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• Recreation Fee Testimony

  
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  The Antiplanner is testifying this morning before the House Public Lands Subcommittee in favor of allowing federal land agencies to charge dispersed recreation fees (agencies today can charge for developed recreation, but not dispersed). My testimony is only two pages long, as it is supplemented by a just-released ...
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• Back in the Air Again

  
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  The Antiplanner is traveling to Washington DC today where I’ll testify tomorrow before the House Public Lands Subcommittee on federal land recreation fees. By an extraordinary coincidence, tomorrow the Cato Institute will release my policy paper recommending that Congress allow the Forest Service, Park Service, and ...
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• Bicyclists, day hikers, fishers head for LaPine State Park in central Oregon

  
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  We passed a dozen or so bicyclists pedaling along the road leading into Oregon’s LaPine State Park — that is always a good sign to us since we like to both hike and bicycle whenever possible when we are traveling. Pop-up tent campers and avid bicyclists Mark and Carol Morris of West Seattle, Wash., say they ...
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• Holes in the wall, Glen Canyon NRA

  
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  Ever get one of those days you just want to find a nice, warm hole and crawl inside? Then head out to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area : Caption from America’s Great Outdoors : There are many unique areas within America’s public lands. Case in point this spot in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. ...
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• The Bureau of Land Management Is Ripping Us Off On Federal Coal Sales

  
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  The federal Bureau of Land Management is costing taxpayers a bundle by undervaluing the public coal it sells to industry, an Interior Department watchdog has concluded in a new report. The review, by the Department of Interior’s Inspector General, found that the bureau that oversees energy development on hundreds ...
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• ‘Buy it where you burn it’ — Don’t Move Firewood

  
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  Our favorite places to camp are in remote areas on public lands.  More and more we are noticing the vast amounts of forests that are being devastated by invasive insects–just this week we ran across a number of USFS campgrounds “closed due to large volume of hazard trees from beetle kill.” This destruction not ...
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• ANALYSIS: Fossil Fuels Extracted From Public Lands And Waters Emit 427 Coal-Fired Power Plants’ Worth Of Carbon Pollution

  
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  The hundreds of millions of acres of lands and nearly 1.7 billion acres of waters managed by the federal government are producing more fossil fuels than you might think. And more carbon pollution as well. The Energy Information Administration released new data last week showing the amount of oil, gas, and coal ...
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• ANALYSIS: Fossil Fuels Extracted From Public Lands And Waters Emit 427 Coal-Fired Power Plants’ Worth Of Carbon Pollution

  
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  The hundreds of millions of acres of lands and nearly 1.7 billion acres of waters managed by the federal government are producing more fossil fuels than you might think. And more carbon pollution as well. The Energy Information Administration released new data last week showing the amount of oil, gas, and coal ...
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• Some snow still at Crater Lake National Park – Mazama Campground opened early

  
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  Usually camping this time of the year is ‘ify’ at Crater Lake National Park - -it all depends on the rate of snow melt. According to the ranger at the North Gate, although there was a lot of snow this past season, it’s been an unusually warm spring and only about 7-percent of the snow pack remains on the ...
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• On 3rd attempt, Jeff Brown’s ’84 VW Vanagon GL finally makes it to the beach

  
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  Before finally setting up camp at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park , Loop C, spot 45, Jeff Brown of Eugene, Ore, had tried and failed twice to reach the Oregon Coast. “Both times had to be aborted because of engine trouble,” said the Air Force Veteran and current logistics and warehouse manager. The first time, ...
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• First night in new camper — Oregon’s Umpqua Lighthouse State Park

  
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  For the first night in our ‘new’ 2005 Northern Lite camper we drove all of two miles south of Winchester Bay (where we picked up the camper) on the Oregon coast highway to the Umpqua Lighthouse State Park . We did not want to be too far from the previous owners ( Dan and Becky ) just in case we had some ...
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• Which City Has the Best Parks? Trust for Public Lands Releases Annual ParkScore Ranking.

  
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  Waterfront Park, Portland, OR The Trust for Public Land (TPL) recently released its annual ParkScore index, which ranks the park systems of the fifty largest U.S. cities.  As with all scorecards, the methodology is imperfect and the metrics are somewhat crude; but seeing how U.S. cities compare across uniform ...
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• Enjoying the Wilderness

  
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  Going back on the river for a week, so no blogging. See web map for latest location (using SPOT Locator). Desolation Canyon is the largest wilderness study area in Utah, which makes it probably the greatest un-designated wilderness in the lower 48 states. Nobody lives there, but about 6,000 people a year come ...
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• Portland golf courses face crossroads as declining numbers bring other potential uses into play

  
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  A confluence of events -- flagging numbers of golfers, regional demand for large industrial parcels, the familys business needs -- is coming together that could well end Colwood National Golf Clubs 84-year run as a place of choice for every day golfers.
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• Expanding Coal Operations In Montana Met With Public Opposition

  
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  The U.S. Department of the Interior is preparing to make a decision on a proposal by an Australian mining company to dig up hundreds of acres of previously unmined public land in southern Montana. Pictured, a coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming. (Photo/Greg Goebel via Flickr) The U.S. Department of the Interior is ...
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• Bureau of Land Management Ignores the Laws of United States AND Nature

  
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  Guest OpEd by Grandma Gregg Straight from the Horses Heart GRAPHIC: Rain Horse courtesy of Lydia Rose __________________________________________________________ “BLM also considers themselves as being “above” Mother Nature too…” The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) publicly published the statement that they ...
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• Tennessee State Parks Hosting Free National Trails Day Guided Hikes

  
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  Nashville, TN - In conjunction with National Trails Day, Tennessee State Parks will host free, guided hikes on Saturday, June 1st, encouraging outdoor enthusiasts to participate in several planned activities across the state. Each state park will host its own special hike, offering a variety of family-friendly ...
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• Bill would allow ranchers to voluntarily end their grazing allotments in exchange for private compensation

  
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  Rural Economic Vitalization Act reintroduced- The Rural Economic Vitalization Act (REVA) would allow private parties to pay willing ranchers to relinquish their grazing permits on public lands, and then the grazing allotment would then be permanently closed to livestock grazing .  U.S. Representative Adam ...
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• Amphibian News: Killer Fungus Found In Third Major Amphibian Group, USGS Amphibian Survey Findings ‘Alarming’

  
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  Geotrypetes seraphini, a caecilian from Cameroon that tested positive for the chytrid fungus. Courtesy of the National History Museum, via Scientific American Two important amphibian news items to report here…the first regards the spread of the lethal Chytrid fungus into Caecilians (a third major grouping of ...
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• Moyers & DeChristopher

  
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  I’ve been waiting to see the master interviewer sit down with Tim for a long time! The wait is over: Related Posts: Fun, Yet Serious Video! Heard around the Intertubes National Rifle Association Has Turned the Second Amendment… Internet Pseudonyms Are Protected Speech Utah Stands!
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