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from the Cheyenne Frontier Days website CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- This year will be the 102nd "Daddy of 'em All" rodeo and it promises to be better than ever. More than 1,200 cowboys and cowgirls will be on hand to compete for a purse in excess of $600,000. Full rodeos, featuring all the traditional roping, bucking, riding, and dogging events, are held every afternoon from Saturday, July 18 through Sunday, July 26. On a typical afternoon, spectators can expect to see as many as 40 bulls try to throw the world's top, and toughest, cowboys. More than 70 saddle and bareback broncs will perform in rodeo's biggest arena each day. In Cheyenne, where all the rules favor the livestock, calves and steers used in the roping and dogging events are given a 30-foot head start, more than double that given in most rodeos. As a consequence, all the action happens in the middle of the huge arena at very high speeds. The rodeos start every afternoon promptly at 1:15 and end three action-packed hours later with the famous Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild Horse Race, an event that pits teams of amateur cowboys against young, fresh-from-the-range broncs making their first appearance in the rodeo profession. Friday, July 17 - Sawyer Brown & Bachman Turner Overdrive
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Book Review by BRUCE GOURLEY
"Early in the century, U.S. government agents trapped, poisoned or shot every wolf they could track down in and around Yellowstone National Park. For thousands of years the wolf had been the preeminent predator of the vast wildlands of Greater Yellowstone, but by 1926 not one was left alive. "In January of 1995, after a generation of struggle between the wolf's friends and foes, the wolf was returned to Yellowstone. Thomas McNamee chronicles the drama of reintroduction, the political machinations behind it, and the harrowing stories of the wolves themselves, including the cold-blooded assassination of Wolf Number Ten, his mate Nine's lonely motherhood, and the undercover search for the killer. "The wolf's return has brought far-reaching changes to Yellowstone, to the contending cultures of the modern West, and to the very meaning of conservation. In McNamee's telling, it is easy to see why this saga has stirred the imagination of a nation, for it is, indeed, the environmental story of the decade." Yellowstone's wolves continue to be in danger from those who would have them removed once again. For those who want to gain a better understanding of the wolf reintroduction program and the struggles between the wolves' friends and foes, McNamee is a must-read.
Letter to the Editor by JERRY WILLMAN Our experience at Yellowstone in June was incredible! A first visit for us, and it won't be our last! The only harrowing experience we had was driving back to our lodge at Grant Village from having dinner at Old Faithful Lodge one evening. It was at about 9:30 pm. We had NO CLUE that it was about to snow! It was drizzling rain when we started out and within 5 minutes of the trip it started snowing. As we climbed the mountain toward the continental divide it got worse of course. It got harder and harder to see where the road edge was, and it wasn't until we caught up with two other cars ahead of us that we had some road ruts and lights to follow! We finally ran across a ranger stopped on the side of the road. Guess he was watching for idiots such as us! He pulled in behind us (I've never been so relieved!) and followed us all the way back until we pulled into our lodge area. What could have been a disaster turned out okay, and thanks to that alert ranger, we had peace of mind on the last leg of the trip. It taught us not to be out after dark there to do any distance traveling! We really appreciated that ranger's presence in any case! All the employees there were helpful everywhere we went.
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YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- The return of wolves to Yellowstone has captured the hearts
and imagination of many Americans -- and brought wrath and condemnation from others.
Thomas McNamee, former president of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and author of
several previous books including The Grizzly Bear, Nature First,and A Story
of Deep Delight, has done a masterful job of telling the story of the Yellowstone
wolf reintroduction program. The jacket cover of this new work notes:
