[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.0.71″ title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”left” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_countdown_timer _builder_version=”3.0.71″ date_time=”September 22, 2017″ use_background_color=”on” background_layout=”dark” numbers_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” label_font=”Arial||||” label_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”Pacifico||||” header_font_size=”40″ /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.71″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] The weekend of September 22–23 is fast approaching! We continue to add programs to our two-day 50th anniversary bash, so be […]
FIELD NOTES
The Legislature is Coming to Fremont County
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.67″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] The Wyoming State Legislature is continuing their important interim committee meetings on wildlife, recreation, public lands, and energy topics throughout the state, with their first stop in Fremont County on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 29–30. This is a great opportunity to directly engage with lawmakers as they develop draft legislation. Over the course […]
Story Behind the Photo: “Red Desert Fire” by Scott Copeland
“It’s April 19th at dawn, and I’m standing on a bluff trying to capture the Honeycomb Buttes.” So begins this particular tale of Wyoming-based nature photographer Scott Copeland, a man on a mission. His task is not easy, either, capturing a glimpse of all that exquisite scenery in one shot: the green grass and multi-hued […]
2018 Wyoming Outdoor Council Calendar Photo Contest: “My Wyoming”
There’s a photo you took—maybe last winter, maybe last week— and every time you look at it, conjures up that inexplicable but warm and wonderful feeling of “home.” You know the one. Maybe it shows a sweeping view of the star-sparkled Wyoming sky, taken right in your own backyard. Maybe it’s a shot of three […]
Story Behind the Photo: “Killpecker Tracks” by Dave Showalter
Ever been curious about what was happening on the other side of the lens at the moment a particularly gorgeous shot was snapped? So have we, because we know that simply looking at a picture only tells part of its story. For this picture, the story begins in the northern Red Desert. If you’ve ever […]
Meet the Outdoor Council’s Summer Legal Intern
Fourteen years ago, our program director, Lisa McGee, got her start at the Wyoming Outdoor Council as a legal intern, having just completed her second year at the University of Wyoming College of Law. The internship, although brief, was formative for Lisa, inspiring her to pursue a life of nonprofit conservation advocacy and providing an opportunity […]
Speak Out Against the Privatization of Wyoming’s Wildlife!
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro paragraph” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”] The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is now accepting public comment on a proposed rule that would allow private businesses to “farm” wild Greater sage-grouse in captivity using wild eggs taken from nests and then to release […]
Run the Red Provides a Unique Glimpse into a Stunning Landscape
Driving into the northern Red Desert from Rock Springs, the first thing you notice are the vistas. In early June, the distant Wind River Mountains to the north still hold plenty of snow, a striking contrast with the vibrant green sage and the rolling golden swath of the Killpecker Sand Dunes in the foreground. The […]
Get Your Early Bird Tickets for Our 50th Anniversary
Dear friends, Back in 1967, Tom Bell, Mardy Murie, and others came together to protect Wyoming, because they understood that a few scattered, unorganized voices would never get the job done. They created the Wyoming Outdoor Coordinating Council and worked together to help quash some very shortsighted plans, including an effort to dam the Upper […]
New to the Team: RJ Pieper
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] I’d like to introduce myself: I’m RJ Pieper, and I recently joined the Wyoming Outdoor Council as a Public Lands Organizer in Rock Springs. I am a lifelong resident of Sweetwater County and grew up enjoying the open spaces that I am now proud […]