Minnesota: Hibernating bear family relocation controversy
Massachusetts: In a forest’s breath, deciphering climate clues (multimedia)
Harvard Forest researcher Julian Hadley leads the way up the steps of one such tower. Eighty feet above the forest floor, we climb into sunlight. The tops of hemlock trees form a blanket of green around us.
Montana: Exploring the secret life of Glacier National Park’s winter
Deer and elk have tracked up the North Fork, as have lions and wolves, visitors report, but still not many skiers despite fine snow conditions.
Montana: Avalanche center warns of heightened risk
Georgia: Forest Service may ban off road vehicles from trails
I’m happy to see this as an emerging trend in the USFS. Off-roaders simply don’t stay on a designated trail.
“Anderson Creek has a long history of problems,” he said. “The Forest Service has never had much success getting people to stay on the designated trails. Why create a new trail system when they haven’t been able to control the ones they’ve had in the past?”
Utah: Wild and Scenic river impact statement
The draft identifies a preliminary recommendation of which segments should be included in the Wild and Scenic River system. The final recommendation, which is expected late 2008, is a preliminary administrative recommendation that will receive further review and possible modification by the Chief of the Forest Service, Secretary of Agriculture, and the President of the United States.