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Be Chief of Your Own Lookout Post
(Images via dornob and Tiny House Blog) If solitude, stair climbing, small spaces, and big panoramic views are your thing, you might feel right at home in a repurposed fire lookout tower. The hawk-eyed gang at dornob has wrangled together some beautiful
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September Promises to be Killer Month for Wolf Hunters
Within weeks, grey wolves in the Northern Rockies will be on the business-end of high-powered hunting rifles. Most people remember back in May 2009 that the Obama Administration delisted the wolves from the endangered species
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US Government Awards Millions To Create "Forest Thinning" Jobs
U.S. Department of the Interior will grant $15 million to 55 projects to "thin overgrown forests" [logging] and remove potential fuels for wildfires on public lands" [so the wood can
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How Climate Change & People Are Wiping Out the Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone
photo: Wikipedia Yale Environment 360 currently has a piece which connects two subjects that TreeHugger has covered on a number of occasions, species getting de-listed as endangered species and climate change wiping out habitat. In this case it's the
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New Google Earth Layer Shows What US Lands Should Be Off-Limits to Renewable Energy Development
As Senator Feinstein's recent talk about making 500,000 acres of the Mojave desert off-limits to renewable energy development, on the conservation grounds, goes to show, conflicts over siting large projects is no less likely just because the project is
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Nothing New About Green Roofs
Photography by Roger Wade; see slideshow here
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Twin Bridges (Population 400) Loves Cycling Tourists so Much they Built Them a Campground
Twin Bridges Twin Bridges, Montana, has a population of 400. There are probably more people backstage at a Rick Astley concert... But the town is on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail and over the years they've come to appreciate the cyclists that went
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US Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Facility Plan Dropped by Air Force
Say what you like about actions of the US military,but sometimes they make a genuinely green decision. Like this one: The US
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Yellowstone Proposes Expanding Cell Phone Coverage: Readers, Should National Parks Be Cell Phone Free Zones?
OK TreeHugger readers, confession time. How many of you bring your cellphone with you when you go hiking, or whatever you do when you want to get out into nature? I confess that I do it—if only because it was
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10 Silly (Yet Serious) Park Signs, Futuristic Fuel-Efficient Cars and Banned Snowmobiles
:: Green Upgrader rounds up ten funny signs reminding us to respect nature.
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Bear vs. Bike: Cyclist Hits 300-Pound Black Bear
Colbert Was Right In urban areas, cyclists need to watch out for cars. But in more rural places, there are other dangers. 57-year-old Jim Litz, a science teacher in Missoula, Montana, learned this when he t-boned a black bear while riding his bike to
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Pop Quiz: First Ever National Park Founding Date
Yellowstone, created by an act of congress in 1872, was the world's first national park. It was created as a "pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the
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500 Square Miles of Montana Wilderness Bought Up, Protected From Development
I don’t think it’s enough of a pattern to be called a trend, but after Florida buying up a large chunk of the Everglades for restoration to its natural state, and now something similar happening in Montana, things are
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From the Forums: I'm An Energy Hog
I must confess, I'm an energy hog. I have a diesel truck, a 10-cylinder car, a big air conditioned house in the desert, and.. and... and....
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Wal-Mart To Help 20 State Capitals Save Money And Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Wal-Mart has agreed to help US taxpayers take climate action. Over the next two years, they are sending energy audit teams to 20 State Capitol complexes to help save taxpayers money and help the environment...while the Federal Government equivocates
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Montana's Wind Farms
The folks around these parts get charged about wind farm developments. While cities argue over who gets the new wind turbine manufacturing plant, others deem wind power as more of a problem than a promise.
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Polar Bear Tee For TreeHugger Tikes
Awww…we got all mushy when we saw this tiny tee ($22) broadcasting one big environmental message. The graphic is a polar bear on a melting block of ice, and the tag line says "start global cooling." Five other graphics--including a sea turtle with the
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Keep the Drips at Bay With ECO Pneumo Drybags
Remember the award winning ECO Thermo inflatable sleeping pad from Pacific Outdoor Equipment, which was green right down to its hemp cord in the stuff sac drawstring? Well, not wanting to let the grass grow under their feet the same guys have been at it
