“Hey, lets go get ourselves a cabin the woods so we can turn wild country into the suburbs.”

Some people don’t want to hear the truth. I’d really enjoy living near the wilderness. So would many other conservationists I know. But if we all moved there, we would destroy the places we hold to such high values. But there is an answer - it’s called a “tent and a campground”. Works wonders and it saves you alot of money.

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The 12-year-old, 290-pound bear, previously trapped twice in Grand Teton National Park, had been knocking over garbage cans and eating from bird feeders in John Dodge and Tucker Ranch subdivisions, said Leon Chartrand, state Game and Fish Department

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Add to that 1,600 gallons of fresh water, 30 networked computers, thousands of AA batteries and more than 300 pounds of steak - for just one meal - and you begin to get an idea of what goes into supporting the hundreds of firefighters who battle Montana wildfires every year.

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U.S. District Court Judge Saundra Armstrong ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration had violated the Global Change Research Act of 1990 when it failed to meet deadlines for an updated U.S. Climate Change Research Plan and National Impact Assessment.

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For some of us die-hard Republicans, it is a shameful time to admit being a Republican. But I challenge all my fellow Republicans to get this party back on some real conservative agenda, like conserving wild country! Let’s have some more wilderness protection!

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The big beneficiary of these access fees has been the motorized recreation industry to which they’ve provided standing and representation. Sponsoring Fee Demo through a cost-share partnership with the Forest Service was the powerful American Recreation Coalition, whose membership is comprised mainly of manufacturers of all-terrain vehicles, motorized trail bikes, jet skis and recreation vehicles. And joining the coalition in lobbying aggressively for both Fee Demo and RAT have been the National Off Highway Vehicle Coalition, the National Snowmobile Manufacturers Association and consumers of all things motorized who band together as the Blue Ribbon Coalition.

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“Five years ago we basically didn’t have anything close to the numbers of ATVs and dirt bikes and off road machines that we do today,” said Tom Willems, a spokesman for the Forest Service.

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“Five years ago we basically didn’t have anything close to the numbers of ATVs and dirt bikes and off road machines that we do today,” said Tom Willems, a spokesman for the Forest Service.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that has burned an area the size of New York City slowed its advance through wilderness in Santa Barbara County as flames reached newly constructed firelines, officials said Wednesday.

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Near a rock formation that twists into the Arizona sky, the desert has been torn up by off-road vehicles. An old VCR and a bullet-riddled washing machine further mar the landscape.