About 150 bird watchers have shown up at Connie Kogler’s house to view a Streak-backed Oriole that has made regular morning appearances in her bird sanctuary since Saturday, Kogler said.
December 19, 2007
Colorado: Birders aflutter over rare sighting of Mexican bird
Nevada: Reid fails to block coal plants
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to get language into a year-end spending bill that could have blocked new coal plants in Nevada by boosting air quality requirements at Great Basin National Park.
Yellowstone National Park bear hair studied (video)
Some frozen hair is believed to hold the key in the lack of diversity in grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park.
Montana: Tester and Baucus sign letter asking that firearms be allowed in National Parks
This is an idiotic idea, IMHO. People are not always on their best behaviour in National Parks, and having armed goofs would be a complete mistake. In popular parks, we would see pot shots being taken at the more road/people friendly wildlife.
A spokesperson for Baucus says Max thinks it’s a matter of second amendment rights, and that law abiding citizens should be able to carry a firearm on public lands.
Virginia: National Forest or national dump?
“We have nine police officers covering 1.8 million acres across 37 counties in Virginia and West Virginia,” said Capt. Woody Lipps of the U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement. “The fewer people we have, the less success we have in investigating dumping and determining who’s responsible.”