http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog public land news, photos, writing Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:36:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please click the image for the proper view. All images here are available as prints. Click this link for more information. http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/22/red-moon-over-glacier/ Please click the image for the proper size. [ratings] http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/12/the-crazies/ Link A seedling during the European Crusades to the Holy Land and already a mature tree when Columbus discovered America, the Alta Pine was culturally significant to Salish Indians, whose ancestors marked it 500 years ago while establishing a trail through the area. http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/28/montana-oldest-pine-tree-in-bitterroot-national-forest-burns-down/ Link What will change is unmanaged cross-country motorized travel off designated roads and trails. This change is critical so that we and future generations can enjoy, in our own way, these public lands. http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/28/arizona-off-highway-vehicles-need-rules-to-preserve-forests/ Link http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/28/california-fire-grows-slowly-in-kings-canyon-national-park/ http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/28/montana-governor-brian-schweitzer-delivers-great-dnc-speech-video/ http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/27/olbermann-grand-slam/ From the people that brought you the Roadless Initiative, folks. It's been a long eight years for conservationists, no doubt. Let's hope we can win this one and avoid "more of the same". Clinton had the political line of the year with this one: It makes perfect sense that Bush and McCain ... http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/27/hillary-clintons-dnc-speech-video/ Link The Flathead National Forest released an Environmental Assessment (EA) last Friday for the proposed “Hemlock Elk Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project.” The project aims to reduce “hazardous fuels” on federal land in a part of the valley that is heavily checkerboarded with Plum Creek land, while providing wood for ... http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/27/montana-suspicions-in-the-swan-valley/ Link The Allegheny National Forest is coordinating with several other federal, state, and local agencies, including the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the regulatory agency in charge of cleanup, to investigate a major oil spill in McKean County that impacted an area on the Forest. http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/08/27/pennsylvania-vandals-spill-oil-in-allegheny-national-forest/