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“Boo Boo,” the burnt bear cub is healing nicely (with update)

On September 20, 2012 By

Mustang Fire orphaned this small cub, but he’s healing nicely-

 

Idaho Statesman reports the cub might be too small to hibernate this winter, so will laze it away dozing and eating (see this story at the bottom of the page)-

Though The Wildlife News hasn’t covered the story until now, many media have run […]

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Mustang fire breaches the U.S. Highway 93 containment line!!

On September 16, 2012 By

Will firefighters be able to prevent a new run even farther to the east?
Update 9/17. Eastward spread of fire most likely contained.

The Mustang Fire has burned at least a hundred miles now, west and east along the main fork the Salmon River in Idaho. The River contained the Fire’s southward spread, […]

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Mustang Fire forces evacuation — U.S. 93 from Quartz Creek to North Fork, ID

On September 9, 2012 By

Red Flag warning day with leading east flank of 261,000 acre fire less than 2 miles from U.S 93-

After several days of gentle breezes, Aug. 9 began with a “red flag” warning over all of Eastern and East Central Idaho.  High winds and the super dry forest, grass, and brush covering the Salmon River […]

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey