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News archive for Wilderness area: a part of the provincial forestdesignated by order in council as a wilderness area.

[Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

Wilderness area

Hunters should be aware of new wilderness area  -  28 Aug 2007
Red Bluff Daily News,The new wilderness area, established by federal legislation late last year, affects parts of the Mendocino National Forest and public lands managed by the

Active Travel: Explore the Five Ponds Wilderness  -  28 Aug 2007
JauntedIn early fall, the miles of trails and waterways that wind through the Five Ponds Wilderness Area in the Adirondack's northwest foothills are the main event

On the Trail: Perfect choice  -  28 Aug 2007
Aspen Times,A friend and I debated a few destinations, but settled on Fryingpan Lakes in my new favorite playground, the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Area.

Sniffing out the snow in every season  -  28 Aug 2007
Rocky Mountain News,St. Mary's Glacier northwest of Idaho Springs, Mount Epworth in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area northeast of Winter Park and Jones Pass west of Empire long

Communities benefit from sustainable honey collection  -  28 Aug 2007
WebWire (press release),The WWF Cambodia Country Programme’s Srepok Wilderness Area (SWA) project Community Extension Team (CET) has been teaching villages to harvest honey more

Written by Sherry Simpson  -  28 Aug 2007
Alaska Magazine,At just over 1000 square miles, this wilderness area is often compared with Glacier Bay. Some say it’s more affordable to visit, some think it’s more

A history in Bend, a future at Bachelor  -  28 Aug 2007
Bend Bulletin (subscription),He grew up in Portland, but he spent summers east of the Cascades collecting rocks with his parents in the Steens Mountain Wilderness area.

Clouds, lower temperatures slow fires  -  28 Aug 2007
Great Falls Tribune,Fool Creek, monitored as it burns in a wilderness area, is 56500 acres, but only 20 percent contained. "We'll be waiting for rain or snow to put that one

Wilderness Search Intensifies  -  Aug 27, 2007
KOIN.com,Doris Anderson, of Sandy, Ore., joined her husband on the elk hunt in the remote Eagle Cap Wilderness area of Northeastern Oregon. They were in their SUV,

Missing Greenville man found safe in Jocassee Gorges Wilderness Area  -  Aug 23, 2007
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),...a tired and thirsty Michael Shain about 10 am Thursday after the 55-year-old stockbroker spent two nights lost in the Jocassee Gorges Wilderness Area.

Outdoors Notebook | Chinook hauls by the handful this summer  -  Aug 26, 2007
Seattle Times,The course is a 120-mile bicycle route through Gifford Pinchot Wilderness Area and will climb more than 7500 feet in elevation during the allotted 10-hour

Four hikers rescued after losing their way in Larch Mountain area  -  Aug 24, 2007
Gresham Outlook,By Shannon Wells Four hikers who became disoriented in the Larch Mountain Wilderness area Wednesday, Aug. 22, were rescued by Multnomah County Sheriff’s

Hard work for no pay helps keep Northwest trails open  -  Aug 26, 2007
OregonLive.com,JOSEPH -- A fallen spruce blocks a narrow, tree-shaded trail in northeastern Oregon's rugged Eagle Cap Wilderness, the state's largest wilderness area.

Senator questioning Meriwether response  -  Aug 25, 2007
Helena Independent Record,As of Friday, about $9 million had been spent fighting the blaze, which has grown to 43298 acres in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area and the

106 marijuana plants found in wilderness area  -  Aug 14, 2007
Payson Roundup,By Max Foster, Roundup staff reporter Law enforcement officers have raided a marijuana growing operation in the pristine Mazatzal Wilderness area south of

Buffalo, elk cool sights at rugged refuge [8 hrs ago]  -  Aug 25, 2007
NewsOK.com (subscription),While the Doris Campground is a modern camping facility, backcountry camping is allowed in the Charon's Garden Wilderness Area. Many Oklahoma youths are

Bend's Big Badlands: Proposed desert wilderness area provides ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
The Register-Guard,...their suitability for designation as wilderness" while Congress decides whether to create a wilderness area or release the lands for multiple use.

Closures could limit hunting into general season  -  Aug 23, 2007
Helena Independent Record,By EVE BYRON - IR Projects Editor - 08/23/07 Wilderness area closures due to wildfires probably won’t be lifted in time for the opening of big-game archery

Area wildfires remain calm  -  Aug 15, 2007
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle,They are about nine miles apart by air, but about 85 miles apart by road and are separated by part of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness area.

Keeping the Whites green  -  Aug 25, 2007
Boston Globe,A national forest area designated as roadless is not as protected as a wilderness area, which can be created only by an act of Congress, but roadless

Fool Creek Fire keeps growing  -  Aug 20, 2007
KPAX-TV,Fire crews have continued to monitor but not battle a blaze that burned about 38-hundred acres in western Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness Area.

Western Wildfire Closes Yellowstone Entrance  -  Aug 13, 2007
FOX NewsThe fire's push into a densely forested wilderness area brought the total area blackened to about 148 square miles. It was expected to continue growing with

Wilderness that too few can enjoy  -  Aug 24, 2007
The Columbian,The washed-out road is in the Stephen Mather Wilderness Area. One interpretation of the law is that the road, which predated establishment of the wilderness

Honey of a project for poor communities of Baviaanskloof  -  Aug 27, 2007
The Herald Eastern Cape,...subsistence communities will be reaping the benefits of an export honey production project which has been launched in the Baviaanskloof wilderness area.

