Creepy Wyoming guy chases wolf for 35 miles on snowmobile, then guns it down
Montana: Thinning trees can bring more infestations
Spring burning and thinning pine stands can often breed harmful insect infestations, according to Bitterroot National Forest officials.
Agency foresters are warning private landowners that thinning pine stands or burning spring slash may inadvertently provide breeding grounds for insects, specifically, the pine engraver bark beetle.
South Carolina: Is uncontrolled sprawl our fate?
There seems to be a mindset that the problems other parts of the world are now experiencing because of poor planning can’t happen here. We now know for a certainty that they can and will happen here if we don’t start implementing policies and laws that will prevent overdevelopment and destructive sprawl.
Montana: Glacier National Park offers nature close at hand
Through the trees, we could see the mama bear. She apparently could see us, too, and took a few steps in our direction. We were at a safe distance and knew that black bears seldom attack people, but we also knew it would be a mistake to run.
South Dakota: Massive thinning proposed for Black Hills
An environmental analysis is called the Black Hills Vegetation Management Project (BHVMP). The project area totals 163,139 acres of forestland plus almost 20,000 acres of along the mountain range that includes Mingus Mountain and other prominent peaks. The land abuts Cottonwood, Camp Verde Clarkdale, Jerome, Chino Valley, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Dewey, Humboldt and Cherry.
New Mexico: Target shooting banned in section of national forest
The ban covers the Ojo de la Vaca area where County Road 51 intersects Forest Service Road 326. Homemade cardboard targets are scattered along the roads in the area, sometimes tacked to trees. Ranchers have complained that shooters also are using oil cans and leaving them to drip into stock tanks.