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Knight Fire Update

Twain Harte Times

August 7, 2009

Dedicated firefighters have worked hard to contain the Knight Fire, which has been burning since July 26th.

The initial cause of the blaze is still under investigation. There are 443 firefighters working to extinguish the fire, which has thus far charred 6,130 acres. The fire is 80% contained.

Saving Iceland Activists Protest

Iceland Review

July 28, 2009

Activist group Saving Iceland claims that last night it closed down offices and institutions which they consider as "being accomplice to doing massive damage to nature".

"The companies and the institutions we closed down have all demonstrated a deliberate mens rea against Icelandic nature and will stop at nothing in their quest for easy profit and convenient agreements, even with companies with a despicable history. Therefore, closing them down was long overdue, so that further devastation could not take place," the group said in a statement.

Unique Art Opening in Yosemite National Park

Extranomical Adventures

July 23, 2009

Yosemite National Park is hosting a very unique art gallery show through November 8th, 2009. The national park's gallery will show works by artists who are current participants in Yosemite's artists-in-residence program.

The artist-in-residence program was established over 20 years ago and invites professional artists to live in the park for one month out of the year. The artists creations are unique visual testaments to their experience living in Yosemite.

Man Says He Used Chainsaw to Fight Starving Mountain Lion

Fox News

July 17, 2009

CODY, Wyoming -- A Colorado man used a chain saw to fight off an apparently starving mountain lion that attacked him during a camping trip in northwestern Wyoming with his wife and two toddlers.

Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine from Windsor, Colo., said he was alone cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite in the Shoshone National Forest when he saw the 100-pound lion staring at him from some bushes.

US-Mexico border wall could threaten wildlife species

Science Codex

July 8, 2009

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A 700-mile security wall under construction along the United States' border with Mexico could significantly alter the movement and "connectivity" of wildlife, biologists say, and the animals' potential isolation is a threat.

However, technology and alterations to the design could dramatically improve the potential for animals to move more freely between the two countries, the scientists added. "Movement of pygmy owls from Mexico to Arizona may be necessary for the persistence of the Arizona population," Flesch pointed out.

Tourists Continue To Trek To Yosemite, Despite Fires

KMPH Fox 26

July 6, 2009

This past holiday weekend was one of the busiest for Yosemite National Park. Visitors who braved the big crowds had to put up with more than just traffic and long lines, but smoke as well.

The smokey sight greeted tourists as they entered the gates to Yosemite; however many weren't aware that two fires were burning in the park over the weekend. The Grouse Fire has burned 2,300 acres and is 50% contained. The Harden Fire has charred 1,600 acres and is 75% contained.

South Dakota Considers Changes to Hunting Seasons

Ammo Land

June 16, 2009

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has proposed minor changes to several fall hunting seasons, including Mountain Lion, East River Deer and Antelope.

The Commission had made an initial proposal in May to allow a harvest limit of 35 mountain lions, or 20 female mountain lions. At its June meeting, the Commission changed that proposal to increase the harvest limit to 40 mountain lions or 25 female mountain lions.

Run Changed Due To Lions

Fun With Gravity

June 9, 2009

I arrived at the South Mesa trail head near Boulder after work yesterday around 7:00 p.m., planning to run up the Mesa Trail for a while and then circle back down.

A runner who had just gotten back was looking in my direction, and eventually asked something like "Are you planning to run?" It turns out he was at the junction of Mesa and Shadow Canyon trails and was accosted by a couple of juvenile mountain lions.

Oh My Gosh! They Are So Cute!

Coto Housing Blog

June 7, 2009

None of us would do anything to hurt these gorgeous creatures, right? Don't you just want to hug them, and cuddle them, and scritch them, and kitchey-kitchey-koo them?

That is my first instinct. And my first instinct would get them killed. And worse still, may get a small child killed. A mountain lion is safer if it is wary and afraid of humans and safest if it avoids proximity to humans. And humans, especially small humans are way safer if mountain lions keep their distance.

Taking It Easy

Flickr

May 27, 2009

Pumas, are also known as cougars or mountain lions, depending on different regions. It is the second biggest cat in the Western Hemisphere, only the jaguar is bigger.

Technically the puma is classified as a Small Cat, rather than a Big Cat! It is classified as a Small Cat as it can purr - in cannot roar - it lacks the specialized larynx and hyoid apparatus of Panthera.

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