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11/18/2009 - 9:54amReader Participation Day: Where is Your Favorite National Park Campground?Olympic National Park, Hoh Campground, Loop C, Site 65, during fall elk rut.
11/17/2009 - 1:49pmForest Service Open to Allowing Mountain Bikes on Continental Divide Trail, But What About Park Service?And from IMBA's [url=http://www.imba.com/resources/land_protection/wilderness_toolkit.html]Bicycling and Wilderness: A Mountain Biker's Guide to Negotiating Wilderness Politics[/url] "Wilderness often presents a dilemma to the environmentally conscious mountain biker. While most of us applaud the intentions of the Wilderness Act, we also believe that bicycles are an appropriate, muscle-powered activity that belongs in Wilderness ...
11/17/2009 - 11:44amTraveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry?Some years ago I used Google and POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) in gathering the data I posted above (saved on my HD) Backpackinglight.com has a [url=http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/canister_stove_faq.html]FAQ on Canister Stoves and Fuels[/url] which is a good read. At the WhiteBlaze.net forums, their [url=http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?p=97824&postcount=1]Canister stove/fuel FAQ[/url] say's the Jetboil JetPower fuel ...
11/16/2009 - 7:38pmTraveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry?Funny that they do not and advertise that theirs is best for cold weather. Which would mean it has a higher percentage of propane than the others? MSR Iso Pro 80/20 isobutane/propane Brunton Brutane 80/20 isobutane/propane Snow Peak Gigapower 65/35 isobutane/propane Primus Powergas 25/25/50 propane/isobutane/butane Coleman 70/30 butane/propane JetBoil Jetpower ...
11/15/2009 - 2:43pmTraveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry?Does anybody know the Iso-butane / Propane percentages in Jetboils Jetpower canisters? I use a first generation MSR Whisperlite International where ever I go. "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
10/21/2009 - 9:07amIs Technology Compatible With The National Park Wilderness Experience?GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK Hikers Evacuated After Three SPOT Activations In Three Days On the evening of September 23rd, rangers began a search for hikers who repeatedly activated their rented SPOT satellite tracking device. The GEOS Emergency Response Center in Houston reported that someone in the group of four hikers ...
10/17/2009 - 10:31amForest Service Drawing Line On Mountain Bikers in Potential Wilderness, National Park Service AgreesI was thinking that Lynne was meaning the [url=http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/greatdivide.cfm?pg=more]Great Divide Mountain Bike Route?[/url] Anyway, concerning your statement of bikes on the CDT Highest Trail (not verified), the CDT was not "conceived and sanctioned by Congress to include bicycles." Here is a Position Statement from the CDTA on mountain bike use ...
10/14/2009 - 4:59pmReader Participation Day: What Epic Treks in the National Parks Are on Your To-Do List?[quote]Getting temporarily lost in the backcountry of Canyonlands National park.[/quote] Oh ya, have that one on the list (and now will ponder it once more :-)) Have already started collecting maps, field & trail guides, histories & fiction stories etc. for a winters mulling, pondering and planning a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_High_Route]Sierra High ...
10/14/2009 - 11:42amForest Service Drawing Line On Mountain Bikers in Potential Wilderness, National Park Service AgreesSuch trite hubris to think this is about access, mountain bikers, hikers, horsemen, etc... Here in my neck of the woods on federal lands only 45% of the trails are machine free, this by being in National Parks and Wildernesses. Narrow this down to the Wenatchee National Forest alone and ...
10/10/2009 - 9:38amGreenpeace Activists Exploited Security Failings at Mount Rushmore National Memorial To Stage Protest[quote]This country is letting every screwball organization get away with anything they want to do.[/quote] Thank You America! "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
09/26/2009 - 10:47amReader Participation Day: What Aspect(s) of the National Park System Do You Want to Read More About?I would like more stories about adventures the NPT writers take into our National Parks. (I forgot to include the [url=http://forums.yellowstone.net/index.php]Yellowstone National Park Forum[/url] in my last post) "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
09/24/2009 - 10:11pmReader Participation Day: What Aspect(s) of the National Park System Do You Want to Read More About?[quote]Are there any forums y'all currently use that I could join up with?[/quote] [url=http://www.yosemite.ca.us/forum/index.php]Yosemite National Park[/url] [url=http://glacierparkchat.com/phpBB3/index.php]Glacier National Park[/url] [url=http://www.rmnpforums.com/forums/index.php]Rocky Mountain National Park[/url] "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
09/12/2009 - 7:01pmYellowstone National Park's Bison Population Estimated At 3,300 Individuals[url=http://www.y2y.net/home.aspx]Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative[/url]
08/22/2009 - 8:51amRare Fossilized Sea Star Turns Up On Beach at Olympic National Park“This is indeed fabulous and beautiful and so amazingly unusual.” ...Until, on the advice of the Burke Museum (what did they expect the Burke to say?) it was ripped from the rock where it has resided for the last 20 million years or so.
08/20/2009 - 11:40amSearch for Human-Habituated Grizzlies in Glacier National Park Ends With Two Dead Bears[quote]She found out that if she walked up to campers eating dinner and growled, they would run away and leave all their food.[/quote] Hey, that worked for me in Curry Village after 8 days in the back country of Yosemite this spring :-) "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, ...
