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- HAVRE — Authorities discovered the body of a 23-year-old area woman in Beaver Creek Park south of Havre late last week. Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom Monday said the death was an apparent suicide. He said ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 8/24/2010 11:27:25 AM
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Welfare Ranchers, Wolves, and the Externalization of Costs
- We continuously hear the livestock industry talking about “problem” wolves—those animals that attack untended livestock. Yet the real issue is “problem ranchers” who externalize one of the costs of doing ...
- Newwest.net
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- 8/24/2010 11:05:56 AM
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Hungry Yellowstone grizzlies raise concerns
- BILLINGS, Mont. -- Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record. Scientists report ...
- Rapid City Journal
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- 8/24/2010 10:15:50 AM
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Reader Poll
- Speak4Yoself said: "Does the term “experimental population” ring any bells with anyone? Thats the ruse that was used to get them wolves out of Canada and into… Whitefish Rejects Expanded Retail on Highway 93 (14 ...
- Flathead Beacon
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- 8/24/2010 10:08:40 AM
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FWP criticizes Yellowstone Club after bear killed at resort
- BOZEMAN - The ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club is being criticized after an employee accidentally shot and killed a mother black bear on resort grounds earlier this month. Pat Flowers, director of Montana Fish, Wildlife ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/24/2010 6:41:05 AM
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FWP criticizes Yellowstone Club after bear killed
- Pat Flowers is director of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Region 3. He sent a letter to the club's general manager last week saying the resort has a pattern of taking wildlife management into its own hands ...
- KFBB NewsChannel 5
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- 8/24/2010 4:53:42 AM
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Bear death at Yellowstone Club riles FWP officials
- Earlier this month, a Yellowstone Club employee shot and killed a mother black bear on club grounds, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The employee, security guard Shane Barstad, was ...
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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- 8/24/2010 2:59:11 AM
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Elk enjoy field along West Reserve Drive
- A group of three elk that wandered into fields along West Reserve Drive north of Kalispell caused a stir on Monday and plenty of calls to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “We’ve been getting a lot of ...
- Daily Interlake
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- 8/24/2010 1:26:07 AM
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Robert W. (Bob) Howard, 71
- Robert W. (Bob) Howard went to be with our Lord and Savior on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, after a one-year battle with cancer. Bob was a lifetime resident of Kootenai County. Born on Oct. 10, 1938, to William S ...
- Coeur d'Alene Press
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- 8/24/2010 12:07:23 AM
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Hungry Yellowstone grizzlies raise concern
- A grizzly bear walks across a road near Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park in this May 2009 file photo. Wildlife officials are warning people that Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be hungry this fall becauset a key ...
- Star-Tribune
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- 8/23/2010 11:45:54 PM
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Donald Woodbury 'Musty' Miller
- Donald Woodbury Miller (Musty), age 94, of Beach, passed away on Friday, Aug. 20, in Wibaux, Mont. Funeral services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, in the chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Beach ...
- Dickinson Press & Advertiser
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- 8/23/2010 11:02:57 PM
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Mail-order catalogs bring back memories
- His on-again, off-again partner, Alvah Curtis Roebuck, came on the scene when he answered an ad for a watch repairman. An 1891 catalog had 32 pages, comprising 24 of watches and eight of jewelry and sewing machines. Just ...
- Charleston Daily Mail
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- 8/23/2010 9:29:54 PM
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Coming of age in ‘Last Song,’ “Cemetery Junction’
- The Last Song (Touchstone, Blu-ray or standard DVD, PG, 107 min.). The charisma of the lead actors overcomes an at-times by-the-numbers script, even if the screenplay were co-written by source novelist Nicholas Sparks ...
- VillageSoup Belfast
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- 8/23/2010 7:21:03 PM
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Spike Lee tells about post-Katrina woes, triumphs
- When: 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Even Spike Lee thought so. The acclaimed filmmaker was in New Orleans making “If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise,” HBO’s two-part, four-hour documentary about New Orleans ...
