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The Savage Run Wilderness is located in south central Wyoming in the United States. Entirely within Medicine Bow National Forest, the wilderness was designated in 1978 in an effort to protect vital rangeland for a large elk population. U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles.
Elk Mountain is located in a public landlocked parcel which became the center of federal lawsuit against four hunters from Missouri in 2022. In 2020 and 2021, the hunters used a step ladder and OnX, an application that maps public lands, to "corner-cross" their way over the 22,000-acre ranch (8,900 ha) owned by Fred Eshelman, an entrepreneur and resident of North Carolina.
The elk herd survives the hard winters of Jackson Hole through a supplementary feeding program [1] and a lottery-based, permitted hunting program. The elk have antlers which are shed each year- the Boy Scouts of America have been collecting the antlers under permit since 1968 [2] and selling them at auction, under agreement that 75% of the ...
The explosion of natural gas wells drilled during Wyoming's most recent energy industry boom continues with more than 2,000 projected wells in the Wamsutter gas field to be operational by 2020. [19] The gas field encompasses an area in the Red Desert about 55 miles (89 km) long and 35 miles (56 km) wide. [18]
Carter Mountain (12,324 ft (3,760 m)) is in Shoshone National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] Carter Mountain slopes gently up from the Bighorn Basin to the east but has steep cliffs on its western face. The region is well known for large herds of bighorn sheep, pronghorn and elk. Carter Mountain, west aspect
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Pinedale is a town in and the county seat of Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. [6] The population was 2,005 at the 2020 census. Pinedale is an important hunting outfitting town and a gateway to the Wind River Mountains. Additionally, Pinedale is near several large natural gas fields, including the Pinedale Anticline and Jonah Field.
The Bear Lodge Mountains (Lakota: Mato Tipila) are a small mountain range in Crook County, Wyoming. [2] These mountains are protected in the Black Hills National Forest as part of its Bearlodge District. Devils Tower National Monument was the first U.S. National Monument and draws about 400,000 visitors per year to the area.