Cleanup efforts have slowed, garbage is still piling up and Bush has cut his budget request by 80 percent
August 10, 2008
Debris soils Bush vow to protect Hawaii Islands
Firefighter not holding grudge after grizz attack
Tony Allabastro says the bear came after him because he was between the bear and its route away from the flames.
Idaho: 25 fires caused by lightning in Boise National Forest
The number of fires reported from overnight lightning storms grew to 25 in the Boise National Forest on Friday. Fire managers reported 11 earlier in the day. The fires were scattered across the Idaho City and Mountain Home ranger districts
California: False reports endanger mountain lions
Of course, anyone who is even half sober and has an IQ higher than a sprinkler head knows you’d have to be suicidal to try to pet mountain lions. Nevertheless, the report was initially taken seriously; no one has forgotten that a bicyclist was killed and another severely injured by another mountain lion in the same area in 2004.
Utah: BLM offers 2 million acres for oil exploration, off-roading
Oil rigs and ATV’s. The future of our public lands?
“When you’ve opened up more at Factory Butte, when you have routes in wilderness study areas and when you have wilderness-quality lands you’re just throwing out the windows? Yeah. We have to [object].”