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MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — The Appalachian Trail gives hikers a nearly 2,200-mile trek through mountains, meadows and forests stretching from Maine to Georgia.

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Plum Creek Timber Co., which filed one of Oregon’s largest Measure 37 requests, made way for Suncadia by selling 6,300 acres near Roslyn. A company representative says the area cried for a resort because it offers fishing, hunting and skiing in a breathtaking setting 80 miles east of Seattle in the Cascades.

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Suspicion and alarm should be the immediate response when a government agency cuts back on public access to information and decisionmaking. Changes announced by the U.S. Forest Service deserve just such a reaction.

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A disturbing sidelight is that several destinations are now inaccessible because of damage from the 2003 and 2006 floods, and refusal by the Bush administration and Congress to put money into stewardship of America’s public lands.

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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — More than 500 “unique individual grizzlies” roam the northwestern Montana backcountry from the Canadian border to Lincoln, with Glacier National Park boasting the largest number, according to DNA studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Of course, the Blue Ribbon Coalition is not happy about that.

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Nearly as many people are entering Yellowstone National Park on snowcoaches as are riding on snowmobiles so far this season, park statistics show.

Glacier National Park is extending the comment deadline until Jan 29th.

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As part of the park’s public involvement, comments are being sought early in the planning process to insure public concerns and issues are addressed. Comments can be provided directly through the National Park Service’s public comment website for the park: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/parkHome.cfm?parkId=61. Or write to: Superintendent, Glacier National Park, Attn: Middle Fork EIS, West Glacier, Montana 59936. Comments are due by
July 22, 2005.

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The Park has received about 8,000 comments already on an environmental impact statement that deals with avalanche control along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line through the John Stevens Canyon.

Why is it those who use the term “common sense” in their arguments always seem to be the ones who’s argument makes no sense at all?

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