The marmot hid in the bumper of the vehicle. Animal control was able to remove it and plans for a return to the wild.
June, 2009
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Yellow-bellied marmot hitchikes from wilderness are to Encinitas
Friday, June 26th, 2009Michigan: Manistee National Forest working to eliminate illegal trails
Friday, June 26th, 2009Some sobering stats for this forest:
the Manistee National Forest is not inaccessible in any way shape or form. He said 95 percent of the forest is within 1/4 mile of a road and 99 percent is within a half mile of a road.
This tends to be the case for most eastern national forests. Anyone who complains about “lack of access” is severely misinformed.
Montana: Tester ready to test political waters on wilderness issue
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009According to sources around Montana, a statewide wilderness bill will be ready shortly. This bill will include the controversial “trade away” wilderness plans which trade away roadless areas for designated wilderness in other areas. This has effectively split conservation groups right down the middle.
Obama admin to request that Everglades National Park be put back on endangered sites list
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Some of you may remember that the Everglades were removed from a U.N. endangered world sites list by the Bush administration.
EPA: 600 neighborhoods have toxic air
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009The list should be out today. Sections of Los Angeles and Madison County IL had the worst numbers.
Here are the least toxic counties in terms of air:
Kalawao County, Hawaii, and Golden Valley County, Mont.
The National Park Service: Putting their money where their mouth is
Monday, June 22nd, 2009The National Park Service likes to consider itself at the head of the pack when it comes to conservation and protecting the finest lands in the United States. We hear a lot about climate change, the bad effect it is having across the country and how the NPS is educating the masses on the problems cropping up. We hear about that a lot. Really, quite a lot. But so far we haven’t seen the National Park Service really shake things up, to really let people know climate change is real.
How do you do that? Well, most people enter and leave the parks without ever thinking about climate change at all. That’s fine, most sane people want a nice, positive and enjoyable vacation. But that doesn’t mean we can’t learn something from a quick visit. Click to continue »
Groups push for international Flathead protections (video)
Monday, June 22nd, 2009We’ve been talking about this story for quite some time. Now, conservation groups get to make the rare case to the United Nations. Yes, the Northfork of the Flathead is that important.
This is an issue in which everyone is on board.
Passing cars in national parks is not a good idea
Monday, June 22nd, 2009The riders of the single motorcycle tried to pass an RV and smacked into a pronghorn.
Yellowstone store tries environmental approach
Monday, June 22nd, 2009This is a very cool idea. Basically, they will feature a scorecard that lets you know whether a product was made in a place with environmental controls. This is a good way to immediately have people aware of the climate change reality.
New USFS Chief to address climate effects, watersheds
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Good interview in the Missoulian with the new USFS chief.
