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Yellowstone

The eyes may have it

by Dave Pidgeon on January 19, 2010

Compass Points follows up on Monday’s article about the possibility of web cams in the American wilderness.

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Watching for the backcountry eye

by Dave Pidgeon on January 18, 2010

Guns, national parks and the future debate about safety cameras in the backcountry.

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Where the buffalo once roamed

by Dave Pidgeon on November 17, 2009

Buffalo once made The Great Plains their personal playground, but their population has been reduced to small segments of the country. Momentum could be building, however, to establish a national park in Kansas for the reintroduction of massive bison herds.

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Jarvis takes the helm

by davepidgeon on October 5, 2009

What’s up, Pointers? Just a quick stop to let you all know that the Senate finally on Sept. 25 confirmed Jon Jarvis as director of the National Park Service. Now, the NPS and the U.S. Interior Department can finally get on with the business of caring for and overseeing the nation’s park land. Jarvis’ confirmation quickly [...]

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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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