The Fiery Furnaces “Benton Harbor Blues” from their 2006 release “Bitter Tea”:

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But firefighters practice the same precautions when working in bear country that campers are asked to do — namely, storing food, making noise and carrying pepper spray.

Maybe Felton should move? If you don’t like wolves, don’t live in wolf habitat.

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When asked, in his opinion, how many wolves should be in his area, Felton replied, “Zero.”

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“Dad, will we see grizzly bears like we did in Alaska?” my son Skyler asks as we load my pickup in Colorado before the trip. “I want to see one really bad.” Skyler was born in Alaska, but by the time he was two we were living in Colorado. The only grizzlies he can remember seeing were in the zoo.

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Smoke-jumpers are fighting for a foothold against a lightning-caused fire in Zion National Park.
That blaze grew overnight to more than 500 acres and continues to spread into wilderness today.

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The Fourth of July blaze started near Bell Canyon in the Santa Ynez Valley.

It has now moved more than eight miles into the San Rafael Wilderness.

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The 300-pound female was likely killed early Monday morning, and FWP grizzly bear management specialist Tim Manley said the bear probably had cubs, which have not been located.

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