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M A G A Z I N E
THE WREN MAGAZINE MAY 2018
WYOMING RURAL ELECTRIC NEWS
The official publication of the
Wyoming Rural Electric Association
The WREN Magazine, Wyoming Rural Electric News,
volume 64, number 4, May 2018 (ISSN 1098-2876)
is published monthly except for January for $12 per
year by Linden Press, Inc., 214 West Lincolnway, Suite [36]
21C, Cheyenne, WY 82001. Periodicals postage paid at
Cheyenne, WY (original entry office) and at additional
mailing offices. Postmaster – Send address changes to:
The WREN Magazine, Wyoming Rural Electric News,
c/o Linden Press, Inc., 223 S. Howes St., Fort Collins, CO
80521, [970] 221-3232. Include 3-digit co-op code.
WREN Magazine is owned and controlled by rural
electric cooperatives in the interest of the economic
progress of rural areas specifically and the entire
population of Wyoming and the nation generally. WREN
Magazine has a total average monthly paid circulation
of 39,631 for 11 months ending in September 2017.
WREN Magazine is delivered to rural electric member/
consumers and other subscribers throughout the
entire state of Wyoming and the nation.
Acceptance of advertising by WREN Magazine does not
ESSAYS &
imply endorsement of the product or services advertised
by the publisher or Wyoming electric cooperatives. ANECDOTES
FEATURES
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WREN STAFF
Publisher: Linden Press, Inc. • Editor: Maggie Budd
WREA NOTES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 14 WYOMING WEEKENDS
RE D G ULCH / ALK ALI
RV T O NP S
SP RI NG B RE AK 20 1 8
BY SHAWN TAYLOR
Tri-State G&T, Westminster, CO –
Dick Clifton, President SCE NI C B ACK WAY
Garland Light & Power, Powell –
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Scott Smith, Vice President
Deseret Power, South Jordan, UT – CENTERPIECE HOME ON THE RANGE
Gary Nix, Secretary/Treasurer WYO MI NG CO UNT RY FO LK S
Basin Electric, Bismarck, ND – Paul Baker
D I NO SAUR BY BRUCE CONNALLY
JUST FOR FUN
Big Horn REC, Basin – Tom Delaney
Bridger Valley Electric, Mountain View – Ruth Rees
RANCH E S
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BY KELSEY DAYTON
ENLIGHTEN US
Carbon Power, Saratoga – Jerry Rabidue
High Plains Power, Riverton – Hearley Dockham
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NE W B E G I NNI NG S
CO-OP KIDS' CORNER
High West Energy, Pine Bluffs – Ed Prosser
We’re in the business
Lower Valley Energy, Afton – Fred Brog BY TY STOCKTON
Niobrara, Lusk – Andy Greer SPOTLIGHT DINOSAUR F OOTP RINTS
Powder River Energy, Sundance – Mike Lohse
DAV I D SO N LE AD S
of powering communities 24
Wheatland REA, Wheatland – Sandra Hranchak
B Y E X AMP LE
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WREA NOTES
KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON ISN’T ENOUGH.
I
know that on the top of everyone’s The ugly: The traffic, the wind farms and
reading list is the story of my family’s the smog. We try to stay off the main high-
spring break trip this year. I further ways and interstates when possible, but we
know that I’ve written about our annu- thought it would be fun to drive down the
al RV trip to national parks in the past. Las Vegas Strip in the RV like the Griswolds.
But last month, during the 3,300 mile It was fun, and I don’t know if it was because
road trip, I was writing this column it was Easter Sunday and we were driving
SHAWN TAYLOR
EX E C U TI VE D I R E C TO R in the back of my head because it just through “Sin City,” but just outside of Vegas
seemed to make sense. So, if you all we got caught up in a traffic jam and at one
will indulge me, I would like to share the good, point it took us over an hour to drive nine
the bad and the ugly from our trip. miles! That threw us off schedule, but it’s
just one of those things we had to deal with.
The good: Without a doubt the good on these
trips are the times I get to spend with my fam- This isn’t an anti-wind energy statement
ily as we visit some of the most beautiful and but as we were coming into our campground
unique places our country has to offer. This was just outside of Palm Springs I was absolutely
our 7th annual RV to NPs trip and all told, we’ve amazed at the number of towers, turbines
visited 18 national parks. (20, if you count Yel- and blades that covered the land and the
lowstone and Grand Teton, but those weren’t horizon for as far as the eye could see. Now
part of the spring break RV tradition.) This year to be fair, the wind there was worse than it
we set our sights on the Great Basin in Nevada was on the stretch on I-80 so I guess it’s a
and Joshua Tree and Yosemite in California. natural place to put these wind farms, but it
“Life is a journey, not a destination.” This quote sure ruined the view.
is attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson and I And finally, as we drove north from Joshua
couldn’t agree more with Ralph, but in the case
Tree towards Yosemite, we came within
of our RV trips it’s about the journey with my
about 150 miles of Los Angeles … and you
RV TO NPs family (backroads, campgrounds and making
friends with strangers) AND the destinations
could tell. With California laying claim
to eight of the ten worst polluted cities in
SPRING BREAK 2018 (cave climbing at Great Basin, rock climbing in
Joshua Tree and hiking to the top of the magnifi-
America (and we drove by or close to three
or four of them) it made me sad and angry.
cent Vernal Falls in Yosemite). These trips are
Sad that we could be so close to the beauty
good for the soul.
of the national park we just visited but also
The Good, the Bad The bad: Weather! Both at the beginning and that close to the pollution and poverty that
the end of the trip the weather was bad. I know we witnessed. And angry because I think
and the Ugly
driving across Wyoming on Interstate 80 in early the elected officials, and non-elected movie
April is a risky venture, and we’ve experienced stars in California should clean up their own
some pretty bad weather on this stretch during backyard and take a look at how and why it’s
our adventures before, but the wind this year gotten so bad there (particularly in Southern
was almost too much … almost. We persevered
We’re not your typical electric company, we’re a local not-for-profit electric cooperative.
