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…
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A Benefit for the Snake River Fund
Utah Whitewater Film Festival
The Utah Whitewater Club will be hosting the 7th Annual, Whitewater Film Festival will be held on Friday March 23 at 7:00 PM on the University of Utah Campus. Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door.
Sponsored by the Utah Whitewater Club, the festival has raised thousands of dollars in years past for the Snake River Fund. As…
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