Black Mountain with “Queens Will Play”, from their excellent new album “In the Future”:
April 1, 2008
Wilderness Sportsman Music Club
Illinois: Cougar sighted in North Chicago suburbs
Could this be the wild cougar recently spotted in southern Wisconsin? Or is this a released pet? Either way, it came to the wrong end of town. Illinois is a dead end for rare wildlife.
NORTH CHICAGO — Despite another sighting called in to police, no cougar was bagged as of Sunday evening by officials who have been receiving eyewitness reports of a big cat since Friday morning.
Those included one from a police officer who nearly struck it with his squad car.
Montana: Tester, Baucus support retiring all oil/gas leases on Flathead National Forest
The Flathead Basin Commission has asked Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester to find a way to compensate and retire all pending oil and gas leases in the Flathead National Forest.
Wyoming: Talks over Sylvan Pass continue
Following an environmental analysis last year, Park Service Regional Director Mike Snyder in Denver ruled that his agency would stop using howitzers and other means to trigger avalanches to make Sylvan Pass safe after the winter of 2007-2008.
Washington: National Parks, forests need army of volunteers
The echo you hear today is the same call, but it’s coming from parks and national forests across Western Washington.
Why do our public lands need help? I can give you $65.9 million worth of reasons.
On the fire line, women find tough, rewarding career
“It’s an adrenaline rush,” said the 28-year-old Richfield, Utah, native. “It’s a lot like performing, but you’re doing something. You’re helping people out.”
Fowler is part of the second generation of women making wildland firefighting a career. She works for the Dixie National Forest on a St. George-based helicopter crew, called “helitack”,
New Mexico: Gila National Forest posts rabies outbreak warnings
He says they should stay away from animals that seem sick, aggressive or friendly and should not feed wildlife.