California) before they start preaching to
and made it to our first campground unscathed. the rest of the country and the world about We power our community with more than just electricity. Our employees
The rest of the trip we had great weather until what needs to be done, how we should live give time and resources to help build a better community.
the morning we left Yosemite for home. We our lives, and how we should manage our
woke up to rain, which turned into snow and
lasted until the worst stretch between Laramie
resources, because the view from behind the
RV windshield was really ugly. YOUR SOURCE OF POWER. AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
and Cheyenne, after driving for 20 hours. It was
2 a.m. snowy/foggy/scary. But again we made it
home. That was definitely the bad.
Your energy starts here.
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GRASSROOTS NETWORK GRASSROOTS NETWORK
VOICES FROM THE OTHER SIDE A FUTURE THAT INCLUDES COAL
More than 100 people spoke at the While Governor Matt Mead has created the Ec-
listening session, and not everyone We care about the onomically Needed Diversity Options for Wyo-
wanted to repeal the plan. Repre- environment. We ming (ENDOW) initiative to explore new sourc-
sentatives from Moms Clean Air are also morally and es of revenue for Wyoming, he doesn’t plan to
let go of coal anytime soon. Instead he plans to
Force, environmental groups, and ethically bound to innovate.
former EPA employees spoke about provide affordable
PHOTO BY KELLY ETZEL DOUGLAS
electricity.
the need to cut carbon emissions to “America needs more coal, not less,” he told EPA
protect health and the environment. representatives during the listening session.
JUDY COLGAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
Kerrigan Clough, a retired senior ex- ROCKY MOUNTAIN COAL MINING INSTITUTE
Mead touted the Integrated Testing Center at
ecutive from the Denver EPA office, the Dry Fork Station near Gillette, where re-
searchers will soon be testing new uses for CO2
spoke of the passing of the original
emissions directly from the plant’s exhaust system.
BY KELLY ETZEL DOUGLAS Clean Air Act, and how it cut sulfur emissions and made
cities noticeably cleaner. Wyoming’s low-sulfur Pow- For electricity providers, the Clean Power Plan just isn’t going to
der River coal and coal ash flourished after the act was work as it was written.
EPA LISTENING SESSION IN GILLETTE
passed, he said. “Please fix the CPP but don’t eliminate
DRAWS CROWD
“We care about the environment,” said Judy Colgan, Executive Direc-
it totally.”
a tor of Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute. “We are also morally
and ethically bound to provide affordable electricity.” W
Joni Teter, also retired from the EPA, spoke of losing fu-
ture employment opportunities by failing to research
Representatives from Wyoming’s Rural Electric Cooperatives, as well as national, state replacements for coal technology. Kelly Etzel Douglas is the publications manager for WREN Magazine.
and local representatives traveled to Gillette on March 27 to speak at the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Listening Session on the repeal of the Clean Power Plan.
While the plan never went into effect, the idea of the plan af- 2017, with an average weekly wage of $1,636, almost twice the
fected people across the West, said WREA Executive Director state average. The state’s coal-fired power plants provide more
Shawn Taylor. jobs, along with a steady power supply.
“It is our concern for the rural communities, businesses, homes While renewable energy resources such as wind and solar pow-
and families across the state that will bear the huge burden of er are gaining use throughout Wyoming and the nation, some
the trickle down and ancillary impacts, as has already been re- local representatives stated that the Clean Power Plan asked for
alized in some communities in Wyoming just by the threat of too much, too fast.
the Clean Power Plan,” Taylor told federal repre- “Our neighbors represent nine of the ten largest
sentatives during the session. ABOVE Governor
coal mines in the U.S.,” said Powder River Energy
Matt Mead speaks during
The Clean Power Plan, an executive order signed a rally for coal before the Corporation CEO Mike Easley. He urged the federal
by President Obama in 2015 and then stayed by EPA Listening Session in government to “let human ingenuity complete its
Gillette on March 27. work,” as mines and power plants research meth-
the Supreme Court in 2016, is an effort to combat
global warming by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) ods to curb emissions.
emissions. Calling for a 30 percent cut of 2005-era CO2 emis- High-paying jobs aren’t the only thing at risk from the plan.
sion levels by 2030, the plan especially impacted coal-fired Wyoming’s schools rely heavily on mineral royalties.
power plants.
“Since 2003, Wyoming built schools with coal money,” Superin-
Wyoming is the nation’s top coal producer, and the state uses tendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow told a friendly crowd
coal to generate about 90 percent of its electricity. According during a rally for coal before the listening session. “Every stu-
to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, coal mines dent has access to quality and equitable education, no matter
employed more than 5,500 people in the state at the end of the neighborhood or parents’ money.”
