The Wilderness Sportsman

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Seventeen bison calves from Yellowstone National Park are among about 40 captured bison expected to be shipped to slaughter today.

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The white-tailed jack rabbit — also known as the prairie hare — was once a common sight in and around Yellowstone National Park. About two feet long, the animal is distinguished by exceptionally long ears and its change in color during winter months to a stark white.

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The bill combines nearly 60 separate proposals to expand wilderness protection in several Western states and establish the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in Illinois and Niagara Falls Heritage Area in New York state, among dozens of provisions. Coburn considers the bill bloated and expensive and has blocked it for months.

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PASADENA - With a developer’s deadline fast approaching, the city is scrambling to assemble a $7 million financing package to buy Annandale Canyon, one of Pasadena’s last remaining wilderness areas, and save it from becoming a luxury housing estate.

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In fact, not one of the 15 speakers who commented during the meeting said they preferred the plan backed by Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter. Lt. Gov. Jim Risch had petitioned the federal government to implement the state-specific rule in 2006 while he was governor.

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After eight years and numerous starts and stops, the South Big Belts travel plan is finished.

Helena National Forest Supervisor Kevin Riordan signed off on the travel plan this week, saying he has selected his previous preferred alternative - known as Alternative 2 - to be implemented beginning this summer.

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The plan could mean the loss of more than 2,700 jobs — nearly 10 percent of the agency’s work force — as well as reductions in dozens of non-fire related programs, from road and trail maintenance to state assistance, land acquisition and recreation, lawmakers said.

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The plan being developed by staff for the Shoshone National Forest, in Wyoming, deals with the river’s 20-mile stretch that Congress designated as “wild and scenic.” Users of the river corridor include anglers, kayakers, backpackers and people on all-terrain vehicles.