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Why Wilderness, Why Now?
- The value of protecting of drinking water supplies and wildlife habitat is
exceptional.
- Providing wilderness protection for one of the last remaining vestiges of
wild Medicine Bow is an easy choice.
- Rock Creek courses through a deep, forested canyon and rugged foothills
in the northern Medicine Bow Mountains covering 19,000 acres of
potential wilderness and is the emerald wilderness of southern Wyoming.
Other Deserving Places for Wilderness Designation in the
Medicine Bow National Forest
Huston Park Additions
Wild country along the boundary of the current
Huston Park Wilderness includes key trails such as the Roaring Fork of the
Little Snake River and undeveloped adjacent habitats. Many of these lands
are currently being managed as Proposed Wilderness by the Forest Service,
and would expand and improve the existing wilderness.
Sanstone Canyons
Big and Little Sandstone Creeks flow down through wild canyons robed in
aspen on the western slope of the Sierra Madre Range. Encompassing key
elk habitat with too little forest to log and too little snow for snowmobiling,
these roadless areas should be combined to form an ideal wilderness in the
aspens.
Encampment River Additions
The Forest Service is already managing roadless lands along the fringes of
the Encampment River wilderness as Proposed Wilderness, and the Bureau
of Land Management is protecting a Wilderness Study Area at the arid
mouth of the Encampment Canyon. These lands should be added to the
Encampment River Wilderness to protect forever key habitats for the
Encampment River bighorn sheep herd as well as recreational opportunities
for horsemen, hikers, and anglers along the Encampment River.
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Just west of Arlington at the northern end
of
the Medicine Bow Mountains lies
the
rugged canyon of Rock Creek.
It’s Time for Rock Creek
Wilderness NOW!
Wyoming’s Congressional Delegation
can
make this happen but they need
to hear
from YOU
Keep the Medicine Bow Wild
Click to contact Governor Freudenthal
Click to contact Wyoming Legislature
Studies
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Protecting wildlife and wild places
307-742-7978 |
