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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday two adult females and pups of the Aspen Pack will be removed using “the most effective method.”

The wolf reintroduction program requires the permanent removal of any wolf linked to three livestock killings a year either by trapping and keeping it in captivity or by shooting it.

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The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, a rare tract of virgin forest east of the Mississippi, is intact today primarily because it is located in one of the most remote corners of the North Carolina  mountains. But escaping the saw, as unlikely as it was in a time of relentless clear-cutting, proved to be only a temporary victory for the massive eastern hemlocks that give the 3,800-acre preserve much of its unique character.

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The one true symbol of wilderness today is the grizzly bear–ursus arctos horribilis. Grizzlies and humans (Doug Peacock, excepted) just don’t get along. More humans, less bears; less bears, less wilderness. And since the larger part of American history has been that of humans subduing wilderness, the great bears have not fared well.

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The park, after conducting an exhaustive environmental review, concluded howitzers were a bad idea, and ruled the railroad would be better served by building snow sheds, or roofs, over the tracks at key spots.

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If we all would take pause to find out the facts, we might be able to agree to leave a legacy to our children’s children similar to what our great grandparents left us — the likes of Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.

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The Gifford Pinchot National Forest’s recent decision to permanently close the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center — the only year-round visitor center with a clear view of the steaming crater — set off political shock waves.