Crews quickly extinguish small blazes  -  Aug 20, 2007
Helena Independent Record,It was spotted July 21 in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area. Takai said a significant amount of the fire activity took place in two unburned areas

Growth of White Pass Ski Area appealed  -  Aug 23, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer...in the Hogback area, a roadless region adjacent to the Goat Rocks Wilderness Area that conservationists want to see protected from development.

CIEDRA not a wilderness bill  -  Aug 21, 2007
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide,The last time I rode a bicycle in the Boulder and White Clouds mountains I camped near a trailhead, outside the proposed "wilderness" area.

Funds approved for two conservation easements  -  Aug 23, 2007
YourHub.com,Douglas County staff has identified a 2000 foot wide corridor from Plum Creek to the Highlands Ranch Backcountry Wilderness Area across the Dupont Open

Tumacacori wilderness sought  -  Aug 5, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,By Tony Davis The debate over a proposed Tumacacori Highlands wilderness area swings into high gear now that US Rep. Raúl Grijalva has introduced a bill to

2007 Colorado Mule Deer Forecast  -  Aug 20, 2007
Rocky Mountain Game and Fish MagazineThe 235035-acre White River hunting area is a land of extremes, dominated by the Flat Tops Wilderness Area with an elevation up to 12994 feet.

Opposition to Parleys-Olympus trail wrongheaded  -  Aug 18, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,Building a trail across a small section of the Mt. Olympus wilderness area is not development and is a very legitimate use of the land.

Area has no lack of hiking, scenic opportunities  -  Aug 26, 2007
The Huntsville Times - al.com,Go to the Sipsey Wilderness Area, for wild flowers, stunning creeks, native American shelters and Civil War furnaces, good fishing at Brushy Lake,

Idaho fire continues to threaten homes  -  Aug 26, 2007
Disaster News NetworkNearly 2500 firefighters were battling the blaze, which has been burning in the backcountry wilderness area since July 4. The cost of fighting the fire has

Loved to death?  -  Aug 23, 2007
Anchorage Press,Federal funding for a wilderness area would help pay for more rangers to monitor conditions. It would allow the Forest Service to establish or “harden�

Firefighters gaining ground on big blazes  -  Aug 22, 2007
Great Falls Tribune,The Beartooth, owned by FWP since 1970, sits on the north side of the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area and is popular with elk hunters,

Judge Halts Oil and Gas Development in Colorado Proposed Wilderness  -  Aug 7, 2007
Common Dreams (press release),COLORADO- AUGUST 7 - The federal government must stop gas development and leasing in a Colorado proposed wilderness area until it considers an

Wilderness wonderland  -  Jul 30, 2007
Macon Telegraph,As of this month it can also be known as the home of a bunch of alligators, deer and other critters inhabiting a pristine 544-acre wilderness area north of

Wildfires cause closure of Beartooth Wildlife Management Area  -  Jul 30, 2007
Great Falls Tribune,The Beartooth encompasses 32300 acres bordering the north side of the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area and is a popular recreation spot.

Notes from the Tahoe Rim Trail — not so desolate  -  Aug 12, 2007
Nevada Appeal,But no location the trail wanders through receives as many visitors as Desolation Wilderness, a 100-square-mile, federally designated wilderness area that

Reichert has plans for Pratt River  -  Aug 9, 2007
Seattle Times,It would be the first significant expansion of the wilderness area since its creation in 1976 and would protect forest surrounding popular trails just north

Spawning fish block William O. Douglas Wilderness access road  -  Aug 1, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerThe far end of US Forest Service Road 1800, also known as Bumping Lake Road, which leads to trailheads providing access to the wilderness area and Swamp,

Areas closed due to fire may reopen for hunting  -  Aug 21, 2007
Helena Independent Record,The Beartooth WMA, which is managed by FWP, is north of the federally managed Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area. Both areas were closed to the public

Hiker missing in Oconee County  -  Aug 22, 2007
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),Emergency Services units including rescue squads are searching the Bad Creek Area of the Jocassee Gorge Wilderness Area for a missing 55-year-old hiker.

After burn: Forest does what comes naturally in wake of Meriwether ...  -  Aug 19, 2007
Helena Independent Record,As the fire grew on the gully floors, it began to encounter the steep walls of the iconic wilderness area, which inspired Meriwether Lewis more than two

Gore Range lake off beaten path  -  Aug 26, 2007
Denver Post,...the basin nestled under the remote north face of Mount Powell and the connecting ridge to Eagles Nest, which gives its name to the Wilderness Area.

Searchers scour Yosemite wilderness for missing 80-year-old hiker  -  Aug 3, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,...for a missing 80-year-old woman with a history of memory loss who rangers believe may have become confused while hiking in a remote wilderness area.

Summer 2007 Vacation Adventures ? Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness  -  Aug 7, 2007
أرابياMaroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area? Maroon Bells is a popular summer attraction and you?ll meet lots of people, but you all have something in common,

Striking gold at Silver Jack  -  Aug 14, 2007
Grand Junction Sentinel,Surrounded by the jagged peaks of the Cimarron Ridge and close by the northeast edge of the Uncompahgre Wilderness Area, 250-acre Silver Jack Reservoir

Cheaha wildfire grows; fighters cautious of heat  -  Aug 23, 2007
The Birmingham News - al.com,And because the fire is in a federal wilderness area, firefighters have certain restrictions about using heavy equipment in order to preserve the forest

Mont. crews fight four infernos raging in state  -  Aug 2, 2007
USA Today2 priority Meriwether fire in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness area north of Helena. Residents of approximately 80 homes near Holter Lake were allowed




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