- Houma Courier
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- 8/23/2010 6:09:28 PM
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PPL Lowers Level of Rainbow Dam Reservoir
- Boaters wishing to fish and recreate in the Rainbow Reservoir will have to wait until next summer. The water level in the reservoir is being lowered today, closing boat access. PPL Montana is lowering the ...
- KFBB NewsChannel 5
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- 8/23/2010 5:33:40 PM
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Donald Henry Wolff Jr.
- Donald Henry Wolff Jr., 53, of Red Lodge died suddenly Aug. 17, 2010. He was born Jan. 22, 1957, in Houston, Texas. His parents Donald, Sr., and Lorraine Wolff then moved to Redwood City, Calif. Here the seeds ...
- Cody Enterprise
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- 8/23/2010 2:49:02 PM
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Creek First Aid
- “It was a very sad, sad day,” said long-time resident and businessman Don Pfau, as he reflected back to a time in the early 1960s, “when they put the cat in Big Spring Creek to straighten it.” Pfau was ...
- Lewistown News-Argus
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- 8/23/2010 1:44:36 PM
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Pneumonia confirmed in bighorn sheep herd
- MISSOULA — State wildlife officials say pneumonia has been confirmed in a herd of about 300 bighorn sheep west of Anaconda. Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Ray Vinkey collected samples from four members of the Lost ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/23/2010 1:44:36 PM
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Pneumonia Confirmed in Anaconda Bighorn Sheep
- MALTA, Mont. - -(Ammoland.com)- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) announced today that pneumonia was confirmed in a sixth bighorn sheep population in west central Montana. The latest occurrence of the ...
- AmmoLand.com - Shooting Sports News
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- 8/23/2010 1:44:36 PM
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Maxwell: In Big Sky Country, man and animal strike a balance
- SHERIDAN, Mont. - I enjoy travel more than anything else. As a natural-born vagabond who happens to be a journalist, I see travel as an act of discovery. I love waking up in strange places knowing nothing, or next to ...
- ScrippsNews
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- 8/23/2010 1:08:49 PM
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Montana will appeal wolf ruling
- Montana's top wildlife official confirmed today that his agency will appeal the recent district court ruling that returned the region's recovered wolves to the federal endangered species list. Joe Maurier ...
- ESPN.com
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- 8/23/2010 12:04:23 PM
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Spread of Bighorn Sheep Pneumonia Continues
- The deadly spread of pneumonia in Montana’s bighorn sheep population picked up momentum west of Anaconda, where a hunter alerted Fish, Wildlife & Parks of possible disease in the Lost Creek population. Biologists ...
- Newwest.net
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- 8/23/2010 10:52:48 AM
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Sentencing of former Koss executive Sachdeva postponed to November
- Aug. 23, 2010 11:30 a.m. | Sentencing for former Koss Corp. executive Sujata Sachdeva for embezzling about $34 million has been postponed until 2:30 p.m. November 18 in Federal Court in Milwaukee. The new date ...
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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- 8/23/2010 9:26:55 AM
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O'Donnell garage to remain closed rest of the year
- Aug. 23, 2010 11:18 a.m. | The O'Donnell Park garage will remained closed at least through the end of the year, while the fate of the structure remains under review, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker ...
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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- 8/23/2010 9:19:45 AM
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What ever happened to Verde otters?
- The otters found the Verde River in the 19th century were reportedly longer in length and lighter in color than the Louisiana bred eastern river otters introduced to the river in 1981 by Arizona Game and fish. But ...
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- 8/23/2010 7:25:13 AM
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Women's only adventures becoming a popular option
- As we reported recently, the adventure travel market has grown into an $89 billion industry . With that kind of money being tossed around, it is only natural for the travel options to diversify and one of the ...
