“I just learned (Thursday) that there aren’t enough otters to do both reintroductions this year,” Salmon said. “So, the Department of Game & Fish has decided to go ahead with the Rio Grande reintroduction this fall and to postpone the reintroduction on the Gila until the fall of 2008. We’re getting the otters from Oregon, and I guess they just didn’t have enough for both reintroductions this year.”
September 5, 2007
New Mexico: River otter reintroduction delayed
Minnesota: Six Ely residents allegedly terrorize campers in BWCAW
Absolutely disturbing news.
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Six Ely residents brandishing guns threatened canoeists and campers on Basswood Lake late in the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 7. Two were arrested at the Fall Lake boat landing early on Wednesday morning for making terroristic threats, and all six will face charges in Lake County.
Montana: Backcountry hunters and anglers offer reward for ATV violations
DARBY — After a string of conflicts involving irresponsible off-road vehicle riders in western Montana, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has created the first-of-its-kind reward program aimed at stopping the abuse of pubic land by motor vehicle anywhere in the Treasure State.
Illinois: Rural sprawl, chemicals reduce numbers of lightning bugs
Suburbia’s flood into once-rural areas seems to be scouring away venues for the evening enchantment, which nowadays burns brighter in memory than in nature.
Fireflies are most at home in meadows, fields or wetland borders. Day by day, these areas are being scraped down to red clay for subdivisions, shopping centers and parking lots. And night by night, fewer lightning bugs are among us.
Idaho: The Rich Deal With Wildfire
When the blaze threatened homes in this community where Ernest Hemingway lived (and committed suicide in 1961), some of the rich clambered aboard private jets and departed for clearer skies. Others packed up their artworks in trucks and horse trailers after more than 2,000 homes were evacuated. Insurance companies sent in private firefighting teams to Sun Valley and Ketchum, where homes are valued at a collective $6 billion, to prepare for the worst.
Montana: Headline fires wrapped up with cold front on the way
Montana’s largest fire of the season, the Chippy Creek Fire 42 mile southwest of Kalispell, is now fully contained at 99,090 acres—or about 155 square miles. Evacuation orders have been lifted and rehabilitation operations are underway.
Unknown Fly fisherman, Gallatin National Forest
Nice place, eh? You need to click the image once to get it bigger, then once again (arrow in lower right corner) for the proper image. The portrait orientation images work differently than the regular images in this system.