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Type 1 Incident Commander Jeff Whitney says explosive population growth and a dozen years of drought ramped up the challenge of firefighting. “We all are noticing that the fire intensity is up and also the fire size is also up.”

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Road 23 — Road 23, between Randle and Trout Lake, is closed near Babyshoe Pass because of a washout about one mile north of the junction with Road 90. This summer, there will be no access to the Takhlakh Lake area from the south, via Road 23, or from the west on Road 90.

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I am writing concerning the Forest Service’s update of the Tongass Forest Plan. Please, let’s get it right this time around. I do not support the continued clear cutting of the Tongass National Forest. This rainforest is truly an irreplaceable world treasure; it’s where we hunt, fish, work and play.

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Allegheny National Forest officials today will unveil the first new management plan for the forest in 20 years. It contains two new wilderness study areas, and seeks to tighten regulation of rampant oil and gas well development in the forest, where 985 new wells were drilled last year and another 1,200 may go in this year.

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HELENA, Mont., March 28 — Seven former directors of the National Park Service have called on the secretary of the interior not to approve plans that would continue allowing as many as 720 snowmobiles a day at Yellowstone National Park.

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On Sunday, the entire Hellroaring Basin drainage at Big Mountain Resort, including all associated trails and the Hellroaring chairlift (Chair 11), will close for the remainder of the ski and snowboard season.

This closure occurs each spring to provide security areas for emerging grizzly bears in the vicinity of the ski area.

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The Chippewa National Forest is looking for feedback on a proposal to increase camping fees by two dollars a night at three Chippewa National Forest campgrounds.

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As reported by Catherine Spude, a former National Park Employee in an editorial to the Santa Fe New Mexican back in 2005, the Bush Administration now requires all new mid-level managers of the National Park Service to swear a loyalty oath to the administration currently in power

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From day one, Kurt Voight knew there was a problem.

Sixteen years later, Voight and some of his fellow subdivision residents still clash with a neighbor who allows his cattle to graze on their property.

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Republicans in Congress are trying to bar former vice president Al Gore’s anti-global warming mega-concert from its planned venue on the steps of the US Capitol building.

Gore is planning a single-day, series of free “Live Earth” concerts on seven continents, with the goal of calling attention to the climate change crisis.