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Minnesota wolf lawsuit tossed (May 29, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
Wolf activists contesting Minnesota's wolf hunting and trapping regulations were deemed by a state appeals court to lack standing to bring the lawsuit and the case was dismissed by the court.
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Oregon reaches deal on wolf kills (May 29, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
Oregon wildlife officials have reached a settlement agreement with wolf activists over how problem wolves are dealt with. Under the deal, lethal control is a last resort. Non-lethal measures must be used first and attacks on livestock must be deemed "chronic"
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Mountain Man Back Country Horsemen meeting June 10th (May 30, 2013)
The Mountain Man Back Country Horsemen will meet on Monday, June 10th at 5:30 p.m. at the Marbleton Town Hall. They will be discussing plans for trail projects during the summer. All members, as well as anyone interested in finding out more about the organiz
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Graveside Funeral Service for Robert Eugene 'Bob' Hammer June 1 (May 29, 2013)
by Covill Funeral Home
Robert Eugene 'Bob' Hammer, 60, of Bondurant, Wyoming passed away Friday evening May 24th at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho following a brief illness. A graveside funeral service will be held Saturday June 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM a
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Bucky's Outdoors Spring Open House June 1st (May 29, 2013)
Bucky's Outdoors in Pinedale is hosting their Spring Open House on Saturday, June 1st from 9AM to 3PM. They are proud to be celebrating more than 50 years in business (1961-2011). They will have free lunch and lots of door prizes for kids and adults. They wil
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Free Movie: ‘Finding Nemo’ June 1st (May 29, 2013)
The Children’s Discovery Center is offering Free Family Movie Night on Saturday, June 1st at 6PM at the Sublette County Library in Pinedale. The movie is "Finding Nemo." Buy a raffle ticket to win a recliner – fundraiser for the CDC’s greenhouse project. Raffl
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Carnival and Silent Auction benefit June 1st (May 28, 2013)
Jazmin Castillo cancer treatment benefit
There will be a Carnival and Silent Auction on Saturday, June 1st at the Sublette County Fairgrounds near Big Piney from 4-8PM This event is to raise money to help the family of Jazmin Castillo, a 10-year old resident of Marbleton, pay for her needed cancer
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Big Piney Learning Center children visit the Sommers Ranch Homestead (May 24, 2013)
by Pinedale Online!
Two groups of children from the Big Piney Learning Center visited the Sommers Ranch Homestead historical site for a special pre-season tour on Thursday, May 23rd. The youngsters got to collect eggs, churn butter, ring a call on the old telephone, wash clothes
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Wolf delisting decision delayed (May 24, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
The Associated Press reports that federal wildlife officials have postponed a decision on whether to remove protections for wolves across the Lower 48 states (excluding Mexican wolves in the southwest).
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WA turns to conflict prevention (May 24, 2013)
by Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation that will provide state wildlife managers more resources to prevent wolf-livestock conflict and expand criteria for compensation to livestock owners for wolf-related losses.
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One wolf lawsuit dropped, one remains (May 24, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
The Associated Press reports that activist organizations have filed a motion to drop their lawsuit over wolf delisting in Wyoming that had been filed in federal court in Wyoming.
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Flag half staff notice for Memorial Day, May 27 (May 24, 2013)
by Governor Matt Mead media release
Governor Matthew H. Mead, has ordered both the U.S. and the State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise until noon on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013 in honor of the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed F
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Boat Club Horseshoe Pitch June 1st (May 20, 2013)
The Pinedale Boat Club 37th Annual Horseshoe Pitch ill be held on Saturday, June 1st in the American Legion Park in Pinedale. Sign-up starts at 10AM, play starts at 11AM. There is $600 added purse. There will be food, drinks, door prizes. The event is a dou
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Supreme Court dismisses Rock/Kawa/Quirk appeal (May 18, 2013)
Case of the 2012 ‘5 to 3 Sublette County Commissioners’ special election
by Pinedale Online!
