(Recreated with permission from jhunderground.com)
The yellow outline marks the 144-acre inholding called "River Bend Preserve." At left is the Snake River Sporting Club. Public land separates the two. Click to enlarge.
By Jim Stanford, jhunderground.com, on December 23, 2009
Dick Edgcomb, developer of two failed golf and resort projects in the Snake River Canyon, is seeking approval from the Forest Service that could lead to construction of up to 77 homes on another piece of his riverfront property.
Edgcomb has applied for a road…
Filed under: Watershed News, Wild & Scenic News on December 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
The addition of the Snake River to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was cause for two public celebrations.
Scott Bosse talks about the Fund during the "Legends" dinner.
In July, the third annual “Legends of the Snake” float trip brought together many of the pioneers of the rafting and fly fishing industry who were integral in the campaign to protect the Snake headwaters. More than 120 guests floated the river on a perfect summer evening to the Barker-Ewing camp below Wilson for dinner, music…
Filed under: Snake River Fund News, Watershed News, Wild & Scenic News on December 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
The Snake River and Tetons, as seen from Snake River Overlook above Deadman's Bar. PHOTO BY MARK GOCKE
The U.S. House voted today to approve a landmark bundle of conservation bills, including legislation to designate the Snake River headwaters as Wild and Scenic and put 1.2 million acres of the Wyoming Range off-limits to oil and gas drilling.Tetons
The House voted 285-140 to approve the omnibus lands bill, which now heads to President Barack Obama for signature.
The bill will protect 387 miles of the Snake…
Filed under: Wild & Scenic News on March 25th, 2009 | No Comments »
By: American Rivers
Proposed Wild & Scenic creeks and rivers in Snake Headwaters Watershed
The House stops legislation that would protect over 350,000 acres along 86 rivers
Washington, DC
The House of Representatives rejected legislation today that would have included the second largest Wild and Scenic package in history. The House voted on S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, under a suspension of the rules. Unfortunately, the bill was defeated 282-144, just two votes shy of the necessary two-thirds of the Representatives present.
The bipartisan…
Filed under: Wild & Scenic News on March 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
The Snake River as seen from Lunch Counter river access area in the Hoback Canyon
Four years of work by outfitters, businesses, river advocates and our elected officials finally is nearing a payoff for the Campaign for the Snake Headwaters.
The U.S. Senate voted 73-21 on Jan. 15 to pass S. 22, an omnibus public lands bill that contains the Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act, introduced by Wyoming’s late senator.
The House is expected to vote in the coming weeks.
Republican Sens. John Barrasso, who has championed…
Filed under: Wild & Scenic News on February 24th, 2009 | No Comments »
