SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8 (UPI) — A solution to reopening a California road to Yosemite National Park, closed for months after a landslide, may be years away, state officials say.
January 9, 2007
California:Yosemite landslide solution years off
The new congress should cut snowmobile use in Yellowstone
The National Park Service, charged with preservation of America’s most important scenic and historical sites, has released a draft plan that would allow up to 720 snowmobiles a day in Yellowstone National Park, an increase of almost three times the number that have been allowed to enter the park during the last three winters.
Warming up to a new landscape
Northern, temperate places such as western Scotland stay alive in the winter: Light at 9, dark by 4, the days are full of fleeting images of flowering plants, the buttercup-yellow winter jasmine or the smoky-pink autumn-flowering cherry. Washington, by contrast, is supposed to be a place where a more brutal cold bullies plants into deep hibernation.
Wyoming: Four feed grounds in Bridger-Teton National Forest get permits
Bridger-Teton National Forest granted temporary permits for four existing feed grounds Friday, including Muddy Creek, where the Game and Fish Department plans to continue a test-and-slaughter program later this month.
Wyoming: State wants no guides, dangerous east entrance open in Yellowstone
“Wyoming especially wants to emphasize the State’s concern with closing the East Entrance,” the governor’s letter said. “There are numerous reasons not to close the East Entrance, not the least of which is the significant harm such a closure would impose on Cody’s winter tourism economy.”
Idaho: Caribou National Forest eyes energy leasing
The search for natural gas in western Wyoming could soon spill into neighboring Idaho, which to date has been essentially devoid of petroleum production.