- GADLING
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- 8/23/2010 5:02:03 AM
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Fires burning 26,000 acres
- A wildland fire has grown quickly in the last 48 hours in an area of both public and private lands in Central Montana, but crews are hopeful they're getting a handle on things. The Raven Rat Patch fire is ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 8/23/2010 3:57:38 AM
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Top Fly Fishing Websites
- This is Fly is an online magazine, available for free, focused on fly fishing around the world. It is one of the most trendy fishing magazine, a bit too much for some anglers tastes, but offers something truly ...
- Associated Content
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- 8/23/2010 3:29:00 AM
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Robert ”Bob“ ”Tip“ P. Oppelt Sr., 81,
- Robert ”Bob“ ”Tip“ P. Oppelt Sr., 81, of West Grove, a former Aston resident, died Aug. 21 at home following a brief illness. Born in Mountainhome, Monroe County, he was a 1946 graduate of Barrett ...
- Delaware County Daily Times
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- 8/23/2010 3:00:22 AM
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Grizzlies prowl closer for food
- BILLINGS, Mont. – Yellowstone’s grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area’s deadliest on record. Scientists ...
- Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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- 8/23/2010 12:37:12 AM
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500 miles for fitness -- and kids
- Every summer in the off season for the Pacers, I try to use my time off to do something different. Last summer, I worked part time in a coffee shop to raise money for a scholarship fund. I went piranha fishing ...
- Indianapolis Star
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- 8/23/2010 12:15:43 AM
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James ‘Eddie’ Edward Sparing Sr.
- Eddie Sparing died of natural causes at home in Helena, Aug. 20, 2010, with his loving wife at his side. He was 82 years of age. Eddie was born April 15, 1928, in Helena. He was the fourth of five sons born to ...
- Independent Record
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- 8/22/2010 11:39:56 PM
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Research IDs lands along Yellowstone River that may be public
- Ten tracts of land along the Yellowstone River between Laurel and Billings have been identified as possible public lands in a study completed by a coalition of conservation and access groups. One tract is a portion of ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/22/2010 11:25:37 PM
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Montana has new website to assist hunters
- The state has launched a new website to help hunters answer their "who, what, where, when and how" questions about hunting in Montana. The website, which also helps Montana's librarians field requests from ...
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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- 8/22/2010 11:18:27 PM
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
- "We don't know if it was one bear, two bears, a black bear or grizzly bear," Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim said. "Obviously, the bear's gone now. Will it come back tonight? That's the question
- Grand Forks Herald
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- 8/22/2010 9:09:36 PM
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Watch out for Yellowstone bears — they're hungry
- In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a grizzly bear walks across a road near Mammoth, Wyo., in Yellowstone Park. Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings ...
- Grand Forks Herald
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- 8/22/2010 9:09:36 PM
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Paul Martin Hansen, 67
- Vietnam veteran, longtime business owner and member of the Butte High School Silver B’s, Paul Martin Hansen, 67, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2010, of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Marie (Sullivan) Hansen ...
- Montana Standard
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- 8/22/2010 4:51:54 PM
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Jelly fish stop try by woman to swim Monterey Bay
- Jelly fish have stopped an attempt by a Pleasanton woman to swim nearly 23 miles across Monterey Bay. Patti Bauernfeind had hoped to become only the second person to make the swim across the bay when she ...
- San Luis Obispo Tribune
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- 8/22/2010 4:30:26 PM
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Heart of Lehi's Main Street
- Since 1956 when President Dwight Eisenhower launched the Interstate Highway System — sending freeways crisscrossing the United States like spaghetti in a giant bowl, diverting major traffic around small town businesses ...
- Daily Herald
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- 8/22/2010 3:54:39 PM
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MSU/Crow project confirms contaminated water on reservation
- Two Montana State University graduate students have confirmed contamination of surface and groundwater used as a source for drinking water on the Crow Reservation, something that residents had suspected. Mari ...
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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- 8/22/2010 3:04:32 PM
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Be warned: Grizzlies will be hungry
- Government scientists said the two fatal maulings came too early in the year for whitebark pine to have played a role. Bears typically don't start gorging themselves on the troves of pine nuts that are stashed by ...
