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Amy Rathke

A Lander resident since 2005, Amy Rathke joined the Wyoming Outdoor Council team in 2014 as community engagement director. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest where she developed her love of wild places, which led to nine fulfilling years both behind a desk and as a backpacking course leader with the National Outdoor Leadership School. She graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon with a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric and media studies as well as politics. At the Outdoor Council, she works to grow the organization’s influence and effectiveness by engaging its members, friends, and network of allies. Amy gets out to explore Wyoming’s public lands as often as possible, and she thoroughly enjoys the indoor pursuits of baking and karaoke.

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Celebrate Earth Day with Wyoming Outdoor Council

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This Saturday, April 22, you can join the Outdoor Council at events in two Wyoming communities! These events in Lander and Laramie will each be a chance for folks to connect with conservation and sustainability efforts in each town, including free booths, activities, and speakers. We’re looking forward to spending time with folks in both towns. Join us!

Check out the links below for more details on each event.

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Wind River Earth Day
Centennial Park, Lander, WY
Saturday, April 22, 2017
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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Wyoming’s March for Science and Earth Day Rally
Laramie, Wyoming
Saturday, April 22, 2017
12 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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Join us for the 2016 SHIFT Festival

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SHIFT, the organization dedicated to leveraging outdoor recreation for conservation gains, is delighted to share that tickets for the 2016 SHIFT Festival in Jackson, WY are now available. Outdoor Council members are eligible for a 25% discount on the SHIFT Summit (daytime events) with the code ‘PUBLICLANDS’ in Eventbrite. 

We hope you’ll join us!

All evening events at the Center for the Arts in Jackson, WY.

Thursday, 10/13, 7 PM: Terry Tempest Williams, Our Public Lands. $10 

Williams, like her writing, cannot be categorized. She has testified before Congress on women’s health issues, been a guest at the White House, has camped in the remote regions of Utah and Alaska wildernesses and worked as “a barefoot artist” in Rwanda. 

Williams’ forthcoming book, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in May, is an ode to the complexity and continuity of our public lands, as exemplified in our national parks and monuments.

Friday, 10/14, 7 PM: Adventure, Inspired with Stacy Bare. $15

Stacy Bare, Director of the award-winning Sierra Club Outdoors and recipient of the 2015 SHIFT Adventure Athlete award, will keynote the Adventure, Inspired film program.

The film program, which will take place on Friday, October 14, at Jackson Hole’s premier, 525-seat performing arts center, The Center for the Arts, will explore the topic of engagement by outdoor recreationists whose exploits are chronicled in the evening’s films.

Saturday, 10/15, 5 PM: The People’s Banquet with Steven Rinella. $45

SHIFT’s popular celebration of the local food system, The People’s Banquet, pairs local chefs with local farmers, cheese makers, bakers and brewers to create small plates sourced from local ingredients to create Jackson’s “foodie event of the year.”After his presentation at The People’s Banquet, Mr. Rinella will be interviewed by Whit Fosburgh, President and CEO of The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. 

In his career, Mr. Rinella has spoken to a wide range of audiences about his life as a modern-day hunter-gatherer. With humor and irreverence, he discusses the hunting lifestyle, wild game, the ethics of hunting, and the spiritual need for wilderness. His talks are punctuated with stories of amazing and sometimes absurd adventures, such as getting poisoned by wild mushrooms, charged by a grizzly, bowled over by a moose, and nearly crushed by a wild boar that fell from the sky under very strange circumstances in the central highlands of the Philippines’ Luzon Island.

Mr. Rinella’s numerous books have been awarded the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. American Buffalo was named one of the best fifty non-fiction books of 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Join us to watch the new episode of Nature: The Sagebrush Sea on PBS

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We’re pleased to let you know about next week’s new episode of the PBS show Nature filmed primarily in Wyoming, called The Sagebrush Sea. The episode features stunning footage of North America’s sagebrush steppe and a closer look at the hardy species that call it home–with a special focus on the greater sage-grouse.

Watch from home, or come out and join us for a screening! Read on for more details.

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If you’ll be in Jackson, Pinedale, or Lander, come out to meet producer Marc Dantzker and cinematographer Gerrit Vyn from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at the following screenings:

May 18 – JACKSON – Center for the Arts – 7-8:30 pm
May 19 – PINEDALE – Pinedale High School – 10:50-11:50 am
May 19 – LANDER – Lander Library – 7-8:30 pm

The episode premieres on Wyoming PBS Wednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. The premiere will be followed by local call-in program “Wyoming Perspectives,” which will feature Marc, Gerrit and several other sage-grouse experts from around the state. Call 800-495-9788 during the program if you’d like to participate.

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Save the Date: Come to Our Legislative Reception

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We are advocating on behalf of our members and Wyoming’s environment throughout the 2015 state legislative session in Cheyenne.

Our board invites you to join us during this important time for a casual reception 5-7 p.m., Friday, February 20, at Little America, 2800 W Lincolnway, Cheyenne.

Enjoy refreshments and a chance to meet legislators, governor’s office staff, and other agency officials. Our advocate, Richard Garrett, will update us on proposed legislation, including funding for the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust and the severance tax exemption on flaring. Take this chance to show legislators you support of our mission. It’s crucial to our success!

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Participate in the 2015 Wyoming Legislature

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On Tuesday, January 13, the 2015 Wyoming State Legislature convened, and on Wednesday Governor Matt Mead gave his annual State of the State address. We are keeping an eye on and engaging in several important issues this session and would like to share some resources that you can use to keep abreast of what’s going on.

  • Richard Garrett, the Outdoor Council’s full-time lobbyist, will be in Cheyenne throughout the session. Follow his twitter account for current updates, and keep an eye out for his periodic blog posts here in the coming weeks. The hashtag #wyleg is also a good way to stay up to date on all activity.

  • Join us in Cheyenne for our legislative reception! The party will be at 5 p.m., Friday, February 20 at Little America. Everyone is welcome. It will be a great opportunity to interact with legislators, decision makers, and the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s board and staff.
  • Like us on facebook and sign up for email communications to make sure you don’t miss any important news or opportunities to influence legislation.
  • WyoFile has put together a comprehensive guide for citizen participation in the State Legislature. Find out how to track bills, contact your legislators, and more.

We look forward to a productive session and we pledge to keep you informed about issues affecting Wyoming’s public lands, wildlife, and environmental quality.

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Join us Friday for our holiday party!

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We hope you’ll join us in Lander as we toast recent successes and share plans for the coming year. Everyone is invited–bring your friends and family, too! Enjoy great conversation, refreshments, and food prepared by our friends at the Middle Fork. We’ll see you there.

RSVP to Linda Sisco: (307) 332-7031 x10 or linda@wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org

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