Did McCain cheat at the Faith Forum? (video)
87% of likely voters think protecting wilderness is important
Recent polling by Zogby International, one of the pollsters for presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, found that 87 percent of likely voters think protecting public land as wilderness is important — and seven in 10 of us would be ready to vote for a candidate who worked to protect wilderness.
Shoe found inside bear after attack
A forensic examination of a black bear that attacked an 8-year-old boy in Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week found parts of a tennis shoe and insole belonging to the boy’s father inside the bear’s stomach.
Glacier National Park may become model for climate change (video)
WEST GLACIER - The tourists huddled in a shivering pack amid what should have been the heat of July, crowding around Laura Kloeck while she explained a bit about climate change.
“There is definitely a frightening side to global warming,” Kloeck told them, “but there is hope, too.”
Montana: Storm Creek fire kicks up smoke
The fire is burning in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness on the Powell Ranger District of the Clearwater National Forest.
Montana and Alaska only states to still allow wolverine trapping
Trapper Tom Barnes of Dillon said that during a span of four years he has caught two wolverines while trying to trap another type of weasel, the pine marten. Barnes said he reveled in the “privilege” of trapping wolverines and had both prepared for permanent display. The few hundred dollars a pelt might have fetched was not a consideration, he said.