Scary stuff. I always figured that when you don’t have the facts on your side, eventually you come around to learn you are wrong. These people don’t seem to have that ability, instead choosing to quiet those speaking the truth. Astonishing.
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls on research that might go against official policy.
This particular bear was up on Dunraven pass with her two cubs. They were feeding on the whitebark pine nuts in preparation for winter. She is a regular there, and is known as “Rosey”. A Ranger friend of mine informed me that she had treed a grizzly earlier in the week when that grizzly harassed her cubs. (images copyright 2006@wilderness-sportsman.com)
When it comes to planning the future of public lands, the Bush administration is always happy to hear from its friends in the timber, mining, oil and gas industries. But if you’re an environmentalist or just an interested member of the general public, well, good luck.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — National parks are attracting fewer visitors in many places around the country, but not Oregon.
Lewis and Clark National Historic Park just outside Astoria saw attendance jump more than 26 percent from 1995 to 2005.
After slipping, sliding and tumbling down a rocky embankment, Snow, a wildlife biologist, grabbed one of the creatures by the tail. The python, Oberhofer says, did not care much for that.
While it remains the most rural part of the country in terms of land use, the West has also become the most densely urban in terms of where people live. Compared with new neighborhoods in the East or South, houses in new developments in the West tend to be planted much closer together.
“Loss of habitat is the biggest threat to wildlife and hunting today, and hunters understand that habitat means wild, rugged country not overrun with roads, trails, and (off highway vehicles),” Lien continued.
“We’re very happy about the leasing ban,” Gene Sentz, a spokesperson for Friends of the Rocky Mountain Front, told me in a phone interview, “and especially for Max Baucus picking up the ball and carrying it in for a touchdown, but we still have work to do.”