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  • Response to Fire Commentary in Las Cruces Paper: Drought, not Fuels, Drives Wildfire

    George Wuerthner

      The aftermath of the 2011 156,000-acre Los Conchas Blaze in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. Photo George Wuerthner  A recent commentary 30×30 not the answer to stop destructive wildfires by Jerry G. Schickedanz, has numerous inaccurate assumptions about wildfire. His comments repeat many common misunderstandings of fire ecology and how natural systems function.…

  • Three Yellowstone Park rivers close August 1 due high water temperatures

    Ralph Maughan

    Madison and most of the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers to close- The Gibbon River is above 73 degrees F. and the Firehole is 78 degrees. This is too high for trout to survive for long especially with people wading and fishing. As a result the streams close to fishing tomorrow (except for some well upstream…

  • Continuing snowy conditions keep Jackson Hole

    Ralph Maughan

    Very unusual late, deep snows keep National Elk Refuge and nearby national forest lands under winter closures- Snow extends closures. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily

  • Heavy snowfall sends elk onto the National Elk Refuge

    Ralph Maughan

    Heavy snowfall sends elk to refuge. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily. It is shaping up to be a snowy winter in southern Idaho and Western Wyoming.

  • Tornado hits West Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    Many trees are down and structural damage (roofs!). Probably no injuries- What was to become this violent storm work me up yesterday morning here in SE Idaho. I watched (on the Web) the storm grow as it moved NNE. This morning I got a call from a West Yellowstone resident who was driving around looking…

  • High latitude clouds seen at night are getting brighter

    Ralph Maughan

    Have you seen noctilucent, or “night shining,” clouds? These clouds can be seen for several hours after the sun has set. They form in the summer at high latitudes, but they are getting denser and appearing farther south. The shine at night because they are 50 miles above the ground and reflect the sun’s rays…

  • Mudslides from the 2007 Idaho wildfires begin after unusual June wet spell

    Ralph Maughan

    Article below is about a mudflow near Ketchum, orginating from the Castle Rock Fire area, but there a numerous slides around southern Idaho- June is often a fairly wet month in Idaho, which is mostly an arid or semi-arid state. The end of May and continuing into June has brought a lot of precipitation into…

  • Deep snow this winter!

    Ralph Maughan

    Guardsmen activated to help ease Northern Idaho snow emergency. Idaho Statesman. North Idaho awaits more snow. Six counties across state declare emergencies between storms. By Simon Shifrin. AP Avalanches close U.S. 12 across the north central Idaho mountains. By the Missoulian High avalanche danger for Boise National Forest. KTVB Wyoming battles high winds to clear…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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