December 17, 2007

Montana: Two men found guilty for shooting Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest signs

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:07 pm

I really hope these guys weren’t older than 21.

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Taking a wild joyride and shooting at Forest Service property doesn’t go unnoticed in these parts of Montana anymore.

Washington: Feds use DNA to nail poacher at Mount Rainier National Park

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 2:03 pm

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Rangers found a kill site on Nov. 6 well within the southeast corner of the park. They found hunters camping three days later just south of the park boundary.

Scientists optimistic as whooping cranes spotted in record numbers

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:57 pm

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YELLOWKNIFE - One of the most majestic and endangered birds on the continent appears to be making a slow flight to recovery, say experts who see whooping cranes returning to their Texas wintering grounds in record numbers this year.

Colorado: Sharp shooters to trim elk herd in Rocky Mountain National Park

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:57 pm

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Denver, CO (AHN) - Sharpshooters will be used to cull up to 200 elks each year at the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Two new mammal species discovered in Indonesian wilderness

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:51 pm

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A tiny possum and a giant rat were recorded by scientists as probable new species on a recent expedition to Indonesia’s remote and virtually unknown “Lost World” in the pristine wilderness of western New Guinea’s Foja Mountains.

Pennsylvania: Republican opposes 11% wilderness designation of national forest

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:48 pm

Every time I see an anti-conservation article, the word “Republican” always seems to follow the opposing persons name. Funny how that works.

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U.S. Rep. John Peterson, a Venango County Republican who has drawn more than $131,000 in campaign donations from the forestry industry since his election to the House in 1996, says constituents are lobbying him as the debate heats up again.