The Gila National Forest can be pretty wild country. This hiker is lucky to still be alive.
The Gila wilderness was the worlds first offical wilderness area.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A camper who became stranded nearly five weeks ago in a national forest because she could not cross a swollen river was rescued Sunday, more than two weeks after the search for her was called off.
Whether skiing on groomed trails, breaking tracks through the backcountry or skate skiing, cross-country fans can get out during the depths of winter and enjoy a little of the white stuff.
Jason Isbell of the Drive By Truckers doing “the Day John Henry Died” from the Dirty South.
BOISE, Idaho — Two of the West’s largest remaining populations of Yellowstone cutthroat trout face sharp declines due to contamination from phosphate mines in southeast Idaho, Idaho State University professors say.
Trees essentially shut down during dry periods before the monsoon season, indicating “the mountain forest must have evolved the capability to survive it,” Brown said.
The grandchildren of today’s skiers are likely to know the white peaks of Switzerland only from the wrappers of chocolate bars. A remarkable report on climate change that will be handed to European governments this week will say that the effect of rising temperatures will mean an end to snow across large areas of the Alps.
This was taken in SE Grand Teton National Park during the fall. These big bulls were quite active.
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George Bush is preparing to make a historic shift in his position on global warming when he makes his State of the Union speech later this month, say senior Downing Street officials.