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: Hiker, Dog Missing - Cops Eye Older Man

Source: ABC News

Hiker and dog missing in Georgia wilderness...

Wild Sky Wilderness must wait until 2008

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Wild Sky Wilderness will not be created this year after all. The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday without acting on legislation to establish Washington's first new wilderness area in two decades.

November Fishing On The Bow River

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I recently went looking for new tackle on the internet and searched Bass Pro Shops online tackle store for hours on end. I do this because there are just certain lures that I cannot get a hold of in my local tackle stores.

Driving Into the High Country - Ten Items For Your Checklist

Over the last thirty years, I have roamed literally thousands of miles of Forest Service roads in America. In Washington State, I know the roads in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains so well that I seldom have to refer to a map anymore.

Lure Fishing

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With so many types of lures on the market today how does a fisherman choose a product that will catch fish on a regular basis? Here is what I look for when choosing fishing tackle.

Fishing The Lower Bow River

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I walked up to one of my secret locations; well it's not such a secret anymore and removed new shiny hook from its package. There should be a disclaimer somewhere on the package saying "Caution, this hook is known to produce large fish".

The price of wilderness? Less than 2 hours of war

Source: The Seattle Times

I have been lucky to have visited many of the states in our union, but unfortunately have never made it to Oklahoma. I wonder if that state's Republican Sen. Tom Coburn has ever visited our state. "Why do we live here?" people often ask. "Look around," is our stock answer.

Claiming Arctic Oil

Source: MotherJones.com

Here's what's coming down the pipe-line. From the article: Making profitable use of these abundant fossil fuels depends not only on drilling rights, but on creating a mode of transportation—a way to bring the oil and gas south to energy-hungry consumers.

Ask Mike- Tips and Advice

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August here in Alberta is prime time to be fishing Brown Trout when the sun it getting ready to set. I packed up my fishing gear and headed straight for the river.

Essential Wilderness Survival Tips

Source: quazen.com

These are essential tips that you need to know if you want to survive in the wilderness. This guide could very well save your life.

Night Fishing- The Bow River

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I was slipping and sliding, bumbling and stumbling in the darkness last evening fishing for those massive Brown Trout that just will not feed in the daytime.

Jordan River Recon

Source: mountainvisions.blogspot.com

An interesting story about the wilds of New York State.

Border fence seen harming ocelots, butterflies

Source: Reuters

The riot of green vegetation that lines both sides of the Rio Grande river along the southeast Texas and Mexican border can give a canoeist the impression of gliding past unbroken wilderness.

Cash Registers in the Wild

Wild creatures are oblivious to the human concept of money. Theirs is an ancient economy of hunting and gathering, day by day, hour by hour.

Fishing Trips- Lower Kananaskis Lake

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The second cast was the lucky one and BOOM, fish on. I knew this Bull Trout was a heavy weight as we fought back and forth for several before he was tired enough to land. As I caught sight of this fish my heart raced in anticipation, BIG fish I needed to land.

End of the Wild

Source: E/The Environment Magazine

A study released last week in the peer-reviewed journal Science shows that humans have domesticated the planet to such an extent that little true wilderness remains.

Fishing Trips- Floating The Bow River

Source: Bow River Blog

The fishing was as good as the weather with 15- 20 nice Rainbows and Browns taken on Panther Martin spinners. I tried other forms of baitfish imitations but nothing seemed to match the shiny silver and yellow combination I love to use here on the Bow.

Fishing Trips- Bow River.

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After arriving at a deeper, slower hole; I tied up a silver bait fish imitation and launched it into the murky abyss. I slowly pulled it across the water column and no action for twenty minutes.

Domesticated Nature: There's No More Wilderness Left on Earth

Is there any wilderness left? A new article in Science magazine co-authored by The Nature Conservancy's chief scientist says not really — and that conservation's task is no longer to "preserve the wild, but to domesticate nature more wisely."

Gone Fishing- Bow River

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Hello all you die hard fisherman out there. I'm happy to report that the fishing on the Bow River is absolutely awesome right now. I do not know of any other river in the world that in an eight hour span, you can catch 50-60 trout.

Is There Any Wilderness Left? New Study Examines Exploitation of Natural Resources

Source: The Nature Conservancy - EMediaWire

A new study published today in Science magazine evaluates the ways that mankind has, over time, significantly altered its environment, resulting in increased vulnerability to natural disasters, species extinction, and disease transmission.

Wilderness almost non-existent on planet Earth: study

Source: Breitbart

Humans have domesticated the planet to such a degree that few untouched spots remain, researchers report in a review article published in the journal Science.

Gone Fishing- But Where Are We Going ????

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It is that time again in the province of Alberta when all the rivers and creeks are about to open for another fishing season. June 16 to be exact.

General Info- Fishing Tips for Beginners

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Here is the set up I use most often when bait fishing. First you will need a Pickerel Rig or otherwise known as a Crappie Rig. Open the package and set the hooks aside on your tackle box.

Fishing Trips- Lake Newell

Source: bowriverblog.com

As we fished the south end of Newell, we noticed a couple boats that looked like they were catching the odd fish. The wind was the calmest it had been all day and we found a nice break in structure from a 25ft – 12ft drop. We threw out the drift sock and started up the break.

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