Will the West decide the election? (video)
Minnesota: Dry spell spurs campfire ban in parts of BWCAW
The ban on open fires, including campfires and charcoal grills, starts at 12:01 a.m. today and will continue until officials are convinced enough rain has fallen to dampen fire danger.
Montana: Glacier National Park backpacker still missing (video)
Around 50 searchers set out shortly after daybreak this morning too look for Yi-Jien Hwa, who was last seen on August 11th, and planned to finish his back country hike through Glacier on August 18th. His car was found in the Logan Pass Visitors Center parking lot.
Wisconsin: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest bans firewood
The forest doesn’t want firewood imported from anywhere south of Highway 29, stretching from Green Bay to the east and Prescott to the west.
South Dakota: Century of wilderness
Rolling hills of native grasses and flowers. A Swainson’s hawk soaring above with a the chirping of potentially 300 different bird species below that attracts birders from all over the country. The lake itself which in the spring is home to one of the largest breeding colonies of American white pelicans in North America.
North Dakota: An important wilderness proposal
The proposed Prairie Legacy Wilderness will not be a contiguous unit. The coalition has designated six parcels for wilderness status, five diffused across the Badlands of western North Dakota, and a sixth in the Sheyenne National Grasslands southwest of Fargo.
Washington: New wilderness area nine years in the making
What: 106,577 acres of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the Cascade mountains. Unlike most other wilderness areas in Washington, Wild Sky includes low-elevation forests.