April 21, 2007

The Daily Show refutes “An Inconvenient Truth” (a must watch)

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 9:59 am

Scary, yet hilarious at the same time.

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Alaska: Hunter survives grizzly attack

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 9:55 am

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage bear hunter waited five hours for a small grizzly to exit a den, finally shot it and carefully made sure it was dead. Then the excitement began.

Montana: Glacier National Park global warming march draws 100 people

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 9:53 am

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The Park has taken center stage in the movement against global warming because its namesake glaciers are melting and expected to be completely gone in less than 25 years.

Washington: Return to Rainier

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 9:51 am

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But this major project — installing two giant, 12-foot-in-diameter culverts under the road that leads from the Nisqually Entrance to Paradise — will let Kautz Creek flow under the road and let Mount Rainier National Park officials open the road to Paradise by May 5

Florida: Bears and sprawl

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 9:50 am

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But almost half of the 41 bears that Annis studied over 2 1/2 years got into trouble again. They were discovered back in residential neighborhoods, digging in dumpsters or dog-food dishes. Some were repeat offenders.

The bears can wander “incredible distances,” Annis said.

South Carolina: Forest Service opening new marsh access dock

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 9:49 am

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Arizona: Group wants USFS to study impact of Sabino Canyon reconstruction

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 9:47 am

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The U.S. Forest Service expects to complete its repairs to roads and trails in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area by fall, but at least one environmental group wants to slow down the process to make sure road construction doesn’t harm the ecology the canyon celebrates.