Blog Archives for Rocky Mountains

Good news in Canada isn't just about Olympics

By Thomas R Petersen - February 19, 2010    Seven of Canada's Rocky Mt. National Parks are getting a total of $945,000 to fix culverts that block fish from entering important mountain streams, which will improve aquatic connectivity.

Setting up for the field season

By adamswitalski - May 18, 2009    Greg Peters, our Field Coordinator, and I began to set up Wildlands CPR’s wildlife monitoring field sites on the Clearwater National Forest this weekend.  After a week of rain and snow, the skies cleared and we had a sunny first day in the field.   Our first site was a recontoured road.  It was pretty steep and rocky at the entrance and made for some difficulty carrying the track plate and roof

Critical Lynx Habitat Draws Snowmobile Lawsuit

By Adam Rissien - May 7, 2009   The Caspar Star-Tribune ran an article painting a picture of how inequitable snowmobile groups were treated by the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s designation of lynx habitat. No mention was given about the previous lynx decision that had to be revised. On Feb. 24th, the NY Times reported,

Positive Arizona ATV Legislation

By Josh Hurd - March 12, 2008    The Arizona house just passed a bill to help mitigate the impacts of ATVs and encourage responsible use.  As reported by the Arizona Republic:

Building a restoration economy, one state at a time

By Bethanie Walder - December 5, 2007