January 14, 2008

Wyoming: Stranded Teton pronghorn in peril

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:08 pm

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From 200 to 400 pronghorn summer in the Gros Ventres and Grand Teton National Park each summer. Most of the animals migrate east and south to the Pinedale area.

Montana: Glacier bull trout are on the ropes

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:06 pm

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The concern now is to preserve what bull trout populations are left. There are 17 lakes on the west side of the Divide that have bull trout populations. They range from the massive Lake McDonald to small Akokala Lake, tucked way up in the North Fork.

Califorina: Overuse threatens famous off road trail

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 1:04 pm

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The past decade has seen worsening trail erosion, water contamination, unauthorized shortcutting through meadows, pollution from oil spills and human waste, drunken driving and other illegal and inconsiderate behavior.

Wyoming: Park blast focus of new theory

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:58 pm

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Huge waves may have triggered the world’s largest known hydrothermal explosion some 13,000 years ago along the north edge of Yellowstone Lake, a federal scientist theorizes.

Money raised for Yellowstone National Park

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:56 pm

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New Mexico: Couple lost in wilderness say it helped relationship

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:53 pm

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Fehl, 30, and her fiancee, Adam Putnam, 36, are lucky to be alive after a snowboarding adventure east of Santa Fe, N.M., went horribly wrong

Forida: Hikers say recent attacks raise safety awareness

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:51 pm

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When Tallahassee resident Bill Snyder talks about how he’s preparing for a six-month hike on the Appalachian Trail, people typically ask him this question: “Are you going alone?”