“There’s just a lot of animals missing from our ecosystem. It’s too bad,” he said. Like wolves and cougars, moose were hunted out of New York more than a century ago. But the big herbivores are back, having wandered into New York’s northern forests from Canada and New England over the past 30 years.
December 9, 2006
New York: Moose expansion expected in the Adirondacks
Washington: Mt. Rainier National Park still closed due to flooding
ASHFORD, Wash. - It could be spring before visitors can return to flood-damaged Mount Rainier National Park.
Minnesota: Voyageurs National Park checking ice, trails
Voyageurs National Park has begun checking lake ice conditions. At this time, ice travel is not recommended on any lake surface due to inadequate ice thickness and open water areas.
Colorado: USFS OK’s expanding Arapahoe Ski area.
DENVER (AP) — On the eve of its 60th anniversary, the Arapahoe Basin ski area won permission Friday to nearly double its terrain, another bit of good news for the rustic ski area high on the Continental Divide about 70 miles west of Denver.
Montana: Rocky Mountain Front conservation plan gets new life in congress
WASHINGTON — Legislation moving through Congress this week would place a permanent ban on gas, oil and mineral exploration along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front.
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The EPA is scrubbing it’s library
“No one believes that EPA is closing libraries and crating up irreplaceable collections for fiscal reasons,” Ruch concluded. “Instead, the real agenda appears to be controlling access by its own specialists and outside researchers to key technical information.”