There are two fairly specific places in this world where I get the utmost sense of “home”. This is one of them. The mountains here have a unique look, and are incredibly abrupt. The forest is the wildest left in the lower 48, home to all predators prior to European settlement. The small valley in this location has frequent sightings of lynx, wolverine, cougar, grizzly, bighorn, elk, moose, mountain goat, moose, fisher, pine marten and black bear. Bald eagles, golden eagles and osprey soar along the mountain cliffs. Waterfalls are everywhere, as well as deep blue lakes of size. Truly magical country.
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LOS ANGELES - The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park — but it was still dangerous. It snapped its jaws on the girl’s buttocks and her nanny had to pry the toddler from the wild animal
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Bull, a wilderness trail crew leader on the Bitterroot National Forest, where trail work has been delayed by the dense snowpack, put up a warning sign for hikers and stock users: Be Careful.
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CLINE BUTTES — The woman opened her truck, and at least six big dogs tumbled out and bounded down the trail near Cline Buttes. She yelled at them, they ignored her, and the group noisily made its way down the dusty path.
A few minutes later, a large, dark bird soared above the junipers and ponderosa pines.
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At long last, creation of the 106,000-acre Wild Sky Wilderness is official. President George W. Bush’s signature on legislation capped years of hard work by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Rick Larsen.
That’s not a typo, folks. Amazed that he did something right.
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A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history.
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About 300 miles northeast of Los Angeles, vast Death Valley National Park is a place of extremes: hottest, driest, lowest. Amid its timeless quietude, visitors may hear the wind traveling across the desert floor or the echo of a raven’s caw off a distant mountain.
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Gary Moses of Glacier National Park has picked up the Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award by his peers.
