The Wilderness Sportsman

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I’m trying a new image display system for this site. I wasn’t really happy with the image size limitation, so I have made all of the images link to their larger originals. The upside is you can see a much larger and more detailed image when you click the smaller image. The downside is these resampled smaller images are not as sharp as the static non-linked images. But the full images will be the sharp originals. Give these images a click and see what you think.

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On November 7, 2006, America voted to reject the “corporations first at any cost” policies of President Bush. This includes his past appointments of industry employees to lead government land management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service. Prior to their appointments, these industry employees lobbied the same agencies they now control, to extract (mine, graze, and log) much more natural resources than could be removed on a sustainable basis. Mark Rey was handpicked by the Bush Administration to oversee the U.S. Forest Service as Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources & Environment. Rey was sworn in on October 2, 2001. His appointment drew high praise from timber industry officials who hoped to benefit from Rey’s history and connections with the industry.

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As I looked at the black smear of water trails on the face of the Moraine Dome, the thought occurred to me that I was much too tired to be on the first day of a 65-mile hike through remote, wild country.

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“The Sylvan Pass situation is unique,” said Doug Abromeit, director of the U.S. Forest Service Avalanche Center in Ketchem, Idaho. “It is the only avalanche control program for non-vehicular traffic.”

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Firefighters have contained reignited wildfires near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but officials are monitoring them in case there’re more flare-ups.

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Logging trees 15 feet from one of the greatest rivers in the U.S.? Astonishing.

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Because no stay of implementation has been issued, the Forest Service began logging last week between the Whispering Pines subdivision and Aspen Campground, at the northern end of the canyon.

“We’re not going to ask for an injunction to stop that,” said Michael Garrity, executive director of the Alliance.