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YOUTH TOUR
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1875-1900
ELECTRIFICATION BEGINS
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In the early years, linemen learn
JULY 25 & 26, 2018 basic principles and hazards in
uncommon for linemen to
wear hats made of felt or
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA realtime. Safety standards
are non- existent, and
leather for protection.
most line equipment is
To register visit handmade.
northeast.edu/ 2018/Power-Show BARE HANDS Linemen
HOMEMADE BELTS Linemen rarely wear gloves for
For information call (402) 844-7216. fashion belts to wrap around protection, opting instead
waist and pole— or they to work bare-handed.
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Nebraska Municipalities Utility Section Eight Wyoming high school students will take Homemade climbers lack
Workers dig holes by
hand with digging bars,
part in the National Rural Electric Cooperatives pads and have only upper
spoons, and shovels.
Association (NRECA) Youth Tour in early June. and lower straps.
The group will spend seven days in Washington D.C., meeting with Wyoming’s Con-
gressional Delegation and visiting museums, memorials and historic sites. Youth Tour
participants from almost every state will gather one day of the trip for Youth Day, a 1901-1925
special event with presentations from the NRECA. Each earned a place on the trip by
completing an application along with sending letters of recommendation and partici- SAFETY BEGINNINGS
pating in interviews with WREA staff and board members. Bridger Valley’s Justin Sweep HOMEMADE HOT STICKS
protect what matters Safety rules and formalized
and Wyoming Rural Electric Association’s Robin Feezer will chaperone the tour. Linemen make their own hot
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Visit our website at
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for more information.
Robin Feezer at rfeezer@wyomingrea.org for more information.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY JEFF DIONISE/NRECA
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COWBOY STATE BUZZ COWBOY STATE BUZZ
106 WYOMING STATE FAIR
TH
PHOTO KELLY ETZEL DOUGLAS
This structure, seen just before sunrise,
TO LAST FOUR DAYS may be very familiar. Can you tell
WHERE us its name and location?
IN WYO?
The Wyoming State Fair is condensing the eight-day schedule
of years past to an action-packed four-day event. APRIL'S ANSWER
Out of business for many years, the Tumble Inn
in Powder River was once advertised as “the
wide spot on the highway.” A vintage postcard
WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE described the fare inside like this: “Liquors, wines
and beer, served with the best of cheer, from
“The condensed schedule will increase a sandwich to a complete dinner. Specializing
STARTS daily activity on the grounds for the in broiled steaks and chops, country-style fried
WED • AUG 15
ENDS
duration of the fair while shortening
the time away from home for families,
vendors, and young people who partici-
chicken.”
Congratulations to Amy Ernst of Laramie for being the
SAT • AUG 18
pate in the fair,” said James Goodrich, first person to correctly identify the photograph.
Director of the Wyoming State Fair. “We
believe it will be easier for youth from
DOUGLAS across the state to attend and compete
at the Wyoming State Fair.” DO YOU KNOW WHERE IN WYOMING THIS IS? Send your WHERE IN WYOMING? guess to: wren@wyomingrea.org
The full schedule of competitions at the
fair is still being finalized, and the goal is
Wyoming Cancer Program
to include all of the 4H and FFA competi-
tions that have traditionally been a part
UNC Extended Campus helped
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
of the event. The focus of the Wyoming
me advance my career while State Fair continues to be youth com-
juggling busy work and family petition and the agricultural heritage of
Wyoming held in a festive environment.
Prevention and early detection through cancer screenings are
schedules. I was so glad to find
the options of face-to-face,
the key to reducing the burden of cancer in Wyoming.
And we can help!
“We have been working on the schedule
online, or even hybrid classes and are confident that most competi-
to continue my education. tions that were a part of the fair before
will be included in the condensed sched-
ule,” said Goodrich. “Details of the up- Who is eligible?
coming fair will be finalized soon and Women aged 40 years or older
we believe the change will maintain fes- Women ages 21-29 who have not had a Pap test in the last 3 years
tivities, and give attendees fuller days of Women aged 30 and older who have not had a Pap test in the last 3 years or a Pap test
fair activities while keeping the focus of
with HPV test in the past 5 years
youth and agricultural related competi- Anyone with a previous diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer
With:
Maybe You’re One Of Us tion.”
A household income at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
Medicare Part A or no insurance
For more information,
including tickets and updates
to the events schedule, please
call 307-358-2398 or visit
Learn more at extended.unco.edu or (970) 351-1693 WWW.WYSTATEFAIR.COM.
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CENTERPIECE
Kristin Zerbst- She kicked the tires a few times lific dinosaur fields. The first
before she noticed she was kick- dinosaur bones were discovered
Stauffer had headed
ing up dinosaur bones. It was in the area in the late 1800s.
