Radiohead doing “No Surprises” from their critically acclaimed album “Ok Computer”:
July 16, 2007
Wilderness Sportsman Music Club
Utah: Pressure on to open public lands to drilling
BLOOMINGTON — John Wesley Powell, the famous naturalist who once taught at both Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan universities, is a link between Bloomington-Normal and one of America’s last remaining wilderness areas in the lower 48 states
Activists worry about power lines in parks
It is not just Gettysburg that worries them as a result of a 2005 law that gave federal regulators new authority over where power lines are built. They fear the law could place hundreds of national and state parks and other protected sites in the Northeast and Southwest, including West Virginia, in or near the path of massive power lines.
Montana: Chronicle series explores Bob Marshall Wilderness
The Bob,” as it has come to be known, is nothing if not spectacular.
Foot and horse are the only way into this vast expanse of rugged country. It is a place of wild beauty where bull trout course through crystal-clear streams, where whitetail deer - blazed in auburn coats - graze among the ponderosa.
California: Why are campfires being permitted in super dry campgrounds?
Yet four campgrounds in the Cleveland National Forest and Palomar Mountain State Park are allowing campfires in fire rings. Some mountain residents say that’s foolhardy, fearing an escaped ember could cause a firestorm.
Alabama: Map Quest
More than 180,000 acres of wilderness stretch in front of him — acres packed with ticks, poison ivy, briars and snakes. Through dense leaf cover, he struggles to make out the lay of the land.
Montana: Thunderstorms spark numerous fires across the state
Fire offiicals often talk about their hopes for a “season-ending” event—meaning enough moisture and cool enough weather to naturally calm the fires—and that usually comes around Labor Day, de Golia said.
“Labor day is quite a ways off,” he said. “It’s going to be a tough fire season in this part of the world.”
Oregon: Lightning storms spark 200 plus wildfires
Lightning storms overnight touched off 212 new wildfires across Oregon and Washington, threatening dozens of homes and other structures. More lightning was predicted for tonight.
Washington: Fire Crews’ goal: “stop them small”
“We’re expecting additional fires coming from the lightning, but they are able to hit the fires pretty hard right now, and they expect to get pretty good containment on 80 percent,” said Paul Norman, spokesman for the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center. “Our highest priority is initial attack, just because if you can stop them small, it saves you the effort down the road.”