David Gilmour paying tribute to Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett by performing “Dark Globe”:

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Last week, sources revealed that the plan recommends the closure of Sylvan Pass and limits the number of snowmobiles to 540 per day, not 720 as outlined in the draft environmental impact statement’s preferred alternative.

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Friends of Olympic National Park are inviting the public to attend a free salmon watching event at the Salmon Cascades from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday.

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Two days ago, we had an engine parked on the road with its (flashing) lights on, but it didn’t faze these (hunters),” Snodgrass said. “They rolled down their (car) window and shot at a grouse from the road.

“We were on the trail looking for smokes when I heard a loud gunshot right near us,” he added. “It scared the crap out of us.

“I came running out of the brush up to the car yelling, ‘What the hell are you doing?’”

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In all, about a dozen bills involving wilderness designation or some other form of permanent protection from development are in the pipeline in the House and Senate, with as many as three million acres at stake. That compares with the 3.5 million acres that won similar status between 1994 and 2006, according to Wilderness.net, a partnership of academics and conservation groups. All the new land in question is national forest or other U.S. property.

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A sport utility vehicle burst into flames Sunday afternoon, igniting trees in the George Washington National Forest near the West Virginia state line, according to firefighters and rescue workers.