From the daily archives: Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Wolves and bald eagles poisoned in the Bob Marshall Wilderness

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Six of America’s symbolic bird and four wolves fall to poison in vicinity of the Big Prairie Ranger Station-

Last May six bald eagles and four wolves were found dead in the general area of the Big Prairie Ranger Station inside the Bob Marshall Wilderness of NW Montana. This is far up the South Fork […]

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Yellowstone closes some trails and adds other restrictions due to fire danger

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Earlier restrictions had been lifted, but renewed hot, dry weather raises probability of fires-

Due to renewed hot, dry weather after a brief rainy and cooler respite, Yellowstone Park has done the following.

Closures:  Astringent Creek Trail at the junction of the Lower Pelican Creek Trail.
– Upper Pelican Creek Trail at the junction of […]

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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