May 15, 2008

Bush launches verbal attack on Senator Obama from foreign country

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 4:13 pm

U.S. lists polar bear as endangered species (video)

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:58 am

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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. But activists were quick to criticize the ruling, saying it was full of loopholes.

Florida: Navy jet drops bomb on Ocala National Forest, starts fire

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:56 am

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OCALA, Fla. — Officials are investigating how a Navy fighter jet dropped a 500-pound laser-guided bomb a mile off target and sparked a wildfire in the Ocala National Forest.

North Dakota: Rancher decides to shoot and kill two Theodore Roosevelt National Park bison

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:54 am

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Cox and Whitworth said the two bison bulls shot had not demonstrated a habit of escaping the park and they were planning to chase the bulls back into the park before they were shot.

California: Bill would add 190,000 acres of wilderness

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:52 am

What a massive improvement over the GOP led congress.

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The House Natural Resources Committee approved the California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act by voice vote Wednesday, sending it to the full House.

Groups: Stop hazing bison near Yellowstone

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:50 am

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The conservation groups, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, the National Parks Conservation Association, the Montana Wildlife Federation, the National Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife and the Bear Creek Council, say the hazing isn’t necessary and puts Yellowstone’s remaining bison at serious risk.

Oregon: No fee increase for Crater Lake National Park

Filed under: Outdoors — Mike @ 12:49 am

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A proposed increase has been canceled even though the extra money would have directly supported park improvement projects.