Independently Speaking: In full support of Rep. Hageman’s approach calling for NEPA reforms
• Restoring common sense to environmental reviews. Congressman Hageman has pinpointed the need to take a common sense approach to environmental management. In her column released this week in the The Wyoming Round Up (July 27, 2025), she accurately summarized…
Volunteers rebuild the Kemmerer Bridger-Teton Trails
• American Hiking Society focuses work on the Shafer / South LaBarge trails The lunch was brief for the trail crew on this July day and it was back to work for nine volunteers restoring the trails of the…
Bridger-Teton opens timber sales to community members
With a new focus on timber production, Lincoln County’s elected officials were taken on a comprehensive tour of the Kemmerer Ranger District during July. Their guide for the southern Bridger-Teton excursion — Adam Calkins, District Ranger based in Kemmerer. Calkins…
Aerial weed applications planned in late summer
The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, along with state and private land owners, will combined for a series of aerial operations to control, invasive grass infestations beginning August 1. The work is expected to continue into…
Amy Wierda joins Alpine Town Council
Amy Wierda formally joined the Alpine Town Council Tuesday, July 15. Mayor Eric Green administered the oath of office at the beginning of the Town Council meeting, allowing the new council member to participate in the discussion and voting at…
Independently Speaking: Management of the Bridger-Teton
Management by Star Valley or by Jackson standards? That was a question that often surfaced as officials and the public discussed management of the Bridger-Teton National Forest over the past few decades at meetings and gatherings here in Star…
Ground broken for new District Court in Lincoln County
Space for judicial proceedings will be expanded in Lincoln County over the next year as a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new district court in Kemmerer Tuesday, July 15. “This is creating a larger district court for future…
Star Valley Health provides update on accounting and EMS
A $3.5 million shortfall at Star Valley Health in the past two months was related to accounting procedures, CEO Dan Orydna explained in an update interview, carried on SVI’s Weekday Wake-Up program. “To make sure that there’s accuracy, the…
Bridger-Teton opens comment process in Star Valley
The Bridger-Teton National Forest management team was in Star Valley this week to roll out plans for the draft assessment and ultimately the management plan that will guide the 3.4 million acre forest. The B-T hosted a two hour open…
Independent Notes: District rangers with a vision for possibilities
Changes in the federal administration may be opening up business opportunities for those watching and understanding the possibilities. SVI has featured some of the work developing on the south end of the Bridger-Teton National Forest where further trail development is…