Tag: Outdoor recreation
Biologists: More moose hunting will reduce ticks, help herd
Some wildlife biologists in northern New England hope that increasing the number of moose taken by hunters this fall will help protect the herd...
Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-war
SALT LAKE CITY — For decades, a public lands tug-of-war has played out over a vast expanse of southern Utah where red rocks reveal...
Yosemite National Park to limit summer visitors due to virus
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Yosemite National Park will require advanced reservations for day visitors during the peak summer season to limit the number of...
Alaska snowstorm strands 5 on North America’s tallest peak
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Five people had to ski through a heavy Alaska snowstorm to a mountain chalet after abandoning their airplanes on a glacier...
Birds as revelations: Atwood writes foreword for Gibson book
NEW YORK — When Margaret Atwood would receive invitations over the years to literary events around the world, literature wasn't the only factor shaping...
Popular Adirondack trailhead will require reservations
KEENE, N.Y. — State officials, grappling with how to handle growing crowds of hikers in the Adirondack High Peaks, announced a new reservation system...
Olympic gold medalist charged with child sex abuse in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — A gold medalist in sledding at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in...
Report: Military cleanup in Puerto Rico islands slow-going
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The reopening of hiking trails and various white-sand beaches on two tiny Puerto Rican islands long used as Navy...
Surfer rescues man and dog from choppy Lake Superior
DULUTH, Minn. — A Minneapolis man who was surfing the choppy waters of Lake Superior helped save a man who was struggling in the...
More birders sighted in Central Park this spring migration
NEW YORK — This spring, longtime Central Park birder and naturalist Gabriel Willow is feeling a little less nervous than he did a year...
