Montana: Obama in Billings May 19th
Montana: National Bison Range turns 100
The Bison Range was established at about the time bison numbers hit rock bottom,” West said.
“They came very close to extinction,” said Pat Jamieson, the range’s outdoor recreation planner. “And this was an effort by a lot of people to make sure that didn’t happen, and we have been successful. One hundred years ago, people thought of us today.”
Florida: Wildfire smoke moving toward Miami
The blaze had been held to areas inside the park but winds have been pushing to the southwest, dangerously close to the detention center, said Nina Barrow of the Southern Area Inter-Agency Management Blue Team.
Idaho: Simpson proposes changes to wilderness bill
Simpson said over the weekend at a conference near Stanley that his bill would no longer give 94 acres of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area to Stanley and Custer County for 14 buildable lots.