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Wildness bites back

by Dave Pidgeon on February 10, 2010

Continuing the discussion about whether American has true wilderness anymore by turning to, of all things, the freak-you-out novel Deliverance.

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Obama’s state of yin and yang

by Dave Pidgeon on January 29, 2010

The smart and the shortsighted aspects of President Barack Obama’s state of the union address.

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TRAIL TUNES: Change the climate change debate

by Dave Pidgeon on November 18, 2009

The current narrative about reversing global warming – or the planet will perish – is going in the wrong direction. A message about the daily fiscal benefits of living green is how environmentalists will win the political debate. Oh, and there’s a song and video at the end of this post. It’s Trail Tunes, after all.

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Rock out in national parks

by Dave Pidgeon on November 14, 2009

Find out what parks are the best location for rock climbers.

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Albino bear among the glaciers

by davepidgeon on November 2, 2009

Glacier National Park welcomes a new resident while a rare animal escapes hunting season alive.

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Smile, campers!

by davepidgeon on May 15, 2009

While we may not have answered the eternal question of whether bears drop a deuce in the woods, we do know nimrod human beings will pee into a geyser. But the case of a Yellowstone National Park webcam catching six urinators in the act of spraying Old Faithful geyser, which has led to the pee’rs perpetrators [...]

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Cell phones in the backcountry

by davepidgeon on April 27, 2009

Backpacker, phone home! That is if the news out of Yellowstone National Park – where cell phone service is about to expand – is to be believed. From the Associated Press: The (Yellowstone) plan includes a limited expansion of cell phone service, restrictions on wireless Internet at historic lodges and rules for new scientific monitoring [...]

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