I named this guy “the rain moose” as I came around a corner of forest, retreating from a days fishing as an evening rain poured down. He was standing out in the center of the large meadow, soaking it all in without a care.
January 21, 2008
Moose in the aspen, Gallatin National Forest
Montana: Steve Running on the perils of pseudo science
University of Montana scientist Steve Running, who shares a piece of the Nobel Prize, told a packed City Club Missoula audience Friday that Americans need to learn how to decipher pseudo science from substantiated research in order to understand global warming.
Michigan: Worry as forests change hands
The sale of such a sizable expanse of forest and the modest price per acre were part of an enormous, and for some, worrisome transformation in timberland ownership and use throughout the Upper Peninsula,
Wyoming: Officials plan Sylvan Pass talks
The purpose of the meeting is to negotiate a consensus agreement on access to the park and avalanche hazard mitigation of Sylvan Pass for the 2008-09 winter.
Utah: Protect Red Rocks wilderness from short-sighted development
In that spirit, this bill would designate 9 million acres of Utah’s stunning public lands as wilderness. I’ve personally visited many of these places and know that they are deserving of this special protective designation.
South Carolina: Ten times as many birds counted in wilderness area
Volunteers counted nearly 400,000 birds in a protected wilderness area along South Carolina’s coast - ten times more than the previous year.
Wyoming: USFS seeks comment on bark beetle plan
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on a proposal to cut trees in the Medicine Bow National Forest to deal with an infestation of bark beetles.
West Virginia: Rahall(D) plans to protect more of Monongahela National Forest
The Democratic congressman says he’s going to introduce legislation this week that would designate an additional 47,000 acres of the forest as wilderness.