June 9, 2007

Maybe the most amazing wildlife video I have ever seen. This is a must watch.

Filed under: Outdoors, Video — Mike @ 1:56 am

Water Buffalo versus Croc versus Lions. Simply amazing footage shot by a group of tourists in Africa:

Montana: Park bison spared from slaughter

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:15 am

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WEST YELLOWSTONE - State and federal officials pushed 51 bison into a trap north of here Friday and, after a confusing day, announced that all of them, including 16 bulls, will be shipped alive to a holding pen near Gardiner

Minnesota: Campers asked not to bring firewood to Voyageurs National Park this year

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:15 am

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Following the state of Minnesota’s example, Voyageurs National Park asked campers today to no longer bring firewood into the park unless it comes from a state-approved firewood vendor. The restriction is voluntary this year, but will be mandatory next year.

Montana: State trooper shoots his way out of snake trap

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:12 am

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“I didn’t get the snake that got me,” he said. “I shot the one that was in the way of me getting out. … In the Army they call it ‘plowing the road.’ “

CEO of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation resigns

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:10 am

This is good news. For more info, see this post at Ted Williams’ Conservation Connection.

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Dart previously held positions with Safari Club International and the SCI Foundation. Before that he was president of Dart International Inc., a for-profit company that invented and produced interactive video target systems for use in the shooting sports industry.

Idaho: Federal Judge blocks new BLM grazing rules

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:07 am

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In a ruling that harshly criticized the Bureau of Land Management, a federal judge on Friday blocked the agency’s new grazing rules, saying it had given in to pressure from the livestock industry

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Montana: Engineers hustle to bridge 108 foot gap in Going to the Sun Road

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:05 am

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“I’m not going down there to haul those boulders back up here,” Schnaderbeck laughed.

As he spoke, five bighorn sheep lounged on a slope above the road, supervising progress.

“Those are my buddies,” said Schnaderbeck

Where the wild things are

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:59 am

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Griffiths is especially good at unearthing the way the very structures of our language have set us against “wild” people and places. She is equally skilled in showing how the languages of native peoples observed a reverse set of values.