Kootenay community fed up with deer after woman mauled By Evan Duggan, Vancouver Sun June 21, 2011 5:51 PM The mauling of a Kimberley woman by an aggressive pair of deer has the southeast Kootenay community fed up and calling for help from the province to deal with a growing region-wide deer problem. The attack, which sent the woman to hospital, happened in a residential area just stby KenS - General Discussion
June 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM Olympic park rangers kill rampaging elk By The Associated Press PORT ANGELES, Wash. — Olympic National Park rangers have killed an elk that charged three vehicles and damaged a tent at the Hoh Rain Forest campground. The Peninsula Daily News reports rangers started monitoring the female Roosevelt elk on Friday after it damaged a tent and charged a park vehicby KenS - General Discussion
A collapsed snow bridge, the same thing that probably did in legendary ranger Randy Morgenson, The Last Season, by Eric Blehm.by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yosemite's back-country hikers have seen the light By John Flinn Special to the Los Angeles Times June 19, 2011 Reporting from Yosemite National Park— John Muir understood that the best way to see his beloved "Range of Light" is to travel light. His packing advice couldn't have been simpler: "Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the bacby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Emergency rescue at Sequoia National Park June 16, 2011 | 6:17 pm A Squaw Valley hiker had to be rescued this week at Sequoia National Park after falling through a snow bridge into the icy cold creek below, park authorities said. The woman, 52, was found by hikers three hours later suffering from hypothermia, but was able to walk away from the scene. Park officials declined to releaseby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yosemite's Tenaya Lake restoration coming up Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Tenaya Lake, known to many as the jewel of the Yosemite high country, will be getting some new polish this summer once the snow melts and the roads open. The deep blue lake that American Indians once called "Lake of the Shining Rocks" because of the spectacular granite domeby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thick snowpack holds water — and potential peril By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times June 12, 2011, 4:17 p.m. Reporting from Yosemite National Park— On the third day of June, Frank Gehrke and Vince White strapped on their cross-country skis and glided across the wintry landscape of Dana Meadows in Yosemite National Park. The surrounding peaks were wrapped in snow, the breeze crisp eby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
June 9, 2011 at 7:51 AM Stevens County wild dog pack 'killing for fun' By The Associated Press A pack of dogs has killed about 100 animals in the past three months in northeastern Washington state while eluding law enforcement and volunteers. Officers have tried to track the pack but had little success because the dogs seem to hunker down during the day and move only at night, Stevens Cby KenS - General Discussion
Blasting winter away at Yosemite Yosemite National Park's avalanche control team has a particularly big job this year, blowing up mountains of snow along Tioga Road to clear the way for summer tourists. By Mike Anton, Los Angeles Times June 9, 2011 Reporting from Yosemite National Park -- It's nearly summer, and swarms of cars, buses and RVs breeze through Yosemite Valley as if on conveyoby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Someone should invent a miniature water safety device that can inflate into a life vest in an emergency. They take water safety seriously in Hawaii, yet 50-60 drown every year. Two stories carried in today's Hawaii newspaper: Boy, 3, dies in Ohio river; search for brother off June 4, 2011, 10:04 p.m. EDT Associated Press ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities have called off the seby KenS - General Discussion
June 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM Danger heats up on the rivers By Emily Heffter Seattle Times staff reporter Unusually heavy snowpack and winter floods that moved logs around prompted King County Executive Dow Constantine to push for a new life-jacket requirement on the county's rivers. June always brings a spike in drownings. As people head out to enjoy what is forecast to be a sunny weekend,by KenS - General Discussion
UT associate dean dies in fall at Yosemite park Updated: 9:54 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2011 Kent Butler, a University of Texas associate dean, died while hiking in Yosemite National Park in California, according to a UT official. Fritz Steiner, dean of the school of architecture, said Butler was on a family trip and went hiking with his two daughters Friday. When Butler and a friend steppeby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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Rita Chretien's wilderness survival amazing — but not unbelievable, experts say By Douglas Quan, Postmedia News May 13, 2011 Comm ... But wilderness survival experts say while Chretien's case is extraordinary, it is not unprecedented. The human body has an amazing ability to adapt to sudden change, they say. It's just that few of us realize it. "We spend so much of our lives haby KenS - General Discussion
