Posted: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:00 am
Anticline group has openings
PINEDALE - A federal advisory group charged with monitoring the development of the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field is looking for a few new members.
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking three volunteers to serve two-year terms on the Pinedale Anticline Working Group in southwest Wyoming, said BLM spokesman Rey Adame.
The nine-member advisory board was formed by federal charter and authorized to spearhead an "adaptive management" process that includes changes to planned oil and gas development in the anticline as the development is occurring.
The group was formed in July 2000 with the release of the record of decision for the Pinedale Anticline oil and gas exploration and development project. The document approved the drilling of more than 900 new natural gas wells over the next 10 to 15 years. The anticline field begins northwest of Pinedale and stretches about 30 miles to the southeast in Sublette County.
Group members represent the environmental community, the adjacent landowners, livestock operators, the public, and local and state governments.
Volunteers are currently being sought to represent the state, the public at large, and the adjacent landowners. Interested people should contact the BLM's Pinedale Field Office at 307-362-5352.
Wyo ski resorts get fair marks
JACKSON - An environmental group has given Jackson Hole Mountain Resort a B grade and Grand Targhee Resort a C grade for their environmental practices.
Those are the same grades the resorts got last year in the Ski Area Environmental Scorecard put out by the Ski Area Citizens Coalition.
The scorecard grades environmental policies and practices at ski resorts across the West. This year, the group added 14 ski resorts in western Canada.
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort scored low for water conservation but higher for its position on climate change and use of biodiesel fuel.
Grand Targhee scored well for preserving wetlands and roadless areas, but low for its development practices.
WEA nominates Greybull teacher
A Greybull teacher has been selected as a nominee for the National Education Association Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence.
Joel Kuper, a science teacher at Greybull High School, was nominated by the Wyoming Education Association for the award.
The National Education Association accepts one nomination from each state for the national award. Five teachers will be selected as finalists, and will each receive a gift of $10,000 from the Horace Mann Companies. The award's winner will also receive an additional $25,000.
All nominees will be honored at the 13th annual Salute to Excellence in Education Gala Feb. 8 in Washington, D.C.
Kuper has taught for 28 years in subjects including biology, botany, chemistry and physics. He serves as the high school's department chairman for science, as well as the adviser for the high school's science club.