAL Campground (ME), 122 Amish country (OH), 236, 237–238 Bar Harbor Inn (ME), 127 amperage requirements, 69 Bar Harbor, ME, 115 Anchor Bar and Restaurant (NY), Barstow Station (CA), 379, 387 136, 146 Baseball Hall of Fame (NY), 10, 11, Anderson Museum of Art (MS), 178 132, 139 Anthony, Susan B. -
Human Impacts on Geyser Basins
volume 17 • number 1 • 2009 Human Impacts on Geyser Basins The “Crystal” Salamanders of Yellowstone Presence of White-tailed Jackrabbits Nature Notes: Wolves and Tigers Geyser Basins with no Documented Impacts Valley of Geysers, Umnak (Russia) Island Geyser Basins Impacted by Energy Development Geyser Basins Impacted by Tourism Iceland Iceland Beowawe, ~61 ~27 Nevada ~30 0 Yellowstone ~220 Steamboat Springs, Nevada ~21 0 ~55 El Tatio, Chile North Island, New Zealand North Island, New Zealand Geysers existing in 1950 Geyser basins with documented negative effects of tourism Geysers remaining after geothermal energy development Impacts to geyser basins from human activities. At least half of the major geyser basins of the world have been altered by geothermal energy development or tourism. Courtesy of Steingisser, 2008. Yellowstone in a Global Context N THIS ISSUE of Yellowstone Science, Alethea Steingis- claimed they had been extirpated from the park. As they have ser and Andrew Marcus in “Human Impacts on Geyser since the park’s establishment, jackrabbits continue to persist IBasins” document the global distribution of geysers, their in the park in a small range characterized by arid, lower eleva- destruction at the hands of humans, and the tremendous tion sagebrush-grassland habitats. With so many species in the importance of Yellowstone National Park in preserving these world on the edge of survival, the confirmation of the jackrab- rare and ephemeral features. We hope this article will promote bit’s persistence is welcome. further documentation, research, and protection efforts for The Nature Note continues to consider Yellowstone with geyser basins around the world. Documentation of their exis- a broader perspective. -
Grand Teton National Park Youngest Range in the Rockies
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK YOUNGEST RANGE IN THE ROCKIES the town of Moran. Others recognized that dudes winter better than cows and began operating dude ranches. The JY and the Bar BC were established in 1908 and 1912, respectively. By the 1920s, dude ranch- ing made significant contributions to the valley’s economy. At this time some local residents real- ized that scenery and wildlife (especially elk) were valuable resources to be conserved rather than exploited. Evolution of a Dream The birth of present-day Grand Teton National Park involved controversy and a struggle that lasted several decades. Animosity toward expanding governmental control and a perceived loss of individual freedoms fueled anti-park senti- ments in Jackson Hole that nearly derailed estab- lishment of the park. By contrast, Yellowstone National Park benefited from an expedient and near universal agreement for its creation in 1872. The world's first national park took only two years from idea to reality; however Grand Teton National Park evolved through a burdensome process requiring three separate governmental Mt. Moran. National Park Service Photo. acts and a series of compromises: The original Grand Teton National Park, set Towering more than a mile above the valley of dazzled fur traders. Although evidence is incon- aside by an act of Congress in 1929, included Jackson Hole, the Grand Teton rises to 13,770 clusive, John Colter probably explored the area in only the Teton Range and six glacial lakes at the feet. Twelve Teton peaks reach above 12,000 feet 1808. By the 1820s, mountain men followed base of the mountains. -
Guide to Permitting Wind Energy Projects in Wyoming Wyoming Renewable Energy Coordination Committee
Guide to Permitting Wind Energy Projects in Wyoming Wyoming Renewable Energy Coordination Committee July 2012 Tetra Tech would like to acknowledge the following people who were instrumental in the development of this document by providing their support, information, direction, and review: Loyd Drain, Executive Director of the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority; Todd Parfitt, Deputy Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality; Colin McKee, Wyoming Governor’s Office; Chris Petrie, Secretary & Chief Counsel at Wyoming Public Service Commission; Don Threewitt, Commercial Leasing Manager, Office of State Lands & Investments; Temple Stoellinger, Natural Resource Staff Attorney, Wyoming County Commissioners Association; Michael Valle, Renewable Energy Program Lead, Division of Minerals and Lands, Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office; Ashlie Fahrer, Land Law Examiner, Wyoming Renewable Energy Coordination Office, Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office; Pamela