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Katie Cheesbrough, terrestrial habitat biologist for the Wyoming Game & Fish Department, feels that it is time for an updated travel management plan and is glad to see the West Side Snowy Range Travel Management Project moving forward. “It is time to kind of look at it and see what they can do — and they can only do so much,” said Cheesbrough. Limiting access to roads will have positive benefits to the forest and the people who use them according to Cheesbrough; with a decrease in vehicle acces... Full story
Lack of Notice There will be three public meetings for the West Side Snowy Range Travel Management Project's Notice of Proposed Action (NPA); it's a good start to improve transparency, but many feel that it's not enough. There has been outcry from the public that changed the mind of Melanie Fullman, District Ranger for the Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District and responsible official, to provide a public meeting to discuss the NPA. This is done to educate and inform the public as well as provide... Full story
Keith McLendon contributed a “news” story in the April 1 edition of the Saratoga Sun about “Beaching Disease”. That article was intended as an April Fool’s joke. The Saratoga Sun has been informed in no uncertain terms that this article held no humor for area outfitters who book fishing trips....
Rawlins Thursday, April 9, 5 p.m. at the BLM office on 3rd Street. Elk Mt./Hanna/Med Bow/Arlington Tuesday, April 14, 6:30 p.m., at the Elk Mountain Senior Center. Saratoga Tuesday, April 21, immediately following the County Commissioner meeting (approx. 5 p.m.), at the Platte Valley Community Center. The format will include a formal introduction of the proposal, a period for open questions/comments and an opportunity for attendees to discuss road and trail management details with Forest Service staff....
Carbon County native, Saratoga businessman, expert fisherman and world renowned river guide and outfitter Len Bensen, 77, died March 29, 2015 at the Palisade Living Center in Palisade, Colo. No services are planned at this time. Len was born in Encampment, Wyo. Feb. 21, 1938 to Lorna (Hopkins) and Ernest Bensen and lived in Encampment until he was 2 years old when his family moved to Rawlins and then to Saratoga when he was in third grade. He graduated from Platte Valley High School (now Saratoga H.S.) in 1956 and was president of FFA and...
The Western Governors Association published in March 2015 the Sage-Grouse Inventory of 2014 Conservation Initiatives where local company Carbon Power and Light was highlighted. The inventory was done to outline and highlight the conservation efforts that have been completed to date as well as planned conservation efforts, 2015 and beyond. According to the report, sage-grouse was listed as “warranted but precluded” under the Endangered Species Act in 2010 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser...
The Carbon Power & Light Board of Directors, at their March 27, 2015 meeting, selected Russell Waldner to be the successor to the cooperatives' current manager, Charles Larsen, who is retiring June 30, 2015. The selection process started several months ago with the board's Management Succession Committee accepting applications and conducting interviews. The board, after careful consideration of the applicants/interviewees, selected Waldner for the position. Waldner is currently the Director of...
NEPA is a law that was established in Jan. 1, 1970 to “establish national environmental policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the environment and provides a process for implementing these goals within the federal agencies,” according to epa.gov. According to NEPA Section 102, this law takes effect “for ... major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.” The Snowy Range Travel Management Project is currently completing steps that...
Last week you may have read the Saratoga Sun piece on the proposed road decommissions. In the article, District Ranger Melanie Fullman was quoted as saying, “I just don’t find those big meetings, which tend to get out of control to be very useful, ... I’m trying to make the most of my time.” Perhaps you heard the subsequent interview the local radio station did with Fullman the following day. If you did, then you would have heard the apparent disdain Fullman has for public meetings. In the rad...
Editor: You may have read that the Forest Service plans to close 97 miles of roads this year. The actual numbers are much more dramatic. If you live in the valley because you enjoy hunting, fishing or camping, you should be concerned. The Forest Service has quietly announced that they intend to close nearly one third of the roads in the Snowy Range. Out of a total of about 600 miles of roads in the Snowy Range the USFS plans to change the following: Add to System as closed Road : 42 miles. Convert to closed Road : 82 miles. Decommission : 97 mi...
Editor’s Note: This letter was addressed to Dennis Jaeger, Forest Supervisor, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in Laramie. The Saratoga Sun requested permission from the author to print the letter. Mr. Jaeger: I am disappointed by your blatant effort to minimize public input into this plan. Your local ranger has stated there will be no open public meetings and it is her intent to issue a decision by June 1st with implementation this summer. There has been no effort to contact those citizens in Laramie and Cheyenne who are also affected. Y...
Terry Weickum, of Rawlins, was elected as the Carbon County Republicans chairman at the March 14 Carbon County Central committee meeting in Rawlins. Joy Teska, of Encampment, was elected as vice chairwoman, Tomi Sue Wille, of Baggs, was elected as the secretary and Marcella Redman is the treasurer. Mike Kelly was elected as the state committeeman and Roni Jaure was elected as state committeewoman. The state convention will be held Saturday in Casper for the election of state committee representatives. Wyoming State Sen. Larry Hicks, Wyoming...
Linda Fleming, Baggs, was elected to lead the Carbon County Democrats as chairwoman of the Carbon County Democrat Central committee. Dave Throgmorton, Rawlins, was reelected to serve as the vice-chairman. Others elected at the March 28 meeting of the county’s central committee held in Rawlins were Sadie Martinez, Rawlins, secretary and Cindy Baldwin, Rawlins, reelected treasurer. Vern Whitefield, Rawlins, was elected state committeeman and Glee Johnson, Saratoga, was elected state committeewoman. Fleming, Throgmorton, Whitefield, and Johnson wi...