WYOMING
out to check on the just another moment on the There’s a family story of her
chokecherries on family ranch, which is home to great-grandfather helping a pa-
her family’s ranch in PaleoPark, the family business leontologist take out bones with
DINOSAUR
Niobrara County when where they offer dinosaur tours his wagon. The family some-
and digs. times has contests to see who
the four-wheeler she
can find the most, or best teeth
rode got stuck. It wasn’t a shock, or even a big
on an outing.
deal when she realized she’d
RANCHES
kicked the rib cage of a Tricer- The ranch is one of several in
atops that day. The incident only Eastern Wyoming where dino-
really stands out in memory saur bones are abundant, new
because she found a predator’s discoveries are constantly being
tooth embedded in the bone, made and the public can visit
making it a more unusual find. and even dig for bones them-
Zerbst-Stauffer grew up finding selves.
dinosaur bones. She didn’t even For people like Zerbst-Stauffer
have to look for them, they were who live with the bones, it’s easy
everywhere. “We learned to keep
to forget the bones they acci-
our head to the ground,” she
dentally kick or stumble across
said. “There’s not necessarily a
are special. But every time a kid
science to it. I’ve known people
touches a Triceratops bone for
who’ve found huge skeletons
the first time, or a researcher
because they wandered off to go
comes across something totally
to the bathroom.”
unexpected, the ranch owners
LEFT Wyatt Stauffer
lassos a sub-adult Edmon- The ranch, homesteaded by her remember, having remains from
tosaurus skeleton replica great-grandparents in the late creatures that walked the Earth
on the Zerbst Ranch. 1800s, sits on the Lance Forma- millions of years ago on your
tion, one the world’s most pro- land is pretty amazing.
The family sometimes has contests to see
WALKING INTO ANCIENT HISTORY IN EASTERN WYOMING who can find the most, or best teeth on an outing.
PHOTO BY KRISTINA H. RICHARDSON
continued on page 18
BY KELSEY DAYTON
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In 1997, Zerbst-Stauffer’s parents, Leonard and Arlene Zerbst were digging PaleoPark opened in July 2000, shortly after Leonard Zerbst died of cancer. found on the ranch, BELOW Leonard and
for bones as they often did. The bone they found kept going into the dirt— He didn’t get to see the dream come to life, but since then, hundreds have Johnson said. Arlene Zerbst pictured on
a sign that it was something big. They’d stumbled on what would become visited the ranch from around the world. A visit to PaleoPark includes a two- their ranch in 1998.
Johnson’s great-grand-
known as one of the most complete skeletons of a Triceratops ever found. hour tour, background on the ranch and a chance to prospect for bones.
continued from page 17 father homesteaded in
They called it “Kelsey” after their granddaughter and sent it to the Chil-
“Lately we’ve been finding a bunch of frontal T. rex teeth from babies,” the area in the early 1900s and they’ve found
dren’s Museum of Indianapolis.
Zerbst-Stauffer said. “You just never know what you are going to find.” bones on the property ever since. As a kid she re-
riceratops are
Later they discovered a Triceratops they called “Lane” (also named after a members walking around and finding vertebrae,
the most com- On the nearby Hanson Ranch, students from the Southwestern Adventist
grandchild). This specimen was mummified and still had some of its skin. teeth and other remains. She never thought much
mon find on University in Keene, Texas, come each year to dig for bones. A museum in
“Lane” now lives in the Museum of Natural History in Houston. about it. The bones had just always been there.
Zerbst-Stauffer’s family ranch and at their com- Keene has more than 20,000 bones from their ranch, said ranch owner Caro-
mercial operation PaleoPark. But they’ve also It was Zerbst-Stauffer’s parents who dreamt up PaleoPark, a place where lyn Johnson. The Lance Formation runs through much of the
found remains of Edmontosaurus, Pachycephalo- people could come and learn and dig on the ranch. Leonard Zerbst loved the ranch. About 20 years ago the family formed a
All the bones found on the Hanson
saurus and Dromaeosaurus. look on a child’s face the first time they touched a bone and learned it was partnership with Southwestern Adventist Uni-
Ranch go to the university and muse-
millions of years old. He wanted to spread that joy, and also find a way to versity. While Johnson isn’t an Adventist, she and
The most interesting bones discovered on the ums, Johnson said. Her father, Glenn
help ensure the future of the ranch. her family are creationists and share views with
property, the family sent to museums. There’s Hanson, was a cowboy, who worried As a kid she remembers the researchers from the university.
the Tyrannosaurus rex rib cage found on a ridge “Dad said, some day the oil will dry up and the gas
BELOW A scene from
scientists weren’t getting a chance to walking around and
on the ranch, now in a Chicago museum. But sig- will dry up and we need to find a way to sustain look at bones that were sold off to the Each year faculty and students from the univer-
nificant, almost full skeletons have also been ex- the ranch,” Zerbst-Stauffer said. “This was a way to
the Zerbst Ranch.
highest bidder. The family has never
finding vertebrae, teeth sity find more than 1,000 specimens they take
humed on the ranch. also showcase our world and make people happy.” made money on any bones or fossils and other remains. She back to Texas to clean and study. Mostly they find
never thought much continued on page 20
about it. The bones had
just always been there.
PHOTO BY LEAH YETTER
PHOTOS COURTESY OF KRISTIN ZERBST-STAUFFER
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ILLUSTRATION BY BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE INTERN SIERRA MORROW
KIDS’ CORNER
WYOMING’S STATE DINOSAUR THE TRICERATOPS, a horned vegetarian dinosaur, became the official
state dinosaur of Wyoming in 1994. The iconic animal lived in Wyo-
Din saur
ming more than 65 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. THE SIZE &
According to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, its official name, Triceratops horri- GAIT OF A DINOSAUR CAN
dus, means “horrible three-horned face.” The horns above its eye sockets could be more BE DETERMINED
than three-feet long. The horns were sharp and made of keratin, the same material that FROM ITS FOOTPRINT:
makes up human fingernails. The dinosaurs were huge: a Triceratops could be 10-feet
tall and 30-feet long, according to the museum. Two significant Triceratops were found
in Eastern Wyoming. One, discovered in 1997, was one of the most complete skeletons
F O O T P R I N T S Locate a track of a
bipedal dinosaur that
ever found. Another was mummified, which preserved actual skin from the dinosaur.
