#mypubliclandsroadtrip 2016: On The Way To, Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study Area
#mypubliclandsroadtrip Week 7 features BLM-managed lands “on the way to” popular recreation sites across the country.
Today we stop by Dubois Badlands and Whiskey Mountain Wilderness Study Areas in Wyoming – on the way to Yellowstone National Park. From the colorful strata of the Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study Area to the slopes of the Whiskey Mountain WSA, the public land managed by BLM’s Lander Field Office surrounding Dubois is not only remarkably scenic and wild, it is home to the nation’s largest free-ranging winter elk herd (which summers in Yellowstone) and the largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the world. As a big bonus, public land in the Dubois area also contains important habitat for Canada lynx, grey wolf and grizzly bear. Visit the National Bighorn Sheep Center to learn more about this nationally important herd.
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM
#mypubliclandsroadtrip 2016: On The Way To, Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study Area
#mypubliclandsroadtrip Week 7 features BLM-managed lands “on the way to” popular recreation sites across the country.
Today we stop by Dubois Badlands and Whiskey Mountain Wilderness Study Areas in Wyoming – on the way to Yellowstone National Park. From the colorful strata of the Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study Area to the slopes of the Whiskey Mountain WSA, the public land managed by BLM’s Lander Field Office surrounding Dubois is not only remarkably scenic and wild, it is home to the nation’s largest free-ranging winter elk herd (which summers in Yellowstone) and the largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the world. As a big bonus, public land in the Dubois area also contains important habitat for Canada lynx, grey wolf and grizzly bear. Visit the National Bighorn Sheep Center to learn more about this nationally important herd.
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM