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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Bye-bye Blondie – A famed Yellowstone grizzly gets a permanent vacation.
Nothing causes quite the same size traffic jam in Yellowstone as a grizzly bear. Last summer, I was driving near Fishing Bridge when I approached a traffic jam so large I knew a bear was nearby. There was indeed, and the golden grizzly pictured above ignored the crowd as she crisscrossed the road in search […]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
How much is Old Faithful worth?
One of the most alarming developments in the Rockies this summer is that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun looking to the possibility of issuing permits for geothermal energy development. As the one of the most active geothermal hotspots on the planet, the area around Yellowstone would be a prime target. Such plans […]