U.S. drafts plan to bring grizzly bears back to Washington’s North Cascades (WAPO)

[troutstalker]

Kinda wish I'd had one on 1 trip near Mt Adams where this tree was next to an ideal spot to hang my hammock.
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Lying in my "bear burrito", I was awakened just as dawn was beginning to break by a loud, totally unfamiliar sound for about 15 minutes.
The recording doesn't do it justice. While it's funny now , from the volume I perceived it was close. Combined with the echo effect through the trees from two different directions it was rather unsettling.

I've seen and heard the show/display of a Common Nighthawk several times in the mountains around Snoqualmie/North Bend. It was very intriguing and unlike anything that I had ever heard before.

 

[Brian Miller]

Personally, I’m more worried about ticks and snakes.

and drunks with guns...

Or someone with a gun shaking while lying in a bear burrito!

 

[Mossback]

I've seen and heard the show/display of a Common Nighthawk several times in the mountains around Snoqualmie/North Bend. It was very intriguing and unlike anything that I had ever heard before.

They are around us all the time in summer...we watch them from the back deck.
Goatsuckers they used to be called.
Cool birds

 

[Flymph]

Turn on a tennis light at night and watch the flock of Nighthawks decend upon the insects that are drawn to the light. Town to the east of us named Nighthawk and I wonder why. Great insect predators!

 

[PhilR]

Or someone with a gun shaking while lying in a bear burrito!

regarding nighthawks, we were camping at Hovenweep in southern Utah. Middle of nowhere, but kept hearing that distinctive semi-truck braking sound. Asked the ranger why we could hear truck noises without a road nearby, and he pointed out that it was a nighthawk display. They dive, and when they pull up it makes that sound.

 

[speedbird]

They should be charged with manslaughter if someone dies....

From the 30's all the way into the 70's deer stocking was a commonly used method of repopulating habitat in many states by the various game departments.
I think the statute of limitations is up for those involved in those stocking programs, and those deer are all dead, so....all off the hook I am guessing.

Didn’t know that hatchery deer were a thing, did they clip the tails

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

At least we know how Instagram heroes work and that the bear would have to go through a whole lot of those people until we got to the important folks....

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

Oh great! Now ultra-light hikers are going to have to add pounds to their hiking kit for bear spray and a 10 mm Glock. That's equal to the weight of a tent and sleeping bag!

And now those expensive "heavy" bear canisters to boot. What happened to the days of just taking a slower-footed hiking partner along plan? That was usually plenty enough needed safety.

 

[Mossback]

I am having trouble finding someone who is slower than me, that can actually still walk...

 

[RCF]

And now those expensive "heavy" bear canisters to boot. What happened to the days of just taking a slower footed hiking partner along plan that was enough needed for safety?

All the slower hikers are gone. Bears got them...

 

[Mossback]

 

[JudyM]

Required headgear anywhere near the HARRP array in Mentasta.

Krusty, No need to worry about HAARP: https://www.arrl.org/news/view/haarp-facility-shuts-down

 

[krusty]

Krusty, No need to worry about HAARP: https://www.arrl.org/news/view/haarp-facility-shuts-down

Sure...that's just what they WANT you to think.

 

[Mossback]

Whoa now...
Don't throw those tin foil hats away quite yet...

HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska

Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday.

www.uaf.edu

They are still changing the weather and talking to lizard people up there.

 

[Dustin Chromers]

Whoa now...
Don't throw those tin foil hats away quite yet...

HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska

Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday.

www.uaf.edu

They are still changing the weather and talking to lizard people up there.

You guys joke around like that's not what's actually happening.

 

[krusty]

I had a full head of hair before I spent quite a bit of time in the Slana-Mentasta area. Now I don't have it anymore.

Not sayin' it was HAARP......but it was HAARP.

 

[Dustin Chromers]

I had a full head of hair before I spent quite a bit of time in the Slana-Mentasta area. Now I don't have it anymore.

Not sayin' HAARP was the cause...but it was due to diabolical machinations of HAARP.

Bob Lazar is my uncle. Actually one hell of a fly angler.

 

[Fourbtgait]

Shots on target are what counts…and familiarity with the weapon. Few relish the thought of heading to the range and firing a box or two of .454, .44 mag or .500 rounds once a month. More 10mm & .45’s with hard cast ammo are being carried these days…

Speaking of carrying in woods. While horse packing I carried a Ruger 44 magnum.
Not for the bears, but to put down a hurt horse or the person I was riding with if they became to annoying.

 

[krusty]

Bob Lazar is my uncle. Actually one hell of a fly angler.

Well...you got it straight from a reliable source!

 

[JudyM]

Whoa now...
Don't throw those tin foil hats away quite yet...

HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska

Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday.

www.uaf.edu

They are still changing the weather and talking to lizard people up there.

I kind of go deaf when it comes to conspiracy theories. I'd rather hang out with Skunk Works.