- Charleston Daily Mail
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- 8/22/2010 11:58:25 AM
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AP Exclusive: Japanese mayor defends dolphin hunts
- South Korea arrests activist after trip to NKorea Authorities arrested a South Korean religious activist Friday as he returned home across the heavily fortified border after an illegal trip to North Korea. U.N ...
- Fresno Bee
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- 8/22/2010 11:58:25 AM
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Yellowstone's grizzly bears are hungry and dangerous
- FILE - In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a grizzly bear walks across a road near Mammoth, Wyo., in Yellowstone Park. Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous ...
- Missoulian
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- 8/22/2010 11:44:06 AM
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Lake Trout Netting Program to Begin at Swan Lake
- State and federal wildlife officials plan to start netting invasive lake trout from Swan Lake in northwestern Montana so that native bull trout can survive. The three-week netting program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
- Flathead Beacon
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- 8/22/2010 10:25:22 AM
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RVing 101: RV weekly round-up (August 15-21, 2010) Part 2
- Due to the continuing high volume of news stories, this weekend’s RV weekly round-up is being posted in three parts. To read Part 1, click here . To read the mid-week edition Part 1, click here ; Part 2, click here ...
- Examiner
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- 8/22/2010 10:03:53 AM
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Watch out for Yellowstone bears _ they're hungry
- Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record. Scientists report that a ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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- 8/22/2010 9:49:34 AM
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State has new website to assist hunters
- The state has launched a new website to help hunters answer their "who, what, where, when and how" questions about hunting in Montana. The website, which also helps Montana's librarians field requests from ...
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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- 8/22/2010 1:21:20 AM
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Arctic villages stop seismic tests as Canada mulls oil future
- Above the Arctic Circle in Canada near Greenland, five Inuit villages have won a court order that blocks a German icebreaker from conducting seismic tests of an underwater region that abounds with marine life ...
- San Luis Obispo Tribune
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- 8/22/2010 12:59:51 AM
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Montana, wolf hunt advocates form coalition
- HELENA, Mont. -- Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional ...
- Star-Tribune
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- 8/22/2010 12:31:13 AM
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Heyburn left thorny legacy on natural resources
- History doesn’t shed a kindly light on U.S. Sen. Weldon Heyburn, a Wallace mining attorney and strident foe of the newly formed Forest Service. An irascible man, Heyburn once stopped an orchestra in mid ...
- The Spokesman-Review
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- 8/22/2010 12:09:45 AM
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Regional fiction
- Set in Pale Butte, N.D., "The Last Ghost Dancer" is an old man's recollection told from the future with messages telling us not only are we aware of only a fraction of what we see, but that doubt will continue ...
- Denver Post
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- 8/22/2010 12:02:35 AM
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Lake trout netting program to begin at Swan Lake
- KALISPELL (AP) — State and federal wildlife officials plan to start netting invasive lake trout from Swan Lake in northwestern Montana so that native bull trout can survive. The three-week netting program by ...
- Montana Standard
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- 8/21/2010 11:05:19 PM
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Paul Martin Hansen, 69
- Vietnam veteran, longtime business owner and member of the Butte High School Silver B’s, Paul Martin Hansen, 69, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2010, of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Marie (Sullivan) Hansen ...
- Montana Standard
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- 8/21/2010 11:05:19 PM
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Montana, wolf hunt advocates form coalition
- HELENA, Mont. -- Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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- 8/21/2010 10:00:54 PM
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Visitors welcome
- Based on the early demand for housing, Norsk Hstfest is going to pack them in this year. To accommodate visitors, the Hstfest office is seeking more people to open their homes to guests. Last year, the Hstfest ...
- Minot Daily News
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- 8/21/2010 9:03:38 PM
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Watch out for Yellowstone bears _ they're hungry
- JAMES PEACO FILE - In this June 7, 2005 file photo released by Yellowstone National Park a grizzly bear moves through the brush in the park in Wyoming. Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this ...
