Funny the things you don’t see in the national news. There was a big hurrah about Pres. Obama putting a hold on George Bush’s last minute “midnight regulations,” which included a ruling that would remove gray wolves from the endangered species list. What I’ve heard recently via the National Resources Defense Council is that new … Continue reading Salazar removes protection for gray wolves
Climb because it’s there Continue reading Beaver on Longs Peak
I’ve written several times about gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, and the battle being waged by conservationists to preserve their protected status. Among these wolves are those painstaking reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park over the last ten years. Imagine my excitement when I read today that one of the Yellowstone wolves has been … Continue reading Yellowstone wolf tracked to Colorado
Many of us, from the depths of our respective winters, are wishing fervently for Spring to arrive … yesterday. So with a nod to the calendar, I offer the following visual encouragement: There’s not much in life that I’m sure about, but to date, the sun has always risen in the morning, and spring has … Continue reading Spring will come again
I’ve written before about the status of gray wolves in the U.S. Those are the ones the Bush administration kept trying to get removed from the endangered species list so they could be hunted. Last summer the wolves were delisted and big public hunts had already been planned when a courageous judge in Montana stepped … Continue reading Wolves still howling out west
It’s that time of year in Rocky Mountain National Park. Tourism slows when the snow flies, but there’s always a lot to see … Continue reading Somebody’s watching you
