“Thanks in great part to Showalter and iLCP’s 2011 expedition’s focus on the Absaroka-Beartooth Front, nearly 1 million acres beyond the 1.4 million acres of already-protected wilderness in Wyoming are to be exempt from oil and gas development.”
“It didn’t take me long to realize that the A-B Front is the most important, fully-functioning ecosystem outside of a national park in America.” -Dave
By Dave Showalter Winds roared all night in the Bighorn Basin, offering no clue that winter had arrived at higher elevations. I traveled the North Fork of the Shoshone River with Dave Burke, Park County Commissioner, photographer, and all around nice guy. We looked for grizzly bears that hadn’t denned up yet, spotted rutting bighorn […]
By Dave Showalter I joined Cody resident Justin Hawkins for a hike above the Elk Fork, a stream the feeds the North Fork of the Shoshone River. This is Justin’s home field – he supervises the forest campgrounds along the North Fork. We ducked out of the howling wind and ascended a thin trail on […]
I met local Cody wildlife photographer Matt Riebel at the GYC event this week and casually mentioned that I had heard about bear activity on the Pahaska Trail and would like to hike… before I could finish, he says I’m in! Matt and I met at the trailhead in grey dawn light and set out […]
Today is my ninth day in the field for this leg of the expedition and I was reflecting while hiking in Clark’s Fork Canyon this morning. We had a reception in Cody last night, with 25 Greater Yellowstone Coalition supporters coming out to learn about our Tripods In The Mud Campaign. I’ve met so many […]
One of the requirements for this line of work is getting out early and staying out late – night work. I’ve been getting into the Absaroka Range the last few days, hiking to Greybull Pass to see the headwaters of the Greybull River and up to Copper Lakes, the headwaters of Sunlight Creek with Martin […]
Thirty miles north of Cody, at the mouth Clark’s Fork Canyon, the town of Clark is a wide spot in the road with houses sprinkled across wind-blown sage flats. Spectacular mountains tilted on their sides form the backdrop. I met Deb Thomas of Powder River Resource Council for a tour of the Clark area and […]
Cody resident and outstanding fly fisherman Dave Sweet took our small group out for a remarkable fishing outing on the Greybull River, one of the strongholds for the imperiled Yelowstone cutthroat trout. A bluebird day with a wild river running through it. The Greybull flows cold and strong out of the Absaroka Mountains to the […]
These are some of the strongest people I’ve ever met.