Stars of the Lid with “Daughters of Quiet Minds” from their “And Their Refinement of the Decline” album:
December 29, 2007
Wilderness Sportsman Music Club
Tennessee: Plans for “road to nowhere” in Smoky Mountain NP come to complete stop
Earlier this year the National Park Service said it would recommend against completing the proposed road along the north shore of Fontana Lake in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Safety officer was loaded for bear, but bear got there first
None of the public documents about this incident indicate whether the safety officer was carrying pepper spray for bears. If he was carrying bear spray, he didn’t use it. Pepper spray works when guns, even at close range, don’t for one simple reason. The pepper spray canister shoots a cloud of offending spray that leaves the bear gasping. Guns, even in the hands of calm marksmen, shoot tiny bullets.
Washington: U.S. uses mustangs to patrol northern wilds
OROVILLE, Wash. - Astride sturdy mustangs named Okanogan and Spurs, US Border Patrol agents Darrel Williams and Justin Hefker ride quietly along a ridgeline above the Similkameen River valley.
Illinois: Conservancy applauds congressional bill for Shawnee National Forest
December 27, 2007—The Nature Conservancy today applauded Senator Richard Durbin’s (D-IL) support for the FY’08 Interior Appropriations Bill that will fund the Shawnee National Forest with $850,000. This funding will enable the U.S. Forest Service to acquire land within the purchase boundaries of the forest.