Oneida Narrows decision...

This news came out last week, but I think it is worth posting for anyone who hasn't seen it.... good news if you ask me.

http://www.greateryellowstone.org/news/index.php?id=1748

HOME > News GYC News State Kills Dam Plan: Oneida Narrows Project 'Not In The Public Interest' October 19, 2012 Michael O'Donnell | Idaho State Journal Editor's note: Hopefully this is the final nail in the coffin for this bad idea, which would have inundated the last free-flowing stretch of the Bear River. GYC has been leading the fight against this project. PRESTON — A proposal to build a dam in the Bear River’s Oneida Narrows northeast of Preston has been killed by the Idaho Department of Water Resources.     The department released a final order Thursday denying an application to build a dam in the narrows from Twin Lakes Canal Company stating it was “not in the public interest.”     It confirmed a preliminary issued ruling by the IDWR earlier this year. To read the entire story, click here.

YNP Bear Attack

Yellowstone National Park released a PR about a grizzly attack and death.  See
http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/11073.htm  Very sorry to hear, and my prayers are with the family.

The Park says this happened along Wapiti Trail, which is east of Canyon area. This is area is not covered in the Yellowstone's Backcountry Cutts book.