The Wyoming Supreme Court issued their ruling on an appeal case filed by Sublette County residents Paul Rock, Dari Quirk and Ernie Kawa against Sublette County Clerk Mary Lankford in a case involving contesting the results of the May 2012 special election to d
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PFAC needs your old shovels! (May 17, 2013)
by Pinedale Fine Arts Council
The Pinedale Fine Arts Council’s (PFAC) Visual Arts Committee (VAC) needs 300 old shovels! We are honored and thrilled to be bringing in the artist Patrick Plourde, who will be building pinecones out of old metal shovel heads for the Ex|Site: 3D Project. VAC i
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SCSD #1 names new Principal for Pinedale High School (May 17, 2013)
Ben Smith will be new Pinedale High School Principal beginning 2013-2014 school year
by Sublette County School District #1
The Sublette County School District #1 Board of Trustees and Superintendent Jay Harnack are pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Smith as the new principal for Pinedale High School beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.
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SCSD #1 School Board member resigns (May 17, 2013)
Doris Woodbury to take new position with Jackson BOCES
by Sublette County School District #1
Sublette County School District #1 Board of Trustees member Doris Woodbury has submitted her resignation from the board effective June 1, 2013. In her resignation letter, Mrs. Woodbury indicated she was stepping down because she has been appointed as the new
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Group wants wolf protection in parkway (May 17, 2013)
by National Parks Conservation Association
The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today (May 17, 2013) filed a petition that asks the National Park Service (NPS) to start a rulemaking process that will eliminate the possibility of a hunt of gray wolves inside the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Me
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Wolf and grizzly trapping in Pinedale region (May 17, 2013)
by Wyoming Game and Fish Department
As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of gray wolves in northwest Wyoming, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct scientific trapping operations in the northern Wind River Mountains and Gros Ventre Mountains north of Pinedale and east
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MT issues statement about rancher who shot wolf (May 17, 2013)
by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
The Gardiner area landowner who lost thirteen of his sheep to wolves late last month has asked Fish, Wildlife and Parks to amend his shoot on sight permit granting permission to take a second wolf. The landowner says he will be shipping his cow/calf pairs whic
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Half Moon Lake Lodge opens for summer season Memorial Day weekend (May 17, 2013)
Cabin rentals, restaurant, marina, horseback riding, fishing, hiking and more at Half Moon Lake
Half Moon Lake Lodge will be open for the summer season. They are planning on four days of fun including live music, great food, BBQ and lots to do over the Memorial Day weekend, May 24-27th. Half Moon Lake Lodge is located just nine miles from Pinedale, on t
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Spring has sprung (May 16, 2013)
Photos by Fred Pflughoft
Fred Pflughoft posted photos of the wildlife he has seen recently at the CCC Ponds near Fremont Lake. "Spring has finally sprung in Sublette County and the birds are here to put on a show." Click on this link for more of his photos: CCC Ponds Birds 2013 Alb
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White bison calf (May 16, 2013)
Photos by Dave Bell
Dave Bell got some great pictures of a white bison calf at the Jackson Fork Ranch in Bondurant recently. Click here for more pictures: Jackson Fork Ranch White Bison And More! Album
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SCAG writing workshop rescheduled to June 15th (May 16, 2013)
by Sublette County Artists’ Guild
The Sublette County Artists’ Guild has rescheduled and selected a new location for the writing workshop with Wyoming author Tina Welling, originally planned for Saturday, June 1, to Saturday, June 15. The workshop will take place from 10 am to 3 pm in the base
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WG&F starts wolf trapping (May 10, 2013)
Gros Ventre wolves targeted for monitoring
by Wyoming Game and Fish Department
As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of gray wolves in northwest Wyoming, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct scientific trapping operations in the Gros Ventre mountain range southeast of Jackson. Trapping will begin May 14, 2013
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Elk Foundation intervenes in wolf case (May 10, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has been granted intervenor status in the federal lawsuit over delisting wolves in Wyoming that is currently pending in a federal court in Washington, D.C. The National Rifle Association and Safari Club International are also
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Washington takes action to reduce wolf attacks (May 10, 2013)
by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) enacted an emergency rule to permit ranchers, farmers, and other pet and livestock owners in the eastern third of the state to kill a wolf that is attacking their animals.
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Montana proposes expanded wolf hunt (May 10, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
While Wyoming works to reduce the number of wolves allowed for harvest by hunters this fall, Montana is working to increase the limit from one to five animals in that state's hunt.
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Montana man kills sheep-killing Yellowstone wolf (May 10, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
A Gardiner, Montana man has killed a wolf that came out of Yellowstone National Park and onto his private property. The killing was in the wake of about a dozen of his sheep being killed by wolves two weeks ago.
