May 10, 2008

Wilderness Sportsman Music Club: MGMT with “Time to Pretend”

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 4:17 pm

Montana: Carry the right stuff in bear country

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 4:09 pm

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A recent survey of hikers in Glacier National Park revealed that 35 of the 50 people interviewed who thought they were carrying bear spray actually had the wrong product.

Montana: 250 gallons of herbicide spill in Great Falls - some into the Missouri River

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 4:08 pm

And we need this stuff because………?

It’s sad to say, but 100 years from now, we are going to look like cavemen to kids reading about history. All this pointless poison we put on our lawns, all the energy we waste on gas powered lawn items just to get the “golf course” look.

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No citations were issued Friday, but an investigation is ongoing, Grubb said.

Montana: Dumpster diving grizzly moved to the North Fork

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 4:04 pm

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State wildlife officials say the 500-pound, 6- to 8-year-old male grizzly was captured earlier this week behind the Point of Rocks Restaurant near Stryker.

Arnold to carmakers: Stop whining

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 3:58 pm

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met privately with seven auto executives over California’s attempt to impose strict emission rules, but let it be known publicly that he told the carmakers to stop whining and start producing.

Wyoming: Pollution in small town rivals big cities

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 3:57 pm

Shameful.

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But Boulder, with a population of just 75 people, has one thing in common with major metropolitan areas: air pollution thick enough to pose health risks.

Oklahoma: Pollution ends mining town

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 3:55 pm

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They line up along the main drag in front of empty cafes and shops and rusted mining equipment fenced off with barbed wire. Passing time, some from this blue-jean crowd press hands and foreheads against windows of stores. Businesses that died so many years ago it’s hard to remember what they sold.