- Arizona Daily Star
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- 8/21/2010 4:53:06 PM
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Yellowstone Club guard to be charged for killing black bear sow
- BUTTE - Charges are pending against a security officer at the ritzy Yellowstone Club who allegedly killed a black bear sow earlier this month. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks plans to cite Shane ...
- Missoulian
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- 8/21/2010 3:55:50 PM
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Lake trout netting program to begin at Swan Lake
- The three-week netting program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks begins Monday and runs through Sept. 10. Anglers discovered lake trout in Swan Lake in ...
- KFBB NewsChannel 5
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- 8/21/2010 2:58:34 PM
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Lake trout netting program to begin at Swan Lake
- The three-week netting program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks begins Monday and runs through Sept. 10. Anglers discovered lake trout in Swan Lake in ...
- KULR8
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- 8/21/2010 1:54:08 PM
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'No drama Obama' needs strong second act
- The Obama administration is a welcome change from the Bush-Cheney years. Against severe Republican opposition, President Obama has kept campaign promises to reform health care, curb Wall Street excesses ...
- Standard Speaker
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- 8/21/2010 11:52:27 AM
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Montana, Wolf Hunt Advocates Form Coalition
- HELENA – Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional action ...
- Flathead Beacon
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- 8/21/2010 11:38:08 AM
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Lawrence Wayne ‘Larry’ Williams
- Lawrence Wayne “Larry” Williams passed away at the age of 67 on Aug. 16, 2010, at 11:30 p.m. after a long struggle with cancer. He was the only son of LaVerna Woodrow Bybee and Charles C. Williams and was ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/21/2010 4:57:16 AM
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Sisters on the Fly hold Trailer Trash Bash in Lewiston
- Travel trailers, fishing and fun — they all go together for the women in the Sisters on the Fly. Started by a pair of true sisters in Montana in 1998, the ladies-only club now has 1,400 members nationwide ...
- Record Searchlight
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- 8/21/2010 4:42:57 AM
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Anniversary - Hibbs
- Gene and Molly Hibbs of Dallas will soon celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Molly Henry and Gene Hibbs were married Nov. 21, 1950, at Falls City Church in Falls City. The Rev. Royer officiated. The ...
- Corvallis Gazette-Times
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- 8/21/2010 2:12:38 AM
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Vandals hit Lone Pine
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information about vandalism that recently occurred at Lone Pine State Park west of Kalispell. Sometime between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning this week, two ...
- Daily Interlake
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- 8/21/2010 1:22:31 AM
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Neighbors: Home where bear attacked Ohioan a 'zoo'
- COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio Neighbors of a man who kept a menagerie of wolves, tigers and bears - including one that attacked and killed its 24-year-old caretaker - often complained about the roars and howls coming ...
- Tri-City Herald
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- 8/21/2010 12:39:34 AM
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Hunters, ranchers pack meeting
- HELENA — Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge’s ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional ...
- Montana Standard
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- 8/21/2010 12:32:25 AM
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Great Burn Wilderness remains subject of debate
- In the backcountry south of Superior, Mont., Upper Siamese Lake snugs against the Idaho border in the Lolo National Forest along the Stateline Trail. The lake is within an area proposed for designation as the ...
- The Spokesman-Review
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- 8/21/2010 12:10:56 AM
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Security officer facing allegations he shot bear
- Charges are pending against a security officer with the ritzy Yellowstone Club who allegedly killed a black bear sow, who had at least two cubs, earlier this month. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks ...
- Montana Standard
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- 8/21/2010 12:03:47 AM
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Groups form coalition on wolf issue
- Representatives of livestock producers, outfitters, hunters and wildlife enthusiasts promised Friday to present a united front with the state of Montana as it moves forward as quickly as possible, on multiple pathways ...
