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October 2011

Energy, Wyoming, Wyoming Mountains
“Too Wild To Drill” in Wilderness Magazine
October 19, 2011 | Permalink | 2 Comments

My article, titled “Too Wild To Drill” is in the 2011/2012 Wilderness Magazine (page 44). The article details the contested plan to drill in the Wyoming Range; specifically Noble Basin of the Upper Hoback region in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Many thanks to The Wilderness Society for your leadership in the community and efforts to preserve this critically imortant area! For all of those folks that say drill everywhere now, check out what Ted Williams wrote in his blog about the sustainable economic value that sportsmen bring to the table here.
Photography, Wyoming, Wyoming Mountains
Eye Of The Beholder
October 18, 2011 | Permalink | Post a Comment

“This project is about more than just wildlife and stunning landscapes — it’s about the people that live, work and recreate along the Front,” said Barb Cozzens, the Northwest Wyoming director for GYC.
“This is a community-driven and community-owned project. We want the community to help inform Dave’s work, and ultimately own the finished product.”

Martin Kidston of the Billings Gazette wrote a nice article titled “Eye Of The Beholder” that appeared on the front page of the Wyoming section on 10/16/11. The interview took place at Copper Lakes in the North Absaroka Wilderness Area, part of the Tripods In The Mud Collaboration with Greater Yelowstone Coalition.
Energy, Wyoming, Wyoming Mountains
A-B Front Photo Essay
October 13, 2011 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I just completed the second of three photo expeditions for the Tripods In The Mud Absaroka Front project, sponsored by Greater Yellowstone Coalition. I’m getting to know the area better, meeting wonderful people, and continue to focus on the remarkable diversity that makes the Absaroka-Beartooth Front one of the most important areas in the West.

On Greybull Pass : Prints Available

Self expression on Greybull Pass, high in the Absaroka Mountain Range.
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Energy, Wyoming, Wyoming Mountains
Back From The A-B Front
October 5, 2011 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Warm morning light brings out the brilliant colors in autumn tundra along the Greybull Pass Trail. Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming.

I just returned from the second expedition of the Absaroka Tripods In The Mud Campaign on the east side of Yellowstone National Park (check out the blog on the ILCP site). The project is a collaboration with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and the International League of Conservation Photographers aimed at keeping the Absaroka-Beartooth Front the way it is – free from industrialization where it’s wholly incompatible with wildlife, migrations, Western lifestyle, and recreation. The expedition was ten days with a trip to the Greater Yellowstone Coalition annual meeting in Jackson last weekend. It was great to meet the GYC staff and get to know members, to see so many passionate conservationists in one place here in the West. I got to know the landscape better on this expedition too – how things are connected, wildlife corridors, and the scale of the AB Front. I also saw first hand how devastating drilling contamination from bad fracking jobs is for people and watersheds. I’m completely convinced that the AB Front is the most important wild land remaining in the West and proud to be partnering with Greater Yellowstone Coalition to see that it stays that way.
Please check back – I’ll be posting a photo essay here soon.