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Shortly after 5 pm Eastern time, if all goes according to plan, a private U.S. spacecraft will land on the moon spaceflightnow.com/.... That is an achievement that we in the U.S. haven’t managed to replicate during the preceeding 50 years, and it will...
by ARodinFan
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on Wed Feb 21, 2024 at 09:55 PM PST
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At one time in my life, I avoided hiking in any area that had experienced a large wildfire in recent years. I just didn’t want to see the destruction and wasteland that was left behind. In the past five years or so, I’ve started visiting these areas...
by Gandalfs Eyebrow
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on Sat Dec 31, 2022 at 12:38 PM PST
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Wilderness is inextricably linked to ecological integrity. Such places have the richest biodiversity, which includes birds. Scientific studies across the board report drastic declines in bird numbers, with habitat degradation being the primary cause....
by OceanDiver
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on Sun Feb 19, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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November 2022 Olympic Peninsula This Bucket continues the story of my trip to the ocean earlier this month. Part 1 is here: The Daily Bucket - November ocean trip, Part 1 (rainy n windy) By Saturday morning the atmospheric river had dumped most of its...
by OceanDiver
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on Sat Nov 19, 2022 at 07:00 AM PST
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Have a look at part 1 if you missed it. The third day in long trips is always interesting because that’s when I start losing my connection to the calendar. Each day stands by itself and I don’t have to concern myself with anything other than packing in...
by Gandalfs Eyebrow
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on Sun Nov 13, 2022 at 09:00 AM PST
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“Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence...And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives” — Fred Rogers John Muir is probably the most quoted for any story about...
by Gandalfs Eyebrow
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on Sat Nov 12, 2022 at 08:00 AM PST
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THE RISE AND FALL OF WATER a novel by David Wildman (chapt 1) ~~~~ 1 ~~~~ A drop of sweat swings off my nose. Buzzing things dive-bomb my face. Two teenagers in front of me are arguing about a computer game. “You know I won!” “Yeah? Well I got proof in...
by wildstyle2
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on Mon Oct 31, 2022 at 11:04 AM PDT
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The Pacific Northwest is famous for its many volcanic events, some ancient and some (like the Mount Saint Helens explosion) modern. In this video, I stumbled on a vast volcanic boulder field that stretched for countless miles into the horizon. Not...
by Username4242
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on Wed Oct 19, 2022 at 06:11 PM PDT
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Hiking some of the utterly breathtaking Eagle Cap Wilderness (I know, thumbnail has the wrong name!) in eastern Oregon, the original homeland of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce before it was taken away.
by Username4242
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on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 11:57 AM PST
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SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom on January 10 unveiled his 2022-23 state budget proposal including a $45.7 billion budget surplus, receiving both criticism and praise from environmental and climate advocates. The budget proposal followed one of the...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Jan 11, 2022 at 08:52 AM PST
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The Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah wilderness, in northwestern New Mexico, is a breathtaking place, where white badlands capped by brown rock erode away into bizarre patterns, appearing like a landscape of giant mushrooms. And, tucked away in these badlands, you can...
by Username4242
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on Sun Nov 28, 2021 at 08:30 AM PST
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“Permanent protection for the Rainy River Headwaters from the destruction and pollution that would be the inevitable result of copper mining is the vital next task in work that has gone on for more than 100 years to preserve this incomparable region."...
by Save the Boundary Waters
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on Tue Nov 30, 2021 at 09:39 AM PST
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In part thank to you all, Wonderlust Adventures has now reached the 1,000 subscriber mark. I’m now looking to expand the watch time of the channel so that I can begin to monetize these videos, which in turn will support future exciting journeys....
by Username4242
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on Thu Feb 11, 2021 at 01:12 PM PST
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“When this campaign began, we said ‘not one acre.’ We meant it.” Patrick Donnelly, Center for Biological Diversity In early July of 2020, GOP Utah Congressional Representative Rob Bishop introduced an amendment to force the Fish...
by Pakalolo
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on Fri Dec 04, 2020 at 04:44 AM PST
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Donald Trump hasn’t attended a COVID briefing session in five months, but he’s gone golfing at least five or six times since the election. And as the pandemic rages uncontrolled, with thousands of Americans dying every day, his...
by Michael Brune
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on Tue Nov 24, 2020 at 12:31 PM PST
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The House passed the Great American Outdoors Act today which had passed the Senate in June by a 73-25 margin. the House vote was 310-107, a veto-proof margin ( Trump has said he will sign the bill into law). The bill permanently funds the Land and...
by MorrellWI1983
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on Wed Jul 22, 2020 at 08:01 PM PDT
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SACRAMENTO – On December 12, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra blasted the Trump Administration’s decision to open up 1.2 million acres of public lands in Central California, mainly in the San Joaquin Valley, to oil and gas drilling, including...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Dec 17, 2019 at 10:12 AM PST
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Today is Public Lands Day. The Republican party and their allies have mounted their greatest efforts ever to take your Public Lands. Show your support for our Public Lands by donating or volunteering. But, by all means, get outside and enjoy them. I...
by sgtaotahto
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on Sat Sep 28, 2019 at 12:01 PM PDT
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I stepped onto the small ferry that would take me from the cruise ship to Sitka. There I would meet our bird watching excursion leader. My wife and I had taken our younger daughter’s advice and took a cruise up to Alaska while we could still get around...
by Desert Scientist
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on Sat Sep 07, 2019 at 03:21 PM PDT
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This is the forty-fifth diary in my ‘Expanding the National Parks” series. Prior diaries are linked at the bottom of this diary.Last Time I was in Utah, this time I’m in Vermont, the Green Mountain state. Vermont, despite its small size, has quite a...
by MorrellWI1983
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on Sat Jun 22, 2019 at 01:58 PM PDT
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