Monster polar bear meets dog…..
Missouri: Wilderness home to many different endangered species
Ever heard of corkwood, bald cypress katydid or cerulean warbler? How about western chicken turtle or mole salamanders? These trees and animals belong to a very special group. They are all on Missouri’s endangered species list.
Colorado: Wilderness bill would protect Roan plateau
The measure is the latest political maneuver aimed at staving off attempts to open up the area to natural gas leasing. However, the Roan proposal is not new for DeGette, who has included it in her Colorado wilderness bills going back to 1999, said Chris Arend, a DeGette spokesman.
National Forest’s battle ATV’s, trash
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. (AP) — Near a rock formation twisting into the Arizona sky, the desert floor has been torn up by off-road vehicles. A tattered VCR and a bullet-riddled washing machine further scar the landscape. Tonto is one of many national forests that suffer environmental damage caused by thoughtless, even unscrupulous, visitors. And the U.S. Forest Service doesn’t have the cash or manpower to tackle the problem.
Arizona: Fighting fees on public lands
Remember trekking up Mount Lemmon, Madera Canyon and Sabino Canyon for free? Then you’ve been around Tucson a while.
A fee demonstration project enacted in 1996 started a “pay to play” trend that hasn’t stopped.
Feds buy western lands with high conservation values
The fund, established by Congress under a law passed in 2000, authorizes the purchase of private “inholdings” from willing sellers in the Western states whose acreage is surrounded by or located next to certain lands under the management of the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service as well as the BLM.
Montana: Rainfall helpful, but not enough to end season
Maybe it was the rain dance at Old Trail Museum on Sept. 1 or maybe it was the first home high school football game Sept. 7. Whatever the reason, Choteau finally received measurable rainfall that has improved winter wheat seeding conditions and slowed fire activity on the Rocky Mountain Ranger District.