1 includes at least three
footprints.
H
continued from page 19
Measure a footprint
from the heel to the tip
disarticulate bones, or bones separated e’s since found about 10,000 fossils on his 2 of the middle toe. Call
at the joints, but they’ve found some ranch. He found a fossilized 3-inch claw. Ant
that FL (for footprint
larger partial skeletons, Johnson said. hills on the property are full of mammal teeth. length).
Most of the dinosaur bones found in
“I’ve got a Triceratops foot sitting here on a
the area on her ranch belonged to duck-
table, or at least most of it, I have all the toes,” FL X 4 =
billed dinosaurs, but in recent years pa-
he said.
leontologists have found what could be HIP HEIGHT OF
a juvenile T. rex, or a new species of di- In about 2007 he focused on the fossils and THE DINOSAUR
nosaur not yet identified, Johnson said. started marketing dinosaur bone collection
While they limit most of the digging to
tours on the ranch. Each year Bliss leads up to five tours with up to four people per FL X 10 =
group. The tours last about two days. Bliss trains guests on what to look for and how
the university, the family does invite LENGTH OF
to work with the bones without damaging them. Then they get to go dig.
the public to the ranch to learn about THE DINOSAUR
the dinosaurs and dig every Father’s Bliss can guarantee guests will find something in one of the active quarries.
Day. It was a tradition her father started
“It’s physically impossible not to find things,” Bliss said. Measure the distance
as a gift to the community and one they
between two right
continue. Bliss’ clients come from around the world. Last year he had visitors that watched the
Paleontologists have learned tons about dinosaurs from studying fossil bones, including a
3 footprints or two left
eclipse in Jackson and then came to the ranch. They said the ranch was the highlight footprints. This is the
The wealth of dinosaur bones isn’t lot about how and where dinosaurs died. To find out more about how and where they lived,
of their Wyoming vacation, Bliss said. stride length.
limited to the Lance Formation near paleontologists use evidence from footprints—a branch of paleontology called paleoichnology.
BELOW A collection of Triceratops horns
Newcastle. Frank Bliss bought a ranch Bliss keeps the fossils found on his ranch, found at Bliss Dinosaur Ranch. Divide the stride length
near Weston in 1999 after he retired in unless he donates them to a museum or Here’s some interesting facts about dinosaurs learned from footprints: by the hip height.
Jackson. The ranch was only about 5.5 an educational institute. He doesn’t sell 4 If the answer is less
square miles and affordable. his finds. He occasionally lets guests take Some dinosaurs lived and traveled Dinosaurs kept their tails Tracks provide direct
evidence about how
than 2, the dinosaur
in herds that included all ages. raised. Early reconstruc-
home something they find, as long as it’s was walking. If the
Bliss’ ranch sits on the Hell Creek For- Trackways indicate that dinosaurs tions of dinosaurs often dinosaurs moved, includ-
not rare or scientifically significant. moved together, often following represented sluggish-looking ing their gaits and speed. answer is greater than
mation. Bliss has a degree in geobiolo-
shorelines; other sites indicate animals that dragged their Depending on the species, 2.9, it was running. If
gy and a master’s degree in geology. No “Like a Triceratops femur,” he said. “We dinosaurs feeding together on veg- oversized tails behind. But dinosaurs were quadru- between 2 and 2.9, the
one had collected dinosaur bones from have a lot of Triceratops femurs. Every- etation. Because modern animals among the tens of thousands pedal (walked on four dinosaur was trotting.
the ranch, but Bliss wasn’t shocked body’s got them.” that live in herds have adaptations of footprints preserved, there feet), bipedal (walked on
that enable them to get along and are very few tail-drag marks. two feet), or alternated
when he kicked a vertebrae walking on
select mates, such as behaviors (like High-tailed representations of between quadrupedal
the ranch.
It’s no big deal if you live on a dinosaur
dogs have) or physical features (like dinosaurs have been around and bipedal. They walked,
NOW IMAGINE
ranch in Eastern Wyoming. W
antlers) that indicate who is domi- for nearly 50 years now, trotted or ran, but appar- DINOSAURS OF THAT
The ranch was a fixer-upper and took nant, dinosaur specialists infer that supported by more thorough ently they did not gallop
most of his attention the first years.
SIZE MOVING ACROSS
PHOTO BY FRANK BLISS
dinosaurs had similar adaptations, knowledge of dinosaur anat- (like horses) or bound
He started collecting the fossils on his
Kelsey Dayton is a freelancer and the editor of
Outdoors Unlimited. She has worked as a re-
and interpreted spikes, horns and omy, as well as the evidence (like deer). THE LANDSCAPE!
other ornamentations in that light. presented by tracks.
ranch in about 2001, systematically porter for the Gillette News-Record, Jackson Hole
covering the land. News&Guide and the Casper Star-Tribune.
