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Travels in Geology: The wild east of Wyoming: Bone wars, outlaw hideouts and crack climbing

Travels in Geology: The wild east of Wyoming: Bone wars, outlaw hideouts and crack climbing
by Mary Caperton Morton
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Eastern Wyoming is known for its wide open spaces. Credit: Mary Caperton Morton
When vacationers plan trips to Wyoming, the western half of the state, with its grizzly bears, Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, tends to be the biggest draw. But Eastern Wyoming home to bone wars, outlaw hideouts and the nation’s first national monument also boasts a captivating mix of Wild West history and geologic marvels.
Hundreds of thousands of emigrants made their way from Independence, Mo., to Oregon City, Ore., just outside of Portland, along the Oregon Trail, which ran through southeastern Wyoming. In many parts of Eastern Wyoming, the landscape is largely unchanged since those days. A driving loop around this part of the state, from Cheyenne through Casper, up to Devils Tower and then back south through Thunder ....

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Damming the salmon

Damming the salmon
by Mary Caperton Morton
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Salmon used to be plentiful in the Snake River; today, wild salmon populations are less than 10 percent of their pre-European settlement numbers. Credit: Mary Caperton Morton.
In the 1940s, the state of Idaho decided that the Salmon River would be left to flow freely while the Snake would be developed for hydroelectric power to become Idaho’s workhorse river. To date, a total of 15 dams have been built along the Snake for a variety of purposes, from irrigation to flood control to hydroelectricity. Hells Canyon is home to three hydroelectric impoundments: the Brownlee, Oxbow and Hells Canyon dams, built in 1959, 1961 and 1967, respectively. Together they have a maximum capacity of 391 megawatts of power production. ....

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