June 12, 2007

Approve roadless law

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:55 am

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Co-sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. John Warner, R-Va., and more than 140 House Democrats and Republicans, the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007 would codify the Clinton-era rule that protects roadless forests from road-building, logging and mining.

Montana: Bitterroot National Forest trail closed due to off road vehicle damage

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:52 am

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Acting Bitterroot National Forest Supervisor Barry Paulson closed an area along Arasta Creek to all motorized vehicles this week because of damage to soil and vegetation from recent illegal motorized activity.

Wyoming: Judge Brimmer upset that he couldn’t reverse roadless decision

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:48 am

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A Wyoming judge has grudgingly resuscitated the Clinton-era roadless rule, declaring he was bound by a California court’s decision.

In the ruling, issued Thursday, Judge Clarence A. Brimmer blasts a California federal magistrate, but said he could do nothing about that magistrate’s reinstating the Clinton rule.

Minnesota: Voyageurs National Park issues firewood restrictions

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:43 am

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IMBA: Voice support for permanent roadless area protection

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:41 am

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California: Gunfire blamed in forest blaze

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:38 am

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Sparks from gunfire are believed to have started a fire that has burned more than a week in the Sequoia National Forest in southeast Tulare County