The People of the West
Began: Apr 12, 2010
Ended: May 23, 2010
SUBMIT up to three of your image(s) starting April 12, through midnight, May 9, 2010. Click on an image to enlarge it. VOTE for your favorites (within the enlarged view frame) through midnight, May 23, 2010.
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Coffee Break in Shoshone, Idaho
by nribi — Wid Tanaka, born and raised in Shoshone, Idaho, has coffee with his friends on a Saturday morning at the Valley Co-op, Shoshone. Photo by Nils Ribi, March 6, 2010
Across the Snow Field
On a hot late June day, a hiker crosses a snow field during a hike up Table Mountain in Idaho.
Silver Creek Angler
Spring fly fishing on the pond above Kilpatrick Bridge, Picabo, Idaho. An angler enjoys the peace and serenity of uncrowded waters in the West.
Neon Canyon
A perfect spotlight in Neon Canyon, a tributary to the Escalante river in southern Utah.
Pat and Hawk, Archaeologists
At the end of a long day of contract archaeology on the White Sands Missile Range, south of Alamogordo, NM, May 1987
Cattle Chute Playground
Small children play in an old cattle chute at the HF Bar Ranch, Saddlestring, Wyoming.
Firefighters Occupy the Forests of the West Each Summer
For 100 years, firefighters have occupied the forests of the West. In 2007, nearly 1,600 worked for over three weeks to stop the Castle Rock Fire from burning the resort town of Sun Valley, Idaho.
Where's Whistler?
A long winter in Saint Mary, Montana sometimes means snowmobiling with your best buds. And sometimes finding your best buds mean crossing that fine line between isolation and insanity.
Collaborative Planning for Recreation Opportunities on the Inyo National Forest
The Sherwins Working Group was an independent, community-based body of stakeholders that developed a preferred alternative for safe and environmentally responsible public access for the Sherwin Area located south of the Town of Mammoth Lakes. The group was comprised of approximately 30 community members who met numerous times in late 1009 to tackle this complex project; they represented a broad spectrum of recreation, business, and agency interests from the area. The process was professionally facilitated and was supported by the Inyo National Forest, Town of Mammoth Lakes, and the Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access Foundation.
People and Their Dogs
People of the west love their dogs and their dogs love them. Here Kim Nalen and Maddy ski the Wood River Trails near Hailey, Idaho.
Riding Drag and Eating Dirt
Toward the end of a hot, dry day spent rounding up cattle on the 100 Ranch near Carrizozo, New Mexico. Photo taken from horseback with a Nikon N90s.
Bob can't get enough
Bob, a WW2 veteran, began packing mules with the Forest Service in his mid-70s. He stopped doing it full time after a few years. But now in his 80s, he still goes out on occasion with the mule trains.
Huckleberry picking in the North Cascades
With Mount Challenger for company, Paula Ogden-Muse picks huckleberries for breakfast in North Cascades National Park. Photo by Jeff Muse.
Mono Crater Epic Ski Day
Monster storm hit the Southern Sierra Nevadas, providing ideal conditions for skiing the Mono Craters. This shot was taken as we skinned back up for the last run of the day.
Watching a Western Sunset
A man and his best friends soaking up the last moments of the western sun. Laramie, Wyoming
Inmates sow seeds for prairie restoration
Through the Sustainable Prisons Project in Washington State, inmates at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center propagate plants for the prairies of South Puget Sound. Photo by Benjamin Drummond.
A Bevy of Custers
Local Custer impersonators at the 133rd anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn near Crow Agency, Montana. Ranger Michael Stops looks on in the background.
The Real Urban Cowboys . . .
Celebrating the history and heritage of sheepherders in the Wood River Valley . . . Trailing of the Sheep in downtown Ketchum, Idaho.
For the director of music...
Thundersnow makes it's way west across the Wind River basin in west central Wyoming.
Indian parade in Kamiah,
Indian parade in town of Kamiah, 2002. Gorgeous feathers. Photo by John Dadabay
Malheur Refuge sunset, Oregon
End of a birding day at Malheur field station, OR, May, '08. Photo by Jo Kirkpatrick
The West is a place to ponder eternity
This photo shows three college students, sitting in the rain/snow/sleet near Sheep Rock in central Oregon, mesmerized by the notion of time passing before their eyes and climate changing over time. Where are we headed as a Nation?
Park ranger teaches little girl
National Park Service ranger Paula Ogden-Muse teaches a little girl and her friends about birds in the North Cascades. Photo by David Snyder.
Feeding the Soul at 14,000 Feet
A pristine summer's morning at 14,000 feet: heading off Mt. Blanca to summit Mt. Ellingwood, Colorado's Sangre De Christo range
Field Study - Multi-use on the waters of the West
This photo represents the potential symbiosis of competing interests for our limited water resources in the west - agriculture and recreation can co-exist.
Scientists in Sagebrush
Pat Shaver (Natural Resources Conservation Service), Rick Miller (Oregon State University), and Al Winward (Rocky Mt. Research Station, USFS, retired) discuss vegetation dynamics on the sagebrush sea.
Springtime on the Madison River
Two anglers giving the trout a rest while they take some time to enjoy the beauty of the Madison River near Varney Bridge (Ennis, MT), with Sphinx Mountain (Madison Range) in the background in May 2009.
Rope Tricks
Young cowhand at Cabot's Pueblo, Desert Hot Springs, June 2009. Photo by Joe Ross, 29 Palms, CA.
Idaho vernacular art chandeliers at old Payette Lake Lodge
My neighbor Casey in the dining room of the Payette Lake Lodge before it was sold and the fabulous antler chandeliers removed to we know not where, 1996.
Quileute Fisherman
A Quileute fisherman stands on the banks of the Quileute river on a blustery February day. La Push, Washington.
High Noon
Looking over the ranch, Karl Knorr takes a lunchtime ride at 'High Noon'. Heeney Colorado...on the Blue River, in the Gore Range.
What's that sound?
My son watching elk, listening to them bugle, and wondering how they make that incredible sound... Estes Park, Colorado
ON THE HI-LINE
a burley pickup hauling a trailer and back dropped by a grand Great Plains thunderhead
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