Murdock, Project Manager, Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming State Office; Trish Sweanor, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Wyoming Energy Program Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Scott Gamo, Staff Terrestrial Biologist, Wyoming Game and Fish Department; Marlin Duncan, Ground Water Division, Wyoming State Engineer’s Office; Cole Anderson, NRS Air Quality Engineer, Air Quality Division, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality; Chris Wichmann, Division Manager, Natural Resources and Policy Division, Wyoming Department of Agriculture; Bruce Trembath II, Chief Electrical Inspector, Wyoming State Fire Marshal’s Office. Our special thanks and acknowledgement are extended to Tom Schroeder, Program Principal with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality-Industrial Siting Division, who took a lead role in coordinating this effort with local, state, and federal agencies and whose thoughtful contributions, reviews, and suggestions were greatly appreciated. -
2021 Adventure Vacation Guide Cody Yellowstone Adventure Vacation Guide 3
2021 ADVENTURE VACATION GUIDE CODY YELLOWSTONE ADVENTURE VACATION GUIDE 3 WELCOME TO THE GREAT AMERICAN ADVENTURE. The West isn’t just a direction. It’s not just a mark on a map or a point on a compass. The West is our heritage and our soul. It’s our parents and our grandparents. It’s the explorers and trailblazers and outlaws who came before us. And the proud people who were here before them. It’s the adventurous spirit that forged the American character. It’s wide-open spaces that dare us to dream audacious dreams. And grand mountains that make us feel smaller and bigger all at the same time. It’s a thump in your chest the first time you stand face to face with a buffalo. And a swelling of pride that a place like this still exists. It’s everything great about America. And it still flows through our veins. Some people say it’s vanishing. But we say it never will. It will live as long as there are people who still live by its code and safeguard its wonders. It will live as long as there are places like Yellowstone and towns like Cody, Wyoming. Because we are blood brothers, Yellowstone and Cody. One and the same. This is where the Great American Adventure calls home. And if you listen closely, you can hear it calling you. 4 CODYYELLOWSTONE.ORG CODY YELLOWSTONE ADVENTURE VACATION GUIDE 5 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody with eight Native American members of the cast of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, HISTORY ca. -
Systematic Variation of Late Pleistocene Fault Scarp Height in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA: Variable Fault Slip Rates Or Variable GEOSPHERE; V
Research Paper THEMED ISSUE: Cenozoic Tectonics, Magmatism, and Stratigraphy of the Snake River Plain–Yellowstone Region and Adjacent Areas GEOSPHERE Systematic variation of Late Pleistocene fault scarp height in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA: Variable fault slip rates or variable GEOSPHERE; v. 13, no. 2 landform ages? doi:10.1130/GES01320.1 Glenn D. Thackray and Amie E. Staley* 8 figures; 1 supplemental file Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA CORRESPONDENCE: thacglen@ isu .edu ABSTRACT ously and repeatedly to climate shifts in multiple valleys, they create multi CITATION: Thackray, G.D., and Staley, A.E., 2017, ple isochronous markers for evaluation of spatial and temporal variation of Systematic variation of Late Pleistocene fault scarp height in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA: Variable Fault scarps of strongly varying height cut glacial and alluvial sequences fault motion (Gillespie and Molnar, 1995; McCalpin, 1996; Howle et al., 2012; fault slip rates or variable landform ages?: Geosphere, mantling the faulted front of the Teton Range (western USA). Scarp heights Thackray et al., 2013). v. 13, no. 2, p. 287–300, doi:10.1130/GES01320.1. vary from 11.2 to 37.6 m and are systematically higher on geomorphically older In some cases, faults of known slip rate can also be used to evaluate ages landforms. Fault scarps cutting a deglacial surface, known from cosmogenic of glacial and alluvial sequences. However, this process is hampered by spatial Received 26 January 2016 Revision received 22 November 2016 radionuclide exposure dating to immediately postdate 14.7 ± 1.1 ka, average and temporal variability of offset along individual faults and fault segments Accepted 13 January 2017 12.0 m in height, and yield an average postglacial offset rate of 0.82 ± 0.13 (e.g., Z. -
Bridger-Teton National Forest Evaluation of Areas with Wilderness Potential
