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Another main topic of discussion at the conference was wildlife. When driving through Yellowstone National Park it’s nearly impossible to miss wildlife, but with the click of a button one group is trying to make it easy to track Yellowstone wildlife from your home computer.

Another proud moment for Utah.

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A letter purportedly sent by two Utah legislators that links wilderness to terrorism actually was the creation of an advocacy group that wants oil and gas drilling to commence in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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A licensing program for off-road vehicles was heartily endorsed by industry association representatives and legislators at the state Legislative Committee on Public Lands meeting in Las Vegas last month.

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While one conservationist spoke, an angry motorized user said “Put a bullet in her head” Gary Milner approached him with a FS employee nearby and said to him ” Did you say ‘put a bullet in her head’ “? he replied “Yes. ” Gary said “what’s your name?” He gave his name and the FS person wrote down his statement and his name.

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BREVARD – The man accused of kidnapping and killing a 24-year-old hiker in north Georgia is officially a suspect in the killing of an elderly Henderson County couple last fall in Pisgah National Forest, authorities said today.

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MONUMENT c On the gentle, wooded slopes of Mount Herman in Pike National Forest west of Monument, one can almost forget about the suburban sprawl butting up against the trees or the distant rumbling of traffic on Interstate 25.

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Potential sanctions include sending Rey to jail, putting him under house arrest and banning the Forest Service from using any fire retardants but water in air tankers, Molloy wrote.

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Signs that winters in the Northeast are losing their bite have been abundant in recent years and now researchers have nailed down numbers to show just how big the changes have been.