http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUiP6dqPynE

 

 

 

http://www.canofun.com/cof/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=15780

It seems several air quality trends in the park are on the downturn.

  http://www.ktvh.com/story.php?id=6961

A new Park Service study shows air quality in four of six categories is worsening at Yellowstone National Park. The study compiled air-quality trends dating back to 1995 at national parks across the country. One pollutant on the rise in Yellowstone is ground-level ozone, which can cause respiratory problems and threaten plant health.

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/05/31/news/wyoming/30-air-quality.txt

The air in Yellowstone is still better than most places in the United States, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to let the guard down, according to Mark Wenzler, clean-air program director for the National Parks Conservation Association.

Coupled with progress in improving emissions at old power plants is the need to be cautious with new power plants in the Yellowstone region that could further compromise the park’s air quality, he said.

“Let’s not blow all that progress by failing to properly control the new plants,” he said.

It’s up to state and federal governments to keep that pollution in check and, in many cases, simply to adhere to federal laws already in place, Wenzler said.

 http://www.masslive.com/editorials/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1148975157130920.xml&coll=1

As millions of Americans loaded their cars for a Memorial Day weekend getaway last week, apparently unfazed by the high price of gas, U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., was on the House floor urging his colleagues to support his bill to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

“Gas in my district is almost $3.50 a gallon. We need to do something about providing energy here at home. You can’t say no to everything,” Pombo said.

The House approved the bill, 227-201, on Thursday.

This guy does some great work:

http://virtualguidebooks.com/Montana/WesternMontana/TwoMedicine/SinopahTwoMedicine_FS.html

( latest version of QuickTime required )

Glacier Park open for business ( video )

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/05/28/news/state/30-beartooth.txt

RED LODGE — It was rain that brought mudslides last spring, closing a section of the Beartooth Highway just before the summer tourist season and prompting a whirlwind $13.55 million repair effort.

And it was raining Saturday in Red Lodge as boosters celebrated the seasonal opening of the road.

In a drizzle and temperatures in the high 30s, people turned out to herald a return of traffic on what has been called “the most beautiful roadway in America.”

Gateway communities Cooke City and Cody, Wyo., sent groups over the highway to Red Lodge in new biodiesel-fueled yellow tour buses operated by Yellowstone National Park. 

This is the first official post for the Wilderness-Sportsman blog. My name is Mike and I created the Wilderness Sportsman. This site was designed and created to assist in providing the easiest and fastest possible way to get information on our great public lands. I hope the site works for everyone who enjoys our great national forests, parks and BLM lands -wether you are a hiker, rafter, fisherman, hunter or wildlife watcher.  The site provides resources for public land protection, trip planning and links to every national forest and every major national park. The news section also provides a basic public lands info service. The USFS, BLM, congress and park links next to the “watchful” raven are for your personal letter writing if you happen to have been driven to do so after reading the various news stories.

There are two issues that I feel are incredibly important concerning public lands today:

1. Keeping roadless areas roadless
2. Keeping public lands public

If those two things can be accomplished, it makes all the other problems much easier to fix.

Thanks for stopping in!

Check out this video of some high mountain trout fishing in Montana’s Beartooth wilderness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHyilMgHl3c