Southern Rockies Nature Blog

Scene: A "moose jam"--parked cars and people with binoculars crossing the narrow, twisting Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton Nation...

In a blow to the Bush Administration's so-called Healthy Forests plan, the Forest Service was told it must listen to public comment . ...

Previous forest fire entry M. took a walk a couple of days ago into Babcock Hole, looking for a bit of unburned meadow with some shade, whic...

M. and I came home from a trip in mid-June to find a Cordilleran flycatcher (formerly known as a Western flycatcher before the "splitt...

Alberta journalist and blogger Colby Cosh lists ten roadside attractions in his home province "that could induce nightmares in children...

Should Indian tribes be allowed to do as they wish with eagles? Ted Williams gives many reasons why not. Their justifications are religiou...

Denise at the Ten Ring blog has some strong things to say about urban coyotes . (Check earlier posts too.) Actually, her disagreement is no...

Another hot day was coming, so I got up early, fed the dogs, and walked up the Forest Service road to look at the burn. The good news was th...

Coming home after a day in Pueblo I was thinking about something other than the Mason (Gulch) Fire when a Sky Crane helicopter tanker ( the ...

"Mason Gulch fire on its knees," headlines today's Chieftain . Reporter Pete Roper also quotes a typical area resident . That...

I have not been taking any pictures for the past couple of days, although I plan to hike (sneak?) into Babcock Hole in a day or two--I have ...

Even before we packed to return home, M. was trying to come to grips with what had happened. "I don't like change," she admitt...

The big national weather news while the the Mason Fire was burning was actually Hurricane Dennis. I thought at the time that the one good th...

We came home late this morning (Tuesday), with gratitude to a number of people. Thanks first of all to Hal and Mary Walter , High (Altitude...

Two morning radio DJs in Arkansas were suspended for suggesting that no taxpayer money be spent on the ivory-billed woodpecker's recove...