Fitting track considering the recent news in Chicago.
was a cowboy i knew in south texas
his face was burnt deep by the sun
part history
part sage
part mexican
he was there poncho villa was young
and he’d tell you a tale of the old days
when the country was wild all around
sit out under the stars of the milky way
and listen while the coyotes howl
they go:
woo
yip
whoo
yip
woo
now the longhorns are gone
and the drovers are gone
the commanchees are gone
and the outlaws are gone
gernomino’s gone
and sandbass is gone
and the lion is gone
and the redwolf is gone
well he cursed all the roads in the old land
and he cursed the automobile
said this is no place for an hombre like i am
in this new world of asphalt and steel
then he’d look off someplace in the distance
at something only he could see
he’d say all thats left now is the old days
damned old coyotes and me
they’d go:
woo
yip
whoo
yip
woo
now the longhorns are gone
and the drovers are gone
the commanchees are gone
and the outlaws are gone
now quantro’s gone
san wantee is gone
and the lion is gone
and the redwolf is gone
one morning they searched his adobe
he dissapeared without even word
but that night as the moon crossed the mountain
one more coyote was heard
and he’d go:
woo
yip
whoo
yip
woo
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.—Two bulldozers have broken down in Yellowstone National Park since crews began clearing park roads of the heavy snowpack that accumulated during the winter.
According to concerns voiced by the National Park Service, air quality and visibility could be affected in the southwestern part of North Dakota, specifically Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The area is west of Delta and Montrose and south of Grand Junction on 200,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land that reaches up onto the Uncompahgre Plateau. Supporters have spent two years preparing the proposal for congressional consideration.
But the March 31 ruling from Thomas Hogan, chief judge in the Washington, D.C., district court, found that Montanans for Multiple Use did not adequately pursue administrative appeals as the amendments were proposed and adopted.
It has not been proven if this is a wild cougar. But it is possible this was the wild cougar that was recently seen along the Wisconsin/Illinois border.
EDIT: It was confirmed this was a wild cougar. A gigantic blunder.
Note the idiotic comments by the DNR spokesman. There are currently no protections on cougar even though they are native to Illinois. Why not start protecting these animals that are entering Illinois *now* so they have at least some chance of surviving in the NW corner and southern tip of the state?
Instead we get an “it’s ok to kill the rarest predator in the state because it’s not part of the normal ecosystem” campaign from the Illinois DNR. Shameful and lazy and a disgrace to any thoughtful outdoors person.