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Wolf researchers advocate intervention (May 10, 2013)
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
The New York Times has published an editorial by three researchers whose work has focused on the wolves of Isle Royale National Park, documenting the inbreeding and decline of that wolf population that was originally established by wolves traversing ice from t
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Willcox joins Center for Biological Diversity (May 10, 2013)
by CBD press release
The Center for Biological Diversity announced today the opening of a northern Rockies office to be headed by renowned conservationist Louisa Willcox, who has been working for bears and other wildlife in the region for 30 years. With the addition of Willcox, th
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TJ Hunt, Jim Mitchell recognized by BLM for Wildland Fire Safety (May 7, 2013)
by Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recognized Sublette County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Mitchell and Daniel Fire Warden T.J. Hunt as National Wildland Fire Safety Award runners-up for their commitment to safety during the 2012 fire season and Fonte
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Beginner Fly Casting offered May 11th (May 6, 2013)
Sublette #1 BOCES is offering a Beginning Fly Casting class on Saturday, May 11th. Instructor is Mike Kaul with Two Rivers Emporium in Pinedale. Learn to develop a basic casting stroke, learn essential knots and practice casting techniques. Participants must
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‘Liam’, ‘Emma’ Wyoming’s most popular baby names in 2012 (May 6, 2013)
by Wyoming Department of Health
"Liam" filled the number one spot on the most popular names list for new Wyoming baby boys last year while "Emma" remained the top choice for girls’ names, according to the Wyoming Department of Health’s Vital Statistics Services Program.
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SCAG Writing Workshop June 1 (May 6, 2013)
by Sublette County Artists’ Guild
The Sublette County Artists’ Guild will sponsor a writing workshop with Wyoming author Tina Welling on Saturday, June 1, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Sublette County Library in Pinedale.
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‘Show Talk’ June 5 (May 6, 2013)
Pinedale Community Theatre will be hosting "SHOW TALK!" an informational meeting about the upcoming auditions and performances of Guys and Dolls. Come and meet director/choreographer John Goss. The gathering will take place Wednesday June 5th, 6:00-7:00 p.
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WAPA honors Dave Vlcek with Distinguished Service Award (May 5, 2013)
The Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists (WAPA) honored Pinedale resident Dave Vlcek with the 2013 Distinguished Service Award at their annual meeting in April. Vlcek had a long career as an archaeologist with the Pinedale Field Office of the Bu
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BLM firewood permits available (May 5, 2013)
by Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management’s Kemmerer, Pinedale, Rawlins and Rock Springs field offices will be offering firewood permits for purchase this spring.
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Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi leads sponsoring internet sales tax (May 5, 2013)
Vote on the ‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ expected May 6
by Pinedale Online!
After years of trying, U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, (R-Wyoming), is hoping Congress will pass a bill to allow taxation of internet sales. Enzi is a key sponsor of the Marketplace Fairness Act, along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Lamar Alexander (R-Te
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Wind River Riders (May 4, 2013)
Wind River Riders held their 13th Annual Open Horse Show at the Sublette County Fairgrounds near Big Piney on Saturday, May 4th. Over 45 classes were held throughout the day. This year’s clinics focused on Western Rail and Pattern classes and Trail. Area busi
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Sublette County Cabin Fever Spring Fair (May 4, 2013)
Home & Garden show
Sublette County held their Cabin Fever Spring Fair on Friday and Saturday, May 3rd & 4th in the event center at the Sublette County Fairgrounds. This is the annual home and garden show for the county. The event kicked off with a concert Friday night with bands
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New Hope Mental Health Support Group begins May 14th (May 2, 2013)
The New Hope Mental Health Support Group is starting and will begin on Tuesday, May 14th. It will be on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30PM in the meeting room of the Pinedale Community United Church of Christ, 113 S. Maybell (next to the skate park across fr
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BLM Pinedale awards college scholarships to local students (May 1, 2013)
Seniors Alison Wadsworth and Joshua Eaton recipients
by Bureau of Land Management
Pinedale High School seniors Alison Wadsworth and Joshua Eaton earned scholarships from the employees of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Pinedale Field Office (PFO) for their outstanding academic achievement and strong commitment to public lands. Wadswor
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