- Independent Record
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- 8/20/2010 11:20:50 PM
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No men, no kids, no dogs
- Weekend host Katie Quinn (left) hugs fellow club member Ann Winters. “I was just really glad to see Katie and to see her place,” Winters said. “I am looking forward to spending the weekend with my ...
- Record Searchlight
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- 8/20/2010 10:45:02 PM
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John D. ‘JD’ Taylor
- John D. "JD" Taylor, 59, Tipton, died Wednesday afternoon at Altoona Regional Health System, Altoona Hospital Campus. He was born in Altoona, son of the late Max R. and Vernadine (Smith) Taylor. He married Amy I. Mogle ...
- Altoona Mirror
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- 8/20/2010 10:02:05 PM
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The remarkable comeback of the wolf
- From the moment it was first reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park nearly 15 years ago, the gray wolf has been the subject of continual litigation. Last week's ruling by a federal district court ...
- Rock Hill Herald
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- 8/20/2010 9:54:56 PM
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A range of different perspectives from a Montana fire lookout
- WERNER PEAK, Mont. — Getting above it all, staying at a historic fire lookout perched at 6,960 feet on the spine of this mountain, is a fine way to snuff the stresses of life. A few weeks back, I called the ...
- Boston Globe
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- 8/20/2010 9:40:37 PM
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Mont. seeks wolf coalition with ranchers, hunters
- HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials are planning to meet with ranchers, hunters and other groups about joining forces after a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves. Wildlife officials ...
- KREM
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- 8/20/2010 5:37:14 PM
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Federal agency cuts ties with refuge volunteers
- HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the ...
- KFBB NewsChannel 5
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- 8/20/2010 2:59:45 PM
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Federal agency cuts ties with Lee Metcalf refuge volunteers
- HAMILTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the protection of the southwestern ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/20/2010 2:52:35 PM
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Federal agency cuts ties with refuge volunteers
- HAMILTON (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the protection of ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 8/20/2010 2:23:57 PM
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Ohio bear owner: I'm only witness to fatal attack
- COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio The owner of a bear that fatally mauled a caretaker in Ohio has spoken to reporters outside his animal compound and says he was the only person who witnessed the attack. But Sam Mazzola ...
- Tri-City Herald
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- 8/20/2010 2:09:38 PM
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Federal agency cuts ties with refuge volunteers
- HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the ...
- KULR8
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- 8/20/2010 1:55:19 PM
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SINGIN’ THE BEAR COUNTRY BLUES
- It may come as no surprise to local residents, but this summer has been a busy year for bear-and-human encounters in the Big Sky area, according to Kevin Frey, regional bear manager for the Montana Department of Fish ...
- Belgrade News
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- 8/20/2010 1:48:10 PM
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Tester, Baucus call for wolf management meeting
- Montana’s U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are asking the Department of the Interior to call the players in three states to the table to discuss how to manage gray wolf populations. Tester and Baucus ...
- Havre Daily News
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- 8/20/2010 1:33:51 PM
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Ohio bear kills caretaker; owner had convictions
- COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio A bear fatally mauled its caretaker at the home of a man who accumulated dozens of dangerous, exotic animals despite past convictions and losing his license after animal rights activists ...
- Tri-City Herald
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- 8/20/2010 1:33:51 PM
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Montana FWP and wolf hunt advocates form coalition
- HELENA — Montana officials, ranchers, hunters and others frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/20/2010 12:15:06 PM
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Applegate is director of Sonora Area Foundation
- Greg Applegate, who this week left his job as Sonora’s city administrator, will take over as executive director of the Sonora Area Foundation, the organization declared Thursday. Applegate, whose last official day with ...
- Union Democrat
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- 8/20/2010 12:00:47 PM
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Best of the West This Week
- This week, we’ve got more drum-banging on wolves and America’s grocery crisis. The good news is that more people than ever before are joining the critter jams in Yellowstone. By hell or high country, wolves will be ...