20 W R E N M A G A Z I N E MAY 2018 MAY 2018 W R E N M A G A Z I N E 21HOME ON THE RANGE HOME ON THE RANGE
Back on the front side of the shop, the moun- a tractor loader. Before
tain climbing rope reached nearly to the I could completely relax
ground. I put on my Carhartt tool belt and
My gloves were smoking and the my grip, a splice in the
tied a caulking gun full of silicone onto the rope where it had been
knees of my pants were gone. Both
belt with bale twine. With my drill/driver in repaired many years
hand I climbed up the first ladder to the trac-
shoes were in the tractor bucket
ago caught in my gloved
tor loader bucket. I put the drill/driver down where I had left them when the rope
hands and snatched me
in the bucket and got ready to tie the rope jerked me onto the roof. out of the bucket onto
around my waist before climbing the next the roof as fast as the
ladder to the roof. horse on the other side
Unbeknownst to me, my horses had come of the barn could run. I shot up the slick metal roof like an Olympic ski jumper
over to investigate that yellow wheel weight until my Carhartt tool belt caught on a roofing nail. Carhartt makes a good tool
and rope in their corral. When I pulled the belt. The stop was sudden and complete. The end of the rope whizzed over the
rope tight it came up under the belly of one of roof as hoofbeats disappeared into the distance.
the horses. He took off like his tail was on fire
BY BRUCE CONNALLY I oozed down off the roof into the tractor bucket until I could quit shaking. My
with the rope pulled up into his flank. I heard
gloves were smoking and the knees of my pants were gone. Both shoes were in
running hoofbeats about the same time as
COUNTRY FOLKS
the tractor bucket where I had left them when the rope jerked me onto the roof.
the rope began smoking through my hands. A
I really wasn’t hurt and it sure didn’t look like we were going to get rain anytime
horse person instinctively tightens their grip
soon. Maybe a little water in my toolbox wasn’t such a bad thing after all. W
FI X THINGS
on a lead rope if a horse tries to run away. I
did grab that rope for a fleeting second, trying
not to lose it, as my brain processed the fact Dr. Bruce Connally practices equine medicine in central Wyoming and northern Colorado from
that I was 15 feet up in the air in the bucket of his home in Berthoud, Colo.
Country folks fix things. Sometimes it is of necessity, like when This metal shop was tall,
as it had originally been
the bulls break down a gate and get in with the neighbors’
built to house gravel
yearling heifers. Other times it is just that we think we can do trucks. My tractor loader
it better or cheaper than hiring a professional. could not quite reach the
eaves. I raised the loader
as high as it would go
This was the case when I decided to repair the roof and used a 20-foot extension ladder to climb up to the bucket. A second
of my shop. An EF4 tornado had come through our shorter ladder in the loader bucket got me on the roof. There were some
neighborhood a couple years ago. It destroyed two loose nails I could reach from the ladder so I replaced them with screws,
homes and generally wreaked havoc on anything in but the metal roof was too slippery to work on, even when I exchanged my
its path. We were lucky. There was no visible dam- cowboy boots for running shoes.
age to our property except the loss of electricity for a
couple days. A few weeks later, after a big rainstorm, Then I had an idea. There was some mountain climbing rope in the shop
I found a puddle of water on my workbench. The (purchased used from the National Outdoor Leadership School in Lander
tornado had apparently lifted the metal roofing on many years ago) that had been used to tie loads of hay on my truck. If I at-
LEFT Cattle graze in
my shop enough to pull some of the nails out of the tached that rope to something on the other side of the shop, I could tie it the mountain pasture.
rafters. This seemed an easy fix: I moved the work- around my waist and keep from sliding off the roof. I found a 100-pound
wheel weight from a John Deere tractor and lugged that around behind the RIGHT Scottish
bench. We had a pretty dry summer so my fix worked
Highland cows and calves
pretty well, but the morning after a nice half-inch shop into the horse corral. It took three tries to throw the mountain climb- at Black Market Farm in
rain I found my good set of box-end wrenches mari- ing rope over that tall shop. I tied the rope to the wheel weight and pulled Centennial Valley.
nating in 2 inches of rusty water in the bottom of a the weight out into the corral a little further so the sharp edge of the metal
toolbox. Time to fix the roof. roof wouldn’t be likely to cut the rope.
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AND
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CAN YOU CHOOSE THE DINOSAUR NAME THAT BEST DESCRIBES EACH DINOSAUR QUALITY?
HER SIBLINGS
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He began a business curriculum in col- “I send personalized birthday cards to every student each year, and try to know all
lege with the intent of going into law. about each of the students and their families. I try to encourage them. I try to help
After a couple years, “It didn’t seem them see when they make a poor choice, help them accept the consequences, and be
C O A C H P R I N C I P A L the way to go,” he said. After teaching
seminary to high school students, he
able to process and avoid repeating that.”
Dontae Garza, student and member of the high school basketball team, said, “Matt is
felt teaching young people was where
LEADS BY EXAMPLE he could make a difference.
truly one of the most incredible individuals that I have ever met … He has taught me
so much through his actions. I want to be like him.”
Davidson began his teaching career as Burlington School Counselor Phillip Olson added, “On top of Matt’s achievements,
an elementary teacher in Laramie and leadership, and involvement, it’s his personality and character that have personally
Tensleep, then returned influenced me the most. Matt genuinely cares about peo-
BY NEVA BODIN to school to get his mas- ple. It’s not for show. He is someone that makes you want
ter’s degree. Married with to be a better person, always.
