Truly a fantastic park.
April 14, 2008
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California: Rare wolverine is from the Rockies
A DNA analysis of scat collected near where the feisty predator was photographed last month revealed that the animal is a male that shares genetic traits with wolverines in the Rocky Mountains, but it was not clear exactly where it came from or how it got to California.
Wyoming: Snow piling up around mountains
Great news.
CHEYENNE - The mountain snowpack in Wyoming is above average for this time of year, and experts say the abundance of high-country moisture this spring could recharge reservoirs drained low by drought.
Senate ok’s massive public lands bill
This was the bill that Senator Coburn tried to block with his ridiculous national park gun ammendment.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Thursday approved a massive bill designating federal wilderness protection in Washington state, creating heritage areas in Illinois and New York and approving water projects across the country.
Minnesota: Wolf tracking in the wilderness
ely, Minn. - As the rental car cruises up Highway 1 just outside this small northern Minnesota town, on a bright late-winter afternoon, a solitary animal lopes across the road a safe distance ahead and disappears into the snow-draped woods.
Yellowstone National Park laboring to clear snow covered roads by Friday
Colorado: Rocky Mountain National Park to destroy beetle-killed trees in furnace
Park biologist Brian Verhulst says that simply cutting the dead trees down doesn’t get rid of beetle eggs, which could hatch and unleash more beetles on other trees.