From the monthly archives:

August 2008

August 31, 2008

Wildfires and Personal Responsibility

Casper — While still on staff at the Casper Star Tribune, I trained for a week with Bureau of Land Management firefighters in Casper, to earn my Red Card — an interagency certificate signifying that one is minimally qualified to fight wildland fires.
I haven’t renewed my Red Card for some years — mostly because as [...]

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August 18, 2008

Adventure In The Winds: The Elusive Golden Trout

We hiked three days just to get here — the lake that we hoped was Flying Monkey, home to the biggest golden trout in the Wind River Mountains.
It was early July, a time of abundant mosquitoes and raging rivers, when many seasoned Wyoming backpackers are content to leave the high country to the pikas. We [...]

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August 11, 2008

Fuel Costs and the New Isolationism

Sheridan – Think of Wyoming as the giant ocean that it once was, with vast stretches of water between islands and atolls. Imagine traveling by boat. The more time and money it costs to reach each island, the more isolated it becomes – unless it has something singular to offer. The plain jane atolls affording [...]

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