BTNF Evaluation of Areas with Wilderness Potential 2008 BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST EVALUATION OF AREAS WITH WILDERNESS POTENTIAL Phillips Ridge Roadless Area 9/23/2009 1 CONTENTS Introduction ..................................................................................................................................2 The 2001 roadless rule, areas with wilderness potential, and process for integration .................2 Capability factors defined ............................................................................................................4 Availability defined .....................................................................................................................9 Need defined ................................................................................................................................9 BTNF areas with wilderness potential .........................................................................................11 Eligibility factors by area .............................................................................................................15 Summary of capability factors .....................................................................................................68 Areas with Wilderness potential and Forest Plan revision ..........................................................70 INTRODUCTION Roadless areas were identified during the Roadless Area Review and Evaluation II (RARE II) analysis conducted in 1978 and re-evaluated in 1983 to include all areas of at least -
Landsat Evaluation of Trumpeter Swan Historical Nesting Sites In
Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Online Theses and Dissertations Student Scholarship 2014 Landsat Evaluation Of Trumpeter Swan Historical Nesting Sites In Yellowstone National Park Laura Elizabeth Cockrell Eastern Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://encompass.eku.edu/etd Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Ornithology Commons Recommended Citation Cockrell, Laura Elizabeth, "Landsat Evaluation Of Trumpeter Swan Historical Nesting Sites In Yellowstone National Park" (2014). Online Theses and Dissertations. 222. https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/222 This Open Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Online Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LANDSAT EVALUATION OF TRUMPETER SWAN HISTORICAL NESTING SITES IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK By Laura Elizabeth Cockrell Bachelor of Science California State University, Chico Chico, California 2007 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Eastern Kentucky University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE May, 2014 Copyright © Laura Elizabeth Cockrell, 2014 All rights reserved ii DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my family and friends for their unwavering support during this adventure. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research was made possible through funding from the Yellowstone Park Foundation and the Society of Wetland Scientists Student Research Grant for support of field work, and by a Graduate Assistantship and Research Assistantship from the Department of Biological Sciences at Eastern Kentucky University. Thank you to Dr. Bob Frederick for his insight and persistence and for providing the GIS lab and to Dr. -
2017 Experience Planner
2017 Experience Planner A Guide to Lodging, Camping, Dining, Shopping, Tours, and Activities in Yellowstone Don’t just see Yellowstone. Experience it. MAP LEGEND Contents LODGING Old Faithful Inn, Old Faithful Lodge Cabins, Old General Info 3 OF Must-Do Adventures 4 Faithful Snow Lodge & Cabins (pg 11-14) Visitor Centers & Park Programs 5 GV Grant Village Lodge (pg. 27-28) Visiting Yellowstone with Kids 6 Canyon Lodge & Cabins (pg 21-22) Tips for Summer Wildlife Viewing 9 CL 12 Awesome Day Hikes 19-20 LK Lake Yellowstone Hotel, Lake Lodge Cabins (pg 15-18) Photography Tips 23-24 M Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel & Cabins (pg 7-8) How to Travel Sustainably 29-30 Animals In The Park 33-34 RL Roosevelt Lodge (pg 25-26) Thermal Features 35-36 CAMPING Working in Yellowstone 43-44 (Xanterra-operated Campground) Partner Pages 45-46 Canyon, Madison, Bridge Bay, Winter Fishing Bridge RV Park, Grant Village (pg 31-32) Reasons to Visit in Winter 37-38 Winter Packages 39-40 DINING Winter Tours & Activities 41-42 Old Faithful Inn Dining Room, Bear Paw Deli, OF Obsidian Dining Room, Geyser Grill, Old Faithful Location Guides Lodge Cafeteria (pg 11-14) Grant Village Dining Room, Grant Village Lake House Mammoth Area 7-8 GV Old Faithful Area 11-14 (pg 27-28) Yellowstone Lake Area 15-18 Canyon Lodge Dining Room, Canyon Lodge Canyon Area 21-22 CL Roosevelt Area 25-26 Cafeteria, Canyon Lodge Deli (pg 21-22) Grant Village Area 27-28 Lake Yellowstone Hotel Dining Room, Lake Hotel LK Campground Info 31-32 Deli, Lake Lodge Cafeteria (pg 15-18) Mammoth Hot Springs Dining Room, Mammoth M Terrace Grill (pg 7-8) Roosevelt Lodge Dining Room.