- Newwest.net
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- 8/20/2010 11:46:28 AM
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Montana, wolf hunt advocates form coalition
- HELENA, Mont. — Montana officials, ranchers, hunters and others frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with ...
- Idaho Statesman
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- 8/20/2010 11:39:19 AM
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Army buddies reunite for fishing trip
- Richard Coke and Bruce Eberle met 40 years ago at Fort Sill, Okla. They spent six months together in Officer Candidate School in 1969. Coke trained for the Signal Corps, was commissioned and served in Vietnam. Eberle was ...
- Fremont Tribune
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- 8/20/2010 9:30:28 AM
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Memoirs, histories and novels top local titles
- San Diego and Riverside county authors have produced a slew of memoirs, novels, histories and other books over the past few months: Valley Center's Joe Camp, director of the popular "Benji" movies, has written his second ...
- North County Times
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- 8/20/2010 9:09:00 AM
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Ohio bear owned by PETA foe kills its caretaker
- COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio A bear owned by a man who used to offer people the chance to wrestle the animals mauled its 24-year-old caretaker to death during a feeding on property containing other bears, many ...
- Tri-City Herald
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- 8/20/2010 9:09:00 AM
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Ohio bear owned by PETA foe kills its caretaker
- COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio – A bear owned by a man who used to offer people the chance to wrestle the animals mauled its 24-year-old caretaker to death during a feeding on property containing other bears, many ...
- Olympian
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- 8/20/2010 9:09:00 AM
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Wolves getting unneeded help
- It was no surprise to members of the hunting community two weeks ago when U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy placed the gray wolf back on the Endangered Species List, thus ending the modest wolf hunting seasons that had ...
- Jamestown Sun
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- 8/20/2010 9:01:50 AM
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New to the iPhone: Trout Stream GPS
- PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 20, 2010 – Distal Industries, LLC, A Texas company, has announced the release of the Trout Stream GPS iPhone application, which helps anglers know exactly where to park and fish on America ...
- PRLog (free press release)
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- 8/20/2010 8:54:41 AM
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State pursues options on wolves
- Aug 20, 2010 (Daily Inter Lake - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Montana government officials and political leaders are pursuing a variety of options to counter a federal judge's recent ...
- TMCnet
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- 8/20/2010 8:26:03 AM
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Hunger, parasites blamed for grizzly bear's attacks
- BILLINGS, Mont. - Hunger and internal parasites afflicted a grizzly bear that mauled three campers near Yellowstone National Park, but investigators said Monday those factors failed to explain such aggressive ...
- Daily Breeze
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- 8/20/2010 7:50:15 AM
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Grizzly bears track the way back home after relocation
- KALISPELL — Wildlife officials say two grizzly bears found their way back to the Whitefish Range after being relocated to the Cabinet Mountains. Wayne Kasworm, a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/20/2010 7:43:06 AM
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Wildhorse Island ram may have survived lightning
- The lightning strike that killed eight bighorn sheep on Wildhorse Island a few weeks ago may have left one survivor. Island resident Barry Gordon took this photograph of the ram and its charred right horn. Gordon reports ...
- Missoulian
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- 8/20/2010 6:38:40 AM
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Looking for a greener kind of death
- There was a naked body wrapped in yards and yards of unbleached muslin perched over an open grave, and Mary Woodsen was speeding to get there. An early spring snowfall had dumped 2 feet of wet snow on Irish ...
- Salon
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- 8/20/2010 4:01:11 AM
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Wildhorse Island ram may have suvived lightning
- The lightning strike that killed eight bighorn sheep on Wildhorse Island a few weeks ago may have left one survivor. Island resident Barry Gordon took this photograph of the ram and its charred right horn. Gordon reports ...
- Missoulian
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- 8/20/2010 4:01:11 AM
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Arizona fugitive and fiancee arrested at campsite
- PHOENIX -- An unattended campfire and a suspicious forest ranger led to the arrest of two of the most wanted fugitives in the U.S., ending a three-week nationwide manhunt that drew hundreds of false sightings ...
