Ski resorts are bustling with activity and a highway into Yellowstone is closed because parts have seen more than 25 feet of snow. (05-24) 15:31 PDT Billings, Mont. (AP) -- Authorities have recovered the body of a second person killed by flood waters soaking Montana and surrounding states. Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder said the body was... Gov. Brian Schweitzer blocked the shipment of Yellowstone National Park bison to slaughter, saying he feared that the shipments could spread the disease brucellosis to Montana livestock. Scientists monitoring a "supervolcano" underneath Yellowstone National Park in the United States have warned that it is may erupt for the first time in 600,000 years. A swelling magma reservoir, which covers an area the size of Los Angeles, has been rising at a record rate since 2004. Although they said the probability of an eruption as "unlikely" since the reservoir is still so far below the surface. From soldiers to tourists, these groups will suffer if the federal government stops working Scientists using electric and magnetic sensors have mapped the size and composition of a vast plume of hot rock and briny fluid down to 200 miles ... On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law establishing Yellowstone as America's first national park. In the eerie bluish-purple depths of an Antarctic lake, scientists have discovered otherworldly mounds that tell tales of the planet's early days. Bacteria slowly built the mounds, known as stromatolites, layer by layer on the lake bottom. The lumps, which look like oversized traffic cones, resemble similar structures that first appeared [...] BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth is settling unpaid income tax claims from California and Idaho, but still faces a $56 million bill from Montana.... This image was submitted to our Cool Capture group by GeekSugar Community member seejoefish: A scene from Yellowstone National Park. _Have you been testing out your photography skills and have a snapshot you want to share? Submit your pics to our Cool Capture group, and your image may be featured on GeekSugar! Find out how to get started after the break._ BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Grizzly bear deaths approached record levels for the region around Yellowstone National Park in 2010, with an estimated 75 of the protected animals killed or removed from the wild. (Steven Hayward) Our friends over at ReasonTV have produced this snappy video on the top five environmental myths. Definitely worth a viewing. Meanwhile, in my new _Almanac of Environmental Trends_ I offer a list of the 12 best environmental books, and they're not any of the titles you find on most environmental studies reading lists (i.e., no _Silent Spring_, _Population Bomb_, or _Limits to Growth_). Here I've condensed the list to the top five: • Aldo Leopold, _A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There_. First published in 1949, this memoir by the great Wisconsin naturalist Aldo Leopold makes a lyrical case for what he called the "land ethic." "That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology," Leopold wrote, "but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics. That land yields a cultural harvest is a fact long known, but latterly often forgotten." But Leopold was no pure romanticist. He recognized the importance of prosperity, and that a modern economy was necessary for any environmental ethic to flourish. "These wild things," he wrote on the first page of _A Sand County Almanac_, "had little human value until mechanization ... Harmon Killebrew, known for his towering drives, hit 573 homers in 22 seasons that included an American League pennant with the Minnesota Twins in 1965 and a most valuable player award in 1969. One manager said he could hit the ball out of any park, 'including Yellowstone.' Harmon Killebrew, a Hall of Fame slugger who became one of baseball's premier home-run hitters with the Minnesota Twins, has died. He was 74.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Heavy snows spoil weekend holiday plans in West N. Plains Rockies hit by rain floods; 2 dead National Briefing | Montana Governor Blocks Bison Slaughter News Could the world’s largest “supervolcano” erupt Pictures The People Hurt a Shutdown Scientists map volcanic plume under Yellowstone 1872 first national park Antarctic Lake Hides Bizarre Ecosystem APNewsBreak Mont. wants $56M from exbillionaire Cool Capture Home on Range Grizzly bear deaths near rise 2010 Happy Earth Day Harmon Killebrew dies at 74; Hall of Famer was one baseball's premier homerun hitters
