June 1, 2007

NASA chief unsure global warming is a problem

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:16 pm

Contact congress and tell them dinosaurs belong in museums, not as heads of NASA.

Congress Link

or NASA directly:

Public Communications and
Inquiries Management Office
NASA Headquarters
Suite 5K39
Washington, DC 20546-0001
(202) 358-0001 (Office)
(202) 358-3469 (Fax)
public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov

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WASHINGTON - The head of NASA said he was not sure global warming was a problem and added that it would be “arrogant” to assume the world’s climate should not change in the future. Scientists called the remarks ignorant.

Montana: Most of the 300 bison hazed back into Yellowstone

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:12 pm

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WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) - Montana state agents on horses, and in a helicopter, pushed about 270 bison back into Yellowstone National Park.

The bison hazed back into the park yesterday (Thursday) included about 100 calves.

Ted Williams: Fees have become a public lands shakedown

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:11 pm

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Scarcely anyone objected in 1996, when Congress authorized the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to charge the public new or increased fees for accessing its own land to fish, hunt, boat, drive, park, camp or walk. After all, it was going to be an experiment — a three-year pilot program. Hence the name: “Fee Demonstration.”

Minnesota: The beautiful brookie

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:10 pm

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Arizona: Campfire and smoking ban in Sitgreaves National Forest

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:08 pm

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More of Arizona’s high country is now off-limits to campfires and smoking. Restrictions took effect this morning in the Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona.

Bush climate plan is met with suspicion

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:06 pm

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On the eve of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Germany June 6-8, President Bush is trying to gain the diplomatic initiative on climate change. For the moment, most political actors and expert analysts remain skeptical.