Federal officials will meet in Dubois next week to discuss extending the withdrawal of Bureau of Land Management mineral estate within an important bighorn sheep management area. Officials said a Public Land Order that established the Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep Locatable Mineral Withdrawal will expire soon unless it is extended. In September 1990, the secretary of the interior withdrew 9,610 acres of BLM and federal minerals on private lands from mineral location and entry within the Whiskey Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area. BLM officials said approximately 1,000 bighorn sheep utilize the area as winter range. The Whiskey Mountain bighorn herd has been a crown jewel among Wyoming wildlife for more than 50 years. The high-profile bighorn herd is also one of Dubois' main tourist attractions...more
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Feds propose extending minerals extraction ban on bighorn habitat
Federal officials will meet in Dubois next week to discuss extending the withdrawal of Bureau of Land Management mineral estate within an important bighorn sheep management area. Officials said a Public Land Order that established the Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep Locatable Mineral Withdrawal will expire soon unless it is extended. In September 1990, the secretary of the interior withdrew 9,610 acres of BLM and federal minerals on private lands from mineral location and entry within the Whiskey Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area. BLM officials said approximately 1,000 bighorn sheep utilize the area as winter range. The Whiskey Mountain bighorn herd has been a crown jewel among Wyoming wildlife for more than 50 years. The high-profile bighorn herd is also one of Dubois' main tourist attractions...more
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