“One generation has to prepare the next. Each young person is unique and has small children, he returned “It’s rare to find him sitting in his office … I always know
to Burlington, seeing the Matt genuinely cares that he’s continually building a culture of inclusivity, re-
great potential. Our job as educators is to give them opportunities and discover community as a great place about people. It’s not spect, and love of learning with each and every student
who they are to prepare them to be successful,” said Matt Davidson, principal and to raise a family.
for show. He is some- who enters our school.”
basketball coach at Burlington Schools. His family now includes one that makes you Stephanie Smith, Burlington first grade teacher who’s
five sons, a daughter and want to be a better worked with Davidson for 16 years, said, “He reaches out
three grandchildren. His and takes care of people. If he sees someone in the com-
person, always. munity that doesn’t have a washing machine, he somehow
Davidson was nominated to WREN wife, Margaret, is an assis-
tant coach and special edu- figures out how to get them a washing machine. He seems
BELOW Matt Davidson coaches Burlington by Big Horn Rural Electric Company
cation professional. to meet people at their need. He goes out shoveling the
Huskies basketball players during the state as an educator who makes a differ- walks and driveways for people. He has a connection with kids beyond school. He’s
championship game in Casper in March. ence in his community. Davidson makes a difference in his helped me widen my vision as a teacher.
Davidson has been principal at Bur- community.
“He knows every kid in our building and he knows their names. I have never worked
lington Schools, which includes el- Pam McNiven, who worked with Da- with a principal who knows every kid’s name. I think that’s pretty spectacular. Because
PHOTO BY ILENE OLSON
ementary, middle and high schools, vidson for 19 years, stated he made an of his connection with the kids at school which then returns into the community, I
for 20 years. For the last nine years, immediate difference when he became think he makes a huge difference.”
he’s added the title of head bas- principal by helping the staff set goals Davidson remembers the teachers and coaches who influenced him. “As I grow older,
ketball coach. During this time, and write mission statements. She I appreciate what a powerful influence those folks had in my life. I see that happening
Burlington Elementary School was feels staff and teachers work as a team every day with the teachers and staff who are reaching out to kids and making a differ-
named a Wyoming Blue Ribbon in the school because of Davidson’s ence. I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of that,” he said. W
School by the National Blue Ribbon leadership.
Schools Program in 2009 and 2017.
Margaret Davidson sees her husband’s Neva Bodin is a Casper-based freelance writer, registered nurse, painter and poet.
The program recognizes and honors
impact firsthand during basketball
Buckle up.
schools with high levels of student
practice. “With consistent encourage-
achievement. From 2014 to 2017,
ment and practice, the boys find that
Burlington High School enjoyed the hard work they put into accom-
four straight state basketball cham- plishing something pays off. He is al-
pionships. They narrowly lost this ways helping them remember that this
year’s championship to Kaycee. is true in all aspects of their lives.”
Born and raised near Burlington, “As a basketball coach,” said Matt Da-
Davidson grew up on a farm. He and
PHOTO COURTESY OF SAM DAVIDSON
vidson, “I have opportunities to be a
his seven brothers and three sisters positive role model … to help them
helped raise livestock, sheep, and see how basketball is like life and help
It’s a good idea.
hogs. The busy farm gave him “lots prepare them to make good choices,
of opportunities to learn about life be good decision-makers and become
and hard work,” he said. voting citizens.
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RED GULCH
DINOSAUR TRACKSITE
BY REATHA THOMAS OAKLEY
Over there, west of Shell Canyon,
on that back, rough road to Ten Sleep,
through country only home to sheep,
rock cairns dot land halcyon,
a few brave snakes offer companion-
APPLES ship in this little-known world,
now dry, but once water swirled
around the feet of dinosaurs
QUICK APPLE
eating grasses on ocean floors,
SCANDINAVIAN APPLE CINNAMON the tracks left: history unfurled.
APPLE
DUMPLINGS PUDDING WHITE CAKE
A
1/3 CUP BROWN SUGAR
2 MEDIUM GRANNY SMITH APPLES 1/4 CUP BUTTER 1 TSP GROUND CINNAMON
ONE 8-COUNT PACKAGE OF REFRIGERATED melt in large skillet 2/3 CUP WHITE SUGAR
CRESCENT ROLL DOUGH 1/2 CUP BUTTER, SOFTENED
3 CUPS BREAD CUBES (3 SLICES)
1/8 TSP CINNAMON At the grocery store,
add and brown lightly 2 EGGS
1/2 CUP BUTTER he saw a lady with a flat.
Remove from heat 1 1/2 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
1 CUP SUGAR (SHORT THIS A LITTLE) “I ought to help her out,” he thought,
and stir in: 1 1/2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR but he left and that was that.
1 CUP ORANGE JUICE (CAN USE HALF WATER) 1 3/4 TSP BAKING POWDER
2 CUPS APPLESAUCE
1 TSP VANILLA 1/2 CUP MILK
1/4 CUP SUGAR I ought to use my time,
1/2 CUP FINELY CHOPPED PECANS 1 APPLE, PEELED AND CHOPPED
1/8 TSP SALT helping others then I’d be,
Preheat oven to 350 degree. Grease an 8 in. Pour into pie plate.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 loaf
someone who is honored
square pan. Peel and core apples. Cut each into
quarters. Unroll and separate crescent roll dough.