The Wyoming Game and Fish (Game & Fish) hosted a meeting March 23 at Saratoga Town Hall to discuss changes in the hunting seasons for big game. Will Schultz, wildlife biologist for Game & Fish, told the audience in the nine years he has been involved with the hunting season in the area, this is the fewest changes he has seen. Hunter area 50 the 2015 Antelope hunting season is reducing the Type 6 limited quota licenses for doe and fawn from 100 to 25. “We are still in recovery and trying to b...
Platte Valley Kiwanis is hosting a talent show at 2 p.m. April 12, at the Platte Valley Christian Center in Saratoga. The “Stars of Tomorrow” event provides an opportunity for amateur K-12 performers from Saratoga, Encampment, Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow to showcase their performing arts abilities. The event is free and open to the public. High school winners from the event will be eligible to participate in the Kiwanis Division 13 Stars of Tomorrow event on April 18, 2015 in Laramie, Wyo. Platte Valley Kiwanis has been hosting a “St...
Annual blood draws for wellness screening in Saratoga, Encampment and Hanna are scheduled for next week starting in Hanna according to Sue Jones, coordinator for the Valley Service Organization (VSO), organizer of the Saratoga portion of the events. The wellness screenings are offered statewide by Wyoming Health Fairs/Wellness Health Fairs (WHF). The blood draw in Hanna is Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Hanna Elementary School. Saratoga blood draws will be held from 6 - 10 a.m., April 15 and 16 in the Platte Valley Community Center...
A familiar face was on the mats during the USA Wrestling Tournament in Rawlins March 14. Thomas Ingraham has been wrestling since he was in the third grade and finished fifth at state for his high school wrestling team. But that Saturday, Thomas wasn't wrestling; he was refereeing. His youthfulness was obvious on the mats, since most of the referees that day were in their 30s or 40s. At 16 years old, Thomas is the only youth referee from Saratoga. It's his way of giving back to the sport. "I... Full story
Utah Jazz youth basketball season has begun in the Platte Valley. There are six teams in each of the communities, Saratoga and Encampment. In Saratoga, the S0 team is coached by Kirby Berger and Jack Berger; S1 is coached by Karen Condict and Joe/Amy Johnson; S2 is coached by Jason Williams; S3 is coached by Chris Duke/Cruz Escobedo and Rod Escobedo; S4 is coached by Jason Williams and Jen Sewell; S5 is coached by Dean and Tonya Bartholomew and S6 is coached by Peyten Fisher/Christian Soles and Sarah Burton. In Encampment E1 is coached by Heidi...
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste District (Landfill Board) met last Wednesday to discuss and approve their annual budget. One of the main topics of discussion were fee increases for landfill use in the Platte Valley. According to council Chairman Randy Raymer, the fee increase could be needed to create enough revenue to afford the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) mandated transfer station. “In order to receive a State Land and Investment Board (SLIB) grant/loan, we have to prove that we either have the 25 percent matching grant in c...
The Encampment High School and Junior High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America had a successful week in Cheyenne two weeks ago returning with seven gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze medals. Isaac Dugger received a gold medal for his entry in Applied math for Culinary Management. He was also awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Johnson and Wales University, a culinary school in Providence, R.I. Also bringing home gold medals were Emily Morgan, Alyssa Barkhurst and Sierra Loftice for their Entrepreneurship entry; Jacob...
High school seniors are busy filling our scholarship applications, but for the at risk student, it can be difficult to qualify. That is where Susan Thomas is filling the gap with the Craig and Susan Thomas Foundation. Susan Thomas stopped in Saratoga last month to visit with Dan Marquart, the Saratoga Middle/High School Counselor to tell him about the scholarship that at risk students can apply for. Craig Thomas was a U.S. Senator for the state of Wyoming. He passed away in 2007. Susan Thomas...
Preschool 1st- Avery Rauterkus 2nd-Coy Munroe 3rd- Cameron Osborn Kindergarten & 1st 1st- Madison Widdison 2nd-Mason Wilkes 3rd-Cassidy Herring 2nd & 3rd Grade 1st- Jeannine Lamoureux 2nd-Logan Robinson 3rd-Logan Robinson 4th & 5th Grade 1st-Kate Jacobsen 2nd-Anna Jacobsen 3rd-Payton Munroe 6th Grade 1st- Mattison Wagy (2yr old) 2nd- Kaitlyn Hazer 3rd-Molly Jacobsen...
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1 years ago: April 8, 1915 Why is a liar. This paper last week took exception to a county paper trying to take credit for condemning excessive expenditures by the County Commissioners of this county on roads and bridges. What we had reference to in particular, was the expenditure from 1908 to 1912, and which matter this paper called attention to, and for which we were abused by the Rawlins Journal, and one or two others. Now comes poor old “bad stomach Bill” of the Journal, taking all the credit, for being the paper to whom we had ref...
Dominoes: Madeline and Bill Telfer, Betty Merrill, Phil Fleming, Laura Rettelle, Dick Blake, Bob and Lois Thompson, Jack Riddick, Sheila and Joe Remick Coffee Drinkers: Laura Rettelle, Karen Dibbern, Patty Herring, Connie Beckham, Dodey Brown, Arliegh Simmons, Ellie Behrnman, Linda York and Mary Priquet, Bridge Game: Kay Fleming, Linda Hammer, Sheila Johnson and Rosemary Craighead Quilters: Nancy Lynch, Lila Walbye, Kay Fleming, Sandy Miller, Jo Roberson, Phyllis Smith and Betty Merrill News for the Month: Happy Spring everyone! We have lots...