- Raleigh News & Observer
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- 8/20/2010 2:28:08 AM
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Man falls at Disney's California Adventure park
- ANAHEIM, Calif. – Police say a man was hurt in a 20-foot fall while waiting to get on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride at Disney's California Adventure theme park in Anaheim. The 20-year-old was ...
- Olympian
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- 8/20/2010 2:06:39 AM
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Bird enhancement program improved
- Montana's Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program, a good tool for bird hunters in the state, has undergone some enhancements of its own, including the addition of three upland game bird biologists and a 12 ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 8/20/2010 1:59:30 AM
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State pursues options on wolves
- Montana government officials and political leaders are pursuing a variety of options to counter a federal judge’s recent ruling that put wolves back under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. “It ...
- Daily Interlake
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- 8/20/2010 1:30:52 AM
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State officials seek wolf coalition in meeting today
- Montana officials plan to meet with ranchers, hunters and other groups about joining forces after a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves. Wildlife officials in Montana and Idaho oppose the ...
- Independent Record
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- 8/19/2010 11:07:42 PM
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State seeks wolf coalition with hunters and ranchers
- HELENA (AP) - Montana officials are planning to meet with ranchers, hunters and other groups about joining forces after a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves. Wildlife ...
- Montana Standard
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- 8/19/2010 11:00:32 PM
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Grey Wolves Still on Endangered Species List in Rockies
- Gray wolves have recently been relisted as an endangered species in the Northern Rocky Mountain region. (National Convseration Training Center) A Federal U.S. District Court recently overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
- The Epoch Times
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- 8/19/2010 10:53:23 PM
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River expert praises Yellowstone
- Writer Fred Pearce was the opening-day keynote speaker Thursday at the Yellowstone River Symposium, held at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. Pearce, who was written extensively about rivers, floated the ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 8/19/2010 10:31:54 PM
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Recreational Vehicle Camping in Montana
- Many of the national forests in Montana have developed campgrounds, but that doesn't mean you'll have to pay for a site. The Custer, Gallatin, Deerlodge, Kootenai, Bitterroot and Beaverhead, National Forests ...
- Associated Content
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- 8/19/2010 10:10:26 PM
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OUTDOORS: CWD state list grows by two
- Wildlife officials in the Northern Rockies said Wednesday they are considering hunting gray wolves in the name of research to get around a recent court ruling that restored federal protections for the animals ...
- Tacoma News Tribune
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- 8/19/2010 9:48:57 PM
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Continued: Valid arguments abound for limited hunting of wolves
- Whatever their other attributes, and they are many, wolves are killers, plain and simple. As such, they have earned their share of enemies, no less here, not far from Yellowstone National Park, than in Minnesota ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
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- 8/19/2010 9:27:29 PM
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Viewpoint: A bike tour to end a barbaric practice
- It is an afternoon in mid-August and I find myself with a few moments to contemplate the bicycle tour I just completed. During the last three weeks of July, I rode my bike from Missoula, Mont. to Pueblo ...
- San Luis Obispo Tribune
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- 8/19/2010 9:13:10 PM
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Two bears found dead in Yellowstone Park
- Two bears were found dead Tuesday in the east central section of Yellowstone National Park. A grizzly was discovered dead about 50 yards off a road and one-half mile south of LeHardy Rapids, north of Fishing Bridge. The ...
- Jackson Hole News&Guide Newspaper
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- 8/19/2010 6:21:22 PM
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Wildfire Closes Lower Deschutes, Campsites
- BEND, Ore. -- Gusty winds challenged firefighters Thursday on the lines of two large lightning-sparked wildfires near the Lower Deschutes River, one prompting pre-evacuation alerts for Maupin residents ...
- KTVZ.com
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- 8/19/2010 6:21:22 PM