Combine and sprinkle over
applesauce mixture:
pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an
In the for their productivity.
should
Wrap each apple section in a crescent roll. Place electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, I ought to do the dishes,
2 TBS SUGAR BY DEBRA BROWN
in pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Combine butter, one at a time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract. I ought to clean the house,
sugar and orange juice in a medium saucepan. 1/2 TSP CINNAMON Combine flour and baking powder together in a bowl; stir I ought to raise my children,
Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 TSP NUTMEG into creamed butter mixture. Mix milk into batter until I ought to help my spouse.
vanilla. Pour over dumplings. Sprinkle pecans smooth. Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan;
over top. Bake 30 minutes, or until crust is golden Dot with add half the apple and half the brown sugar mixture.
and beginning to bubble and apples are just 1 TBS BUTTER Lightly pat apple mixture into batter. Pour the remaining I could be well-rounded,
tender when pierced with a fork. To serve, spoon batter over apple layer; top with remaining apple and but there is this awful schism,
some of the syrup over dumplings. Serve with ice Bake in 375 oven for 30 minutes. brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apple into batter; swirl for I am one of many,
cream, whipped cream or cream if desired. Serve warm with whipped brown sugar mixture through apples using a knife. Bake who suffer from ought-ism.
Serves eight. cream or ice cream. in the preheated oven 60 minutes or until a toothpick
inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
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May 20 03 Nici Self Historical Museum Annual
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JUNE 15-17 SUBMIT
Durham Ranch north of Wright on AN EVENT
C H U G WAT E R Clearmont Days: Activities for all, Hwy 59. $20 person, $40 family,
including corn hole tournament, breakfast included, info http://
JUNE 16 goat roping, game zone, duck races durhambisonranch.com.
Chugwater Chili Cookoff: 33rd and chili cookoff. Live music and
annual event will feature chili vendors Sat and Sun, info 307-758-
tasting and voting, live music,
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interactive entertainment, art show
and more. 9a-6p, Staats Park. Info July issue’s events by
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chugwaterchilicookoff.org.
FIRST MONDAYS
JUNE 10!
THURSDAYS Promotion Board Meeting: First Please remember that events
Acoustic Jam Session: Come to play an Monday of every other month DUBOIS from the 20th of July to the
instrument, sing or listen, 6p, Stampede at 4:30 pm alternating between ONGOING MAY 26 20th of August are included
Saloon, free, info 422-3200. Moorcroft, Hulett, Sundance, and Rural Landscapes: Traveling Classic Car & Bike Show: 10a- in the July issue. Also, be
Pine Haven. Exhibit presented by Wyoming 5p, City Park, info 307-455-2316, sure to include the date,
FRIDAYS State Museum, through May, West duboisalumnireunion@gmail.com. title, description, time, cost,
PHOTO BY JENNIE HUTCHINSON
Farmers’ Market: 8–10:30a, Chugwater Texas Trail Museum. location, address and contact
Town Park.
information for each event.
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ENCAMPMENT Photos are always welcome.
JUNE 2
FEATURED MAY 26 9th Annual Old Stoney Art
EVENT CJ Box Book Signing: Wyoming author Auction: A social event with local
will sign his book The Disappeared, 3p, art, spirits, fine food and auctions.
Grand Encampment Museum. $50 at the door. All proceeds for
Look for more events at
EAGLE SPIRIT DANCERS
restoration of Old Stoney. 4p, the
H AW K S P R I N G S big white tent at Main and 4th, info wyomingrea.org/news.
JUNE 13 307-283-3666.
Hamburger Fry: Eat, enter a 50/50 GILLETTE
JUNE 2
raffle, and listen to the Torrington JUNE 9
JUNE 2 Street Dance: Croell, Inc. 50th QUESTIONS &
LANDER JUNE 20 7-8:30P Fiddlers. All proceeds to maintain the Kid’s Fishing Day with Pete’s
Dance Through the Decades: anniversary celebration with SUBMISSIONS:
Hawk Springs Community Building. Pond Party: Youth will explore
Dancing, silent auction and raffles a downtown street dance and
Traditional Native American performances against 5-7p, Hawks Springs Community the newly-established Pete’s Pond. wren@
to benefit the Rockpile Museum entertainment by Chancey Williams 9a-3p, near the Dubois Medical wyomingrea.org
the backdrop of the Wind River Mountains. The public may Building, $7, 6-11 $3, 5 and under free,
Association’s paid summer & the Younger Brothers Band. 7-11p,
info 307-532-5081. Clinic on Highway 26, free, info 307-
join in the Friendship dance. Benches provided but lawn internship program. Sponsors Main Street, info 307-283-2221.
[307] 772-1968
455-2466.
chairs are welcome. Leashed pets okay. J AY E M
include Powder River Energy 214 W. Lincolnway
Corporation and Basin Electric. UPTON TUESDAYS JUNE 12 TO AUG 21 Ste. 21C
1445 W. MAIN ST., FREE Cheyenne, WY 82001
MAY-SEP Doors open at 6, dinner served at Traditional Square Dancing: Bring
INFO: 307-335-8778 • AMWEST@WYOMING.COM • MUSEUMOFTHEAMERICANWEST.COM MAY 29
Tours of Historic Jay Em on the 6:30. $25, Campbell County Senior the family to this Dubois tradition wyomingrea.org/
Center, info 908-962-7585, holyoak. Library Summer Reading since 1948. 8-9:30p, 119 East wren-submissions
Rawhide: Appointment only, donations
sw@earthlink.net. Program: 722 Fourth Street, info Ramshorn. Adults $4, kids 12 and
accepted, info 307-735-4364.
NORTHWEST 307-468-2324. under $2, info 307-455-2430.
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