08/18/2009 - 9:15pmSearch for Human-Habituated Grizzlies in Glacier National Park Ends With Two Dead BearsThere is no such critter as a "problem bear." "If people persist in trespassing upon the grizzlies' territory, we must accept the fact that grizzlies, from time to time, will harvest a few trespassers." ~ Edward Abbey ~
08/17/2009 - 1:01pmPicking a Lot of Apples This Day Helps Keep the Bears Away in Yosemite National ParkReturning to my car in the orchard parking lot on the edge of Curry Village, after wandering in wonderment lost among the tall sequoias, ancient stone walls and waterfalls of Yosemite valley, to call these apple trees historic is meaningless to me. Anyway... "FORTY THOUSAND SUNSETS : THE APPLE ORCHARDS ...
08/03/2009 - 1:25pmFlash Flood Leads to Rescue of 200+ Campers at Ozark National Scenic RiverwaysSteven Neu (not verified), Wow, exciting. An adventure of the finest kind! Thanks, interesting how the water in the Current slowed down, still clear etc. "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
08/01/2009 - 8:16pmScientists: Climate Change Seems Responsible for A Loss of Large-Diameter Trees in Yosemite National Park[i]Global[/i] temperature trends for 2007 (and more) can be found at NASA's [url=http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/]GISS Surface Temperature Analysis.[/url] Locally there is the [url=http://www.rockymountainclimate.org/]Rocky Mountain Climate Organization.[/url] For some background (and beyond) read [url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686]BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER: The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change by Naomi Oreskes[/url] Naomi Oreskes [url=http://www.ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/documents/Chapter4.pdf]2007 essay (PDF)[/url] is a ...
07/30/2009 - 8:12amTour Company Wants to Offer Helicopter Overflights of Crater Lake National Park, But Likely Won't See A Decision Soon[quote]The multinational, government-granted monopoly Xanterra charges up to $37 a person for a trip to Wizard Island. Of that $37, maybe $2 goes to support the national park.[/quote] More like $1.11
07/23/2009 - 12:08amNew Concessionaire Chosen to Manage Lodging, Dining, and Retail at Bryce Canyon National ParkOur National Parks cut of the gross receipts still hovering around 3.5 percent? "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
06/13/2009 - 12:58pmOlympic National Park Has New Food Storage Requirements For Backcountry Travel This YearThe great thing about this that one can get a bear canister to use during your backpack adventure from the Ranger's for free! (a $3 or more donation will be asked for) Unlike Yosemite where it will cost you $5 (for up to two weeks) with a $65 deposit (cash ...
06/08/2009 - 2:46pmHouse Approves Measure to Direct North Cascades National Park to Stock Barren Lakes. What Do You Think?The fish have been and are stocked by the [url=http://www.watrailblazers.org/]Washington Trail Blazers.[/url] The website has a document from 2004 with some history: [url=http://www.watrailblazers.org/science/ncnpfishmgmtrpt.pdf]North Cascades National Park High Lakes Fishery Management[/url] (.pdf file) (more [url=http://www.watrailblazers.org/science/]interesting information[/url] from the website)
06/02/2009 - 1:15pmInterior Secretary Plans Free Weekend Entry to National Parks to Boost TourismSweet, perfect timing for my week adventure in Yosemite! That is if this means I enter the park on the "free day" and go on my backpack for 5 days, no problem?
05/31/2009 - 9:01amMore Fishers Soon To Be On the Loose in Olympic National ParkState and federal biologists have recorded the first fisher family native-born to Washington since their return to the forests after nearly 80 years. Weeks ago, researchers spotted the female, thought to be pregnant, at a big old snag heavily marked with cavities created by pileated woodpeckers, important den sites for ...
05/27/2009 - 11:20amMud Snares 19-Year-Old At Cuyahoga Valley National ParkLOL! I'll give ya a first hand tabloid style report here in few weeks. (If I make it out of Yosemite alive!) :-)
05/27/2009 - 10:49amMud Snares 19-Year-Old At Cuyahoga Valley National ParkMud Snares 19-Year-Old! Lightning Strike Injures Four Appalachian Trail Hikers! Search Suspended for Missing Climber on Mount McKinley! Zion National Park Officials Close Middle Echo Canyon! Body of Penn State Student Recovered from Stream! Dead Carp at Lake Mohave! Hiker Dies at Death Valley National Park! Tips for Staying Alive ...
05/26/2009 - 5:21pmShould Anything Be Done With Angel's Landing?I most definitely would let my 12 year old do it! "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
05/24/2009 - 4:59pmMules In Grand Canyon National Park: Should They Stay?I like mules, do not mind their leavings and believe it is a great experience for folks that would otherwise just snap a few pictures from the rims parking lots. Historical (?) not in the least when compared to the canyons history, sounds tritely hubristic to my ear. Anyway, I ...
05/19/2009 - 6:43pmYellowstone National Park Rangers Kill Habituated Wolf[url=http://www.y2y.net/]Y2Y[/url]
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