Jamie Neale, Teen Lost In Australia, Says He Was A "Total Idiot"

The British teenager who survived 12 days in Australia's wilderness says he was a "total idiot" for having ventured out into the wild completely unprepared. Jamie Neale, is one lucky teenager, who has beaten the odds and survived 12 days in Australia's wilderness without...

Moose on the Loose in Calgary

A moose was on the loose in the southwest of Alberta's largest city, Calgary. Police were called around 6:30 am to take care of a moose that was running around backyards in the Haysboro neighborhood.  The...

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive

In what is one of the most amazing example of "what goes up, must come down", the proposal is afoot to bulldoze larger American cities with huge neighborhoods that no longer have numbers great enough to sustain the...

US House passes bill to expand wilderness areas in 9 states

The US House passed a bill today to be sent along to Barack Obama to put aside over two million acres of wilderness land across nine states that will be protected land. The vote was split 285-140, and this was two...

The boom-bust cycles of energy-rich Western Colorado

Over the course of the past decade, thousands of natural gas drilling rigs have been erected throughout tthe Piceance Basin of western Colorado causing many small towns in the area to experience booming economic...

Act of Congress to protect over 27 million acres of wilderness

In the first major wilderness legislation in almost half a century, Congress has voted to protect an additional 3,125 square miles of public land.  The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is a package...

Pictures from Fairbanks,Alaska

I received pictures this morning from family in Fairbanks Alaska. There are only a few but they are beautiful. Some taken off the back porch at sunrise. Some with Moose tracks through out the back yard. I've also...

EPA: 37 States Have Inadequate Clear Air Act Plans

The year 2064 seems awfully far away, but this is the target date of a national program intended to restore parks and wilderness areas to their once natural splendor. "In a Federal Register notice Friday, EPA said...

Senate boosts wilderness protection across US

This is a good move.We need more land setaside for wildernessand animal protection. "In a rare Sunday session, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as...

EPA Moves to Ease Air Rules for Parks

"The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new air-quality rules that would make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other major polluters near national parks and wilderness areas, even though half of the EPA's 10 regional administrators...

Scarlett Johansson weds Reynolds

" Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has married fellow actor Ryan Reynolds, their publicists have confirmed. US magazine Us Weekly reported the small wedding took place at a remote wilderness resort just...

Missing Women Found Alive and Well

The two women who were reported missing in Alaska's Denali National Park were located alive and well Wednesday morning. Nelson's mother recieved a cellphone call from her missing daughter, indicating that the...

Backpackers Go Missing in Denali Wild

These two young woman were supposed to be on a short backpacking trip through the preserve but haven't been seen since last week. This must be very hard for their families to have to deal with at this time. One of the women was supposed to be the maid of honor  in her...

Lost Snowmobiler Takes cue From Survivorman

While the show 'Survivorman' has lots of viewers, all sitting around enjoying seeing a man survive on nothing but what's in his pockets, a viewer got a first hand experience last week. Christopher Traverse is a...

Zoo produced video game makes waves

A new video game designed to teach people about the lives of wolves is making headlines today.  Here is  how the website describes the project:"Learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf...

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