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According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, lack of snowfall in the high country has made hunting for deer and elk extremely tough. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.34/download-entire-issue

The battle lines have been drawn between aroused outdoor citizens and the U.S. Forest Service over final boundaries of the proposed Eagle’s Nest Wilderness in Colorado’s Gore Range. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.33/download-entire-issue

The “High Country” Rock Hunter’s Guide is a current index to some of the finest rock hunting in the west. It was prepared especially for our readers who enjoy the sport of rock, mineral, fossil and artifact discovery. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.32/download-entire-issue

Billboards aren’t as pretty as trees, rolling prairie, lakes or mountains. In fact most of them are downright ugly. A rather sad fact is that some of the very same manufacturers, companies and organizations that are currently preaching for the environment are the biggest boosters for the tinseled, artificial landscape. Download entire issue to view […]

An emergency elk hunting closure has been issued for the area between Rock Springs and Green River, Wyoming, because dune buggies have driven most of the elk away. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.31/download-entire-issue

The controversial article “Your Forest – Their Timber,” which appears in the current issue of the Colorado-Rocky Mountain West magazine, has been entered into the Congressional Record by Montana Senator Lee Metcalf. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.30/download-entire-issue

This year’s hunting season in Wyoming will start off with a bang on Sept. 5. The state’s most popular game animal, the pronghorn antelope, will come under fire for the first time this year in the Chain Lakes and Table Rock areas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.29/download-entire-issue

The state of Wyoming has proposed building reservoirs on the upper Green River that would submerge many miles of free-flowing, blue-ribbon trout stream and winter wildlife range. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.28/download-entire-issue

Cheyenne Frontier Days, “the Daddy of ’em All,” busts out in all its glory next week. Six full, action-packed days will feature championship rodeo, parades, Indian dances, free chuckwagon breakfasts, and more. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.27/download-entire-issue

The Green River Rendezvous at Pinedale, Wyoming, annually commemorates the legendary get-together of mighty men who trapped beaver and broke trails across the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.26/download-entire-issue

Wyoming stockmen who graze their livestock on millions of acres of public lands want compensation for game animals grazing on their private lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.25/download-entire-issue

The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation will commence a major inventory of rivers that might be suitable candidates for the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System beginning in 1978 — likely the first and last such comprehensive survey of the Rocky Mountain West’s free-flowing rivers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.12/download-entire-issue

Wyoming Sen. Gale McGee has commissioned a thorough and independent study of U.S. Forest Service timber management policies in Wyoming’s national forests. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.24/download-entire-issue

Laramie, Wyoming, named for an ill-fated French trapper, lies on rolling plains surrounded by mountains and lakes full of big trout. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.23/download-entire-issue

“In Which We Live,” an NBC-TV program on the environment, will feature an area in central Wyoming. The program will show the effects of uncontrolled mining activity on the public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.22/download-entire-issue

Wyoming’s First Environmental Congress was termed a success by many leading Wyoming conservationists. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.21/download-entire-issue

The South and East entrance roads into Yellowstone National Park opened to the public on May 6, delayed from the traditional May 1 opening by unseasonably heavy snowfall in late April. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.20/download-entire-issue

Dubois, Wyoming, which attracts rockhounds from near and far, is a leading contender for rock capitol of the world. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.19/download-entire-issue

Lander, Wyoming, abounds in the history of the old West. Only a few miles to the south, many thousand emigrants passed along the Oregon and Mormon trails. Before that, South Pass was known to the earliest explorers, trappers, and traders. Riders of the Pony Express thundered along the trails and Wells Fargo rolled across the […]

Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Jack K. Anderson has announced several major changes in the fishing regulations for the park, a response to heavy angling pressure. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/2.17/download-entire-issue