Jackson Hole Underground

Will this bucolic pasture be home to a major new development? Not likely.

The sale of the 78-acre Lloyd property at the mouth of Cache Creek Canyon has residents of east Jackson alarmed.

The prized parcel, much of which is marsh land bordering the creek, was bought by developer and Jackson Hole native Jamie Mackay late last year, with backing from others in the community.

Mackay has not revealed his plans for the land, which borders the Bridger-Teton National Forest and sits outside the city boundaries. But the prospect of 40 to 50 housing units — a figure floated by his attorney — has the resistance organizing.

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Where do the roots connect the aspens?

Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller is testifying today in the perjury trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff. The blog firedoglake is posting a play-by-play.

Will Miller shed light on Libby’s mysterious allusion to her vacation in Jackson Hole, in a letter he penned while she was in prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury in 2005? Or will she discuss their meeting at the JH Rodeo in 2003, back when the controversy first raged over who leaked an undercover CIA officer’s name to the press?

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