Study of Black Bears Finds It’s Not the Mamas That Should Be Feared the Most By PAM BELLUCK Published: May 11, 2011 If you believe Stephen Colbert — and really, who doesn’t? — bears are deadly. “Bears are soulless, godless, rampaging killing machines,” the comedian has written. “They are Satan’s minions and the TRUE symbol of evil.” He might be surprised, then, by a newby KenS - General Discussion
Adidas Says Outdoor-Gear Growth Is Outpacing Sports Goods By Holger Elfes and Michele Steele May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Adidas AG said revenue from outdoor gear such as hiking boots and mountaineering jackets is rising at a faster pace than sporting goods and it plans to continue expanding in the category without the help of acquisitions. Outdoor products accounted for 200 million euros ($290by KenS - General Discussion
Heavy snows likely to delay Yosemite road opening Associated Press May 6, 2011 05:48 PM Friday, May 6, 2011 . (05-06) 17:48 PDT Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP) -- Heavy winter snows will likely be delaying the opening of a major road into Yosemite National Park. Park officials say Highway 120 through the Tioga Pass, which connects the park to the east side of the Sierra, will opeby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
When I stopped at the park entrance last year to pick up my wilderness permit, the group ahead of me was asking the young ranger at the counter for suggestions on places in the park to visit. The ranger didn't recommend any place specific. He handed them one of the Yosemite guide books from the book store shelf, and the group went out on the porch to start planning their trip from scratch.by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
People underestimate the turbulence under the surface and the force of the water – one cubic meter weighs a ton.by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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APRIL 12, 2011. Doctors' New Advice for Joint Pain: Get Moving Doctors increasingly are recommending physical activity to help osteoarthritis patients, overturning the more traditional medical advice for people to take it easy to protect their joints. The new treatment approach comes as osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease once considered a problem of old age, has begun showing uby KenS - General Discussion
As dangerous as crossing a raging river is going for a swim to get cleaned up. I remember back in 2006 when I hiked down the S. Kaibab to the Colorodo River, there was a search going on for a missing backpacker. This girl, a foreign worker, had gone camping down by the river with her boyfriend; he told authorities that she had left camp to take a bath in the river. And, that same year, on someby KenS - General Discussion
April 4, 2011 Family, friend remember hiker who died By EUGENE W. FIELDS THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ANAHEIM – An Anaheim man who died while hiking in the Angeles National Forest was an experienced hiker, a hiking companion said on Monday. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed Monday that the body found in the forest is that of Joe Le, 20, who had been missing since Friday. Thby KenS - General Discussion
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Vernal Equinox March 20, 2011 // Tales of Ostrander Hut By Sandra Ann Harris Alive. Yep, still here. Survived our annual backcountry skiing trip into Ostrander Hut with tales of adventure. Much more adventure than we'd bargained for and thank god for the superhero skiers in our group of 21 who broke trail for 10 miles to get us out safely. The snow was thigh deep. They took turns at theby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The feature article in the March issue of the National Geographic Magazine, Designing the Perfect Pet. "Beginning in 1959, researchers in Siberia selectively bred foxes to encourage a single behavior: friendliness toward humans. Over generations, other traits that distinguish dogs from wild canids emerged, including piebald coats and wagging tails."by KenS - General Discussion
The March issue of the National Geographic Magazine has a story on Andrew Skurka's latest trek -- hiking, skiing and rafting 4,679 miles through eight national parks, dozens of mountain ranges, and the length of the Yukon territory in 176 days. http://www.andrewskurka.com/AK10/index.phpby KenS - General Discussion
Fatal diseases pass from wolf to dog to human in remote B.C. communities: study By Judith Lavoie, Postmedia News March 14, 2011 7:44 PM Victoria--Diseases, some of which can be lethal, are being passed between dogs, wolves and people in remote B.C communities where there is a dearth of veterinary care, a new study has found. The report by researchers from Raincoast Conservation Founby KenS - General Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlWI_ilF9_8 Other youtube Yosemite videos from "yosemitenationalpark": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWRbt_0PGQc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=ULby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Early summer Half Dome permits gone in 23 minutes Tom Stienstra San Francisco Chronicle March 6, 2011 04:00 AM In the fastest five minutes of the year, Yosemite sold all the permits to climb Half Dome for weekends in May and June. For weekdays, the new required permits sold out in 23 minutes. "We knew they wouldn't last a day," said Kari Cobb at Yosemite National Park. "by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion