Veep madness (video)
Arizona: Grand Canyon National Park remains unscathed by flooding
The primary area for all of this going on is … west of the primary village and just south of the Grand Canyon corridor,” said spokeswoman Shannon Marcak. “Within the Grand Canyon, we have not received any known damage.”
North Dakota: Protect wild land areas
Advocates for wilderness designation for some of North Dakota’s most remote unspoiled lands have come up with a thoughtful and balanced proposal. Indeed, it might be too modest, too timid. The plan from the North Dakota Wilderness Coalition should be examined by the governor and congressional delegation with the ultimate goal of setting aside as wilderness 62,300 acres of the state’s western national grasslands and another 5,410 acres in the Sheyenne grasslands in the southeast.
Montana: Smoke fills valleys in western portions of the state
Skies also filled with smoke in the Bitterroot Valley, where sensors put conditions in the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” category by midmorning.
California: A journey into the heart of the Emigrant Wilderness
Starting from Leavitt Lake, a remote alpine lake nestled at an elevation of 9,600 ft. on the eastern slope of Sonora Pass, we began our grueling trek. Our trail, an abandoned mining road, switchbacked up the steep slopes, slowly leading us away from the sparse clusters of white bark pines surrounding the lake into a barren, windblown terrain offering little vegetation.