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I’ve linked to Casey Anderson before. But this is the best video I’ve seen yet.
800-pound grizzly bear Brutus is the curious best friend to renowned naturalist Casey Anderson, who has raised him since birth. Together, they’ve set out on a yearlong mission to chronicle the lives of Yellowstone’s vulnerable grizzly bears.
National Geographic TV – Expedition Grizzly
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Many predict that Brutus will one day kill him. … Could happen.
(via Trend Hunter)
Governor Charlie Crist declared February Florida Hiking Trails Month.
I’ve been shopping (unsuccessfully) for a cheap flight Calgary to Hawaii. … But I may need to change my focus to the Sunshine State.
The best starting place in deciding where to go is the Florida Hikes blog and FloridaHikes.com.
I know what you’re thinking. Florida is pretty flat.
But there are some wilderness attractions.
trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
Tecolote … (A) is an isolated beach community located in the municipality of La Paz in the state of Baja California Sur, It is 25 km from the city of La Paz …
It is one of the most extensive of the beaches in this area with fine, white sand gentle waves and little undertow. Water skiing and jet skiing are available here as well as a boat that goes to Isla Espíritu Santo.
I’d been here several times in the past, most memorably on my kayak tour of the island (PHOTOS).
You can walk anywhere in this desert. I headed east along the shore, like Graham MacIntosh. Here’s a view looking back to Tecolote.
The highlight is sea birds. Especially Pelicans.
This little lizard is the only other beast I saw.
Seems the area has many wild burros. They were all around. But I never saw even one.
Perhaps the ATVs scare them away.
Here’s the ferry La Paz – Mazatlan.
There are plenty of ramshackle fishing shacks along the coast. Most empty.
I decided to head inland to tent.
Perfect weather, I enjoyed a peaceful sunset and sunrise. Someone had previously tented up here, already clearing a spot.
In the arms of that cactus near my tent, I left a Summit Stone.
Deserts are some of my favourite hikes. But you cannot go out long. Drinking 4 litres, I was already thirsty after 21 hours.
See the rest of my photos from this hike.
OK, it’s a slow news day.
In her television show tonight, Sarah Palin casts herself as a can-do superwoman of the natural world. She fishes, hikes across glaciers and preaches “respect for the elements” from a speedboat while clad in a yellow cagoule. But the programme has already plunged the Mama Grizzly-in-chief into controversy after a leading conservationist in her adopted home of Alaska accused her of flagrant irresponsibility by fishing too close to protected brown bears. …
Find out whether she survived the encounter on Guardian – Sarah Palin accused of breaking countryside rules in TV nature show
From National Geographic.
Birds destroy a tent. And fly off with the toilet paper.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via The Adventure Blog – Beware The Birds of the Falkland Islands)
After reading The Adventure Blog – Update On Great Bear Rainforest Expedition I dug in and did some research.
I’m all for developing the Alberta Oil Sands. (I live in Alberta.) But it sounds like this is not the best way to transport it to China.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
… International League of Conservation photographers in the Great Bear Rainforest.
… now threatened by a proposal from Enbridge to bring an oil pipeline from the Tar Sands and supertankers to BC’s wild coast. …
What do you think?
… In a preface to your comments on how you don’t like dirty oil, let us know whether or not you drive a petroleum fueled vehicle.
Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon, Canada.
A popular day hike is the scramble from the parking lot at this tower up to one of the Grey Mountain summits overlooking town.
Autumn is the best time, I reckon.
The best guidebook, available from Tourist Information, is “Whitehorse & Area Hikes & Bikes” by Harbour Publishing. It describes the longer, tougher climb on foot from the city. (403m elevation gain, 7km return)
… I drove up.
The former hunting ground for the Southern Tutchone peoples is now a No Harvest Zone.
Today, Tachäl Dhäl (Slim’s River) is a popular Dall sheep viewing area. I saw many, many when I was in Kluane in September.
The best hike to shoot these magnificient alpine beasts (with your camera) is … Sheep Mountain. (aka Sheep Creek)
related – Parks Canada – The Dall Sheep of Tachäl Dhäl
The Adventure Blogger posted his recent adventures with wolf guru park ranger Rick McIntyre.
And also posted an account on Gadling:
… In 1995, 70 years after the last wolf has been spotted in the park, a controversial plan was announced to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone. Experts saw them as vital to managing the overall health of the park’s ecosystem, which had seen its elk herds grow to record numbers, unchecked by any natural predators. Meanwhile opponents to the plan feared that the wolves would wander out of the park and once again raid the livestock of ranchers. It turns out both parties were right …
Tracking the various wolf packs of Yellowstone is quite a job, as they are regularly on the move and prefer to stay well hidden from prying eyes. They all have their own territories however, which helps to define their locations to a degree, so if you are traveling through Yellowstone, it is worth the time and effort to see if you can spot them in the wild. Be sure to bring a good pair of binoculars or a spotting scope of your own …
Gadling – Spotting wolves in Yellowstone
Coincidentally, I saw my first wolf there a few days earlier. At night, in the dark, one lingered beside the highway looking at my vehicle before slipping away down slope.
I didn’t have time to get a photo. But I’ll pretend this one is mine:
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