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Temperature in Bondurant around 8:00 AM on Sunday, January 4th. View from the Bondurant webcam at Dell Fork.

Frigid temperatures put the freeze on Wyoming (posted 1/4/09)
Sublette County sees -10 to -40 below zero temperatures
Mother Nature wasted no time getting serious about serving up real Wyoming winter to start the New Year. Temperatures plummeted over the weekend as a high pressure system settled in over Wyoming on Saturday. This, coupled with light winds, allowed temperatures to fall well below zero overnight. Below are preliminary low temperatures for Sunday morning for western Wyoming, according to the National Weather Service out of Riverton. Unofficial reports from Bondurant had their low at -40 early Sunday morning.

SUBLETTE COUNTY
Bondurant, -38
Green River At Warren Bridge, -35
Hoback, -33
Snider Basin, -30
Half Moon, -29
Big Sandy Opening Snotel, -27
Kendall Ranger Station Snotel, -26
Pinedale, -26
Big Piney Asos, -24
Triple Peak Snotel , -22
Loomis Park Snotel, -22
Pinedale 1N, -20
Cw7610 Pinedale, -20
New Fork Lake Snotel, -19
Boulder Lake, -12
East Rim Divide Snotel, -10
Elkhart Park G.S. Snotel, -10

SWEETWATER COUNTY
Farson 5n, -26
Baxter, -24
Blacks Fork River, -20
Bitter Creek NE -19
Hallville, -18
CW5688 Rock Springs, -16
Kanda, -15
Henry's Fork, -14
Continental Divide, -11
Rock Springs Asos, -11
Snow Springs Creek, -5

TETON COUNTY
Snake River Station Snotel, -34
Cw7902 Moose, -33
Gros Ventre Summit Snotel, -30
Grassy Lake Snotel, -30
Moose, -28
Grand Teton National Park, -27
Jackson Awos, -26
Grand Teton, -24
Cw3261 Jackson, -22
Base Camp Snotel, -21
Cw8504 Hoback, -20
Burro Hill, -19
Togwotee Pass Snotel, -18
Jackson Hole Resort-Base, -16
Jackson Hole Resort-Summit, -14
Grouse Mountain, -13
Phillips Bench Snotel, -12
Grand Targhee Snotel, -10
Jackson Hole Resort-Mid, -9
Jackson Hole Resort-Raymer, -9
Coyote Meadows, -8

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Glade Creek, -38
Soda Butte Creek, -32
Canyon Ranger Station, -29
Old Faithful Ranger Station, -26
Bechler Ranger Station, -25
Yellowstone East Entrance, -24
Sylvan Road Snotel, -24
Northeast Entrance Rngr Stn, -23
Tower Falls Ranger Station, -22
Sylvan Lake Snotel, -21
Firehole Rvr At Old Faithful, -21
Lewis Lake Divide Snotel, -11
Mammoth Dispatch, -9
Cabin Creek, -7

Related Links:
NRCS SnoTels in Wyoming
www.weather.gov National Weather Service

United Way launches website (posted 1/3/09)
Supports health and human service organizations in Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta counties
Suzanne Zutter, director of the United Way of Southwest Wyoming, announced Monday that the organization has launched a redesigned website, www.swunitedway.org.

"We believe this website will be a valuable resource that provides our latest news and event information, as well as being a tool for our donors and volunteers," said Zutter.

The website is now able to accept online donations and is populated with pages including Give, Advocate, Volunteer, About Us, Get Help, Events, Campaign Center, Focus Areas, Partners and News. Many pages have sub-pages with additional information or links to other sites. The site allows users to sign-up for the electronic United Way newsletter.

"As our community and organization grows, having a quality website is crucial in getting our message out and staying in touch with community members, also giving them a place to provide feedback. We will be adding additional pages as needed and growing the website over time," said Kelly Frink, director of marketing and communications.

United Way of Southwest Wyoming supports health and human service organizations in Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta counties. For more information on United Way and its community partners visit the website or contact Zutter at director@swunitedway.org.

The Vogel family passed through Wyoming in late September and early October. Photo courtesy Vogel family.

Checking back in on the Family on Bikes (posted 1/1/09)
Nancy and John Vogel and their 10-year old twin sons Davy and Daryl
Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
Last October, we met the Vogel family when they passed through Pinedale on their two-1/2 year, 20,000-mile bicycle trek from Alaska to the southern tip of South America. Nancy and John, and their ten-year old twin sons, Davy and Daryl, began their trip in Boise, Idaho in June, 2008. They arrived in Pinedale on October 9th, just ahead of an early season snow storm threatening to drop three to ten inches of snow in the Upper Green River Valley. The family stayed at High Country Suites in Pinedale for several days to let the storm pass and more favorable weather to arrive. Click on the links at the end of this article to read more about their weekend stay in Pinedale.

After they left us, the family headed to Utah and then to New Mexico. They spent Thanksgiving in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. From there, they headed to Texas, where they were for Christmas.

The family is traveling with two single bikes and a tandem, which allows the boys to switch back and forth between the single and tandem. Once they arrive in Argentina at the end of their journey, Davy and Daryl will become the new Guinness World Record holders as the youngest people to cycle the Pan-American Highway. Below are their riding stats as of the end of November. To read more about this family’s adventure, visit their website: www.familyonbikes.org .

