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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — There’s no offseason for the hikers in the North-Idaho based Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.

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CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s sportsmen would face a 20 percent increase in hunting and fishing license fees under a bill unanimously approved Tuesday by the Senate Travel Committee.

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WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled Congress on Tuesday stepped up its pressure on President Bush’s global warming strategy, hearing allegations of new political pressure on government scientists to downplay the threat of global warming.

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But business executives and consumer advocates said the administration was particularly concerned about rules and guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A House committee reversed itself Monday and approved a bill that would enable the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to use aerial hunting methods and grant permits for private landowners to kill wolves threatening their property.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures.

But that may be the sugarcoated version.

Excellent lengthy piece in the NYT.

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The plight of trees may not catch the attention of most people. But the seeds of the whitebark pine, the pine nuts, feed Clark’s nutcracker birds; red squirrels, which store the nuts underground; and grizzly bears.

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The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it will appoint a national team to decide how best to get the word out on the agency’s planning process for its recreation facilities.

The decision comes following a public outcry, media attention and congressional criticism. In November, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., objected to any campground closures without public involvement.