June: Alaska
17 riding days/ 4 rest days (started June 10)
# of riding days less than 30 miles: 7
# of riding days between 30 & 50 miles: 9
# of riding days over 50 miles: 1
587 miles

July: British Columbia, Canada
24 riding days/ 7 rest days
# of riding days less than 30 miles: 1
# of riding days between 30 & 50 miles: 10
# of riding days over 50 miles: 13
1159 miles

August: Canada, Montana
22 riding days/ 9 rest days
# of riding days less than 30 miles: 3
# of riding days between 30 & 50 miles: 16
# of riding days over 50 miles: 3
818 miles

September: Montana, Wyoming
25 riding days/ 5 rest days
# of riding days less than 30 miles: 4
# of riding days between 30 & 50 miles: 17
# of riding days over 50 miles: 4
943 miles

October: Wyoming, Utah
22 riding days/ 9 rest days
# of riding days less than 30 miles: 5
# of riding days between 30 & 50 miles: 12
# of riding days over 50 miles: 5
587 miles

November: Utah, New Mexico
appx. 16 riding days/ 14 rest days
# of riding days less than 30 miles: 2
# of riding days between 30 & 50 miles: 12
# of riding days over 50 miles: 2
appx. 640 miles

December: New Mexico
(no data given)

Related Links:
Family on 20,000-mile bike trek visits PinedaleBy Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online, October 10, 2008 (12 photos)
Family makes pedaling pit stop in Pinedale By Tiffany Turner, Sublette Examiner, October 16, 2008

Increased earthquake activity in Yellowstone National Park (posted 12/31/08)
Tremors up to 3.9 magnitude recorded over past several days
There have been a series of more frequent small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park over the past several weeks, causing scientists to watch the activity more closely. There have been more than 250 tremors in the 2.5-3.9 range. A magnitude 3.9 tremor occurred on Sunday, December 28th. Although tremors are common in the Yellowstone National Park area, the increased activity is more frequent than usual.

Although there is no way to know the significance of the increased activity, the Yellowstone area is an active geothermal site. The last major eruption of the Yellowstone volcano was 700,000 years ago. The area experiences frequent minor tremors, most of which go unfelt except by measuring equipment.

Below are tremors the USGS has listed on their earthquake website that have been recorded in Yellowstone National Park for the past several days. Click on the links at the end of this article for related stories and more earthquake information.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008:
Magnitude 3.5, Time: 09:02:29
Magnitude 2.5, Time: 08:58:12

Tuesday, December 30, 2008:
Magnitude 2.8, Time: 11:59:07
Magnitude 2.8, Time: 00:36:40

Monday, December 29, 2008:
Magnitude 2.9, Time: 20:38:25
Magnitude 2.9, Time: 19:29:39
Magnitude 2.5, Time: 19:28:56
Magnitude 3.3, Time: 19:14:49
Magnitude 2.8, Time: 04:25:54

Sunday, December 28, 2008:
Magnitude 2.6, Time: 23:57:57
Magnitude 3.1, Time: 19:55:18
Magnitude 3.0, Time: 19:32:16
Magnitude 2.8, Time: 15:37:41
Magnitude 3.2, Time: 09:23:58
Magnitude 2.7, Time: 09:16:58
Magnitude 2.5, Time: 07:15:19
Magnitude 2.5, Time: 06:37:42
Magnitude 2.8, Time: 05:23:54
Magnitude 3.9, Time: 05:15:56
Magnitude 2.7, Time: 04:51:04
Magnitude 2.6, Time: 00:08:51

Saturday, December 27, 2008:
Magnitude 3.3, Time: 22:30:04
Magnitude 3.2, Time: 20:26:28
Magnitude 3.5, Time: 20:17:33
Magnitude 3.0, Time: 18:23:07
Magnitude 2.7, Time: 17:01:08
Magnitude 2.6, Time: 16:30:54

Related Links:
Yellowstone Quake Swarm Worries Scientists Fox News (AP), 12/30/08
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Information
Latest earthquakes in the world (past 7 days)

Legislature to begin Jan. 13, 2009 (posted 12/29/08)
Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
The 60th session of the Wyoming Legislature is slated to begin Jan. 13, 2009 for its general session.

There are numerous bills that have been pre-filed by legislative committees and individual legislators. For a complete list of pre-filed bills, click on the link at the bottom of this page.

Here's a few items of interest:

Two wolf management bills have been pre-filed in the House. House Bill 21 would designate wolves as trophy game animals statewide and is sponsored by Representative Gingery of Jackson. HB 32 is sponsored by the legislature's Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee. It calls for Wyoming to ensure there are at least 15 breeding pairs of gray wolves in the state and to ensure genetic diversity and connectivity with adjoining populations.

Senate File 008 provides for the identification and destruction of feral livestock.

SF 013 would allow the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to regulate and control the collection of naturally shed antlers and horns of big game animals.

SF016 would declare the Sheridan's green hairstreak butterfly the state insect.

SF010 and SF031 would expand Wyoming's brucellosis program to include not only testing of cattle, but spaying of heifers. SF10 would have the program apply only within a designated surveillance area, while SF031 would apply statewide.

SF036 would prohibit the intentional feeding of elk. It reads: "No person shall intentionally attract or feed any elk by depositing, placing, distributing or scattering feed that results in commingling with livestock.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit:
(i) Any normal or accepted agricultural management practice;
(ii) Any elk feeding program authorized or conducted by the department;
(iii) Any legal form of taking elk as provided in W.S. 23-1-705(j) or baiting
elk as authorized by commission rule and regulation;
(iv) Any feeding of elk for the purpose of reducing the opportunity for contact with livestock when undertaken with prior notice to the department;
(v) Any feeding of elk outside the designated elk surveillance area.

Related Links:
Wyoming State Legislature website - Click on this link to learn about the legislature.
2009 bill information - Click on this link to read the pre-filed bills.
Wolf Watch - By Cat Urbigkit

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