The Great Outdoors

  • Enough cow pies at Kane Lake

    Ralph Maughan

    Hiker outraged at bovine caused  mess at what is arguably Idaho’s most beautiful alpine lake- The Pioneers are the second highest mountain range in Idaho. They are of beautiful, hard glaciated rock, carved into giant peaks, spires, lake-filled cirques and waterfalls with wildflower meadows some of the time before the cattle reach them. Livestock grazing…

  • Fire in Gros Ventre Mountains fills Jackson Hole with dense smoke

    Ralph Maughan

    Red Rock Fire grows to 5700 acres. Temperature inversion keeps the smoke under a lid in Jackson Hole- This fire, which was just resized from 5,729 acres, compared with 2,835 acres a day earlier, is burning in dead pine, aspen, fir and meadows near Goosewing R.S. and the controversial Wyoming Game and Fish Alkali elk…

  • Comprehensive coverage for vehicle can be financially smart for those who travel to camp, hike, raft, etc.

    Ralph Maughan

    You can insure against a bear breaking into your rig and much more- In addition to insurance against collision many other things can damage or destroy your vehicle. It has happened to me. Rock slides, falling trees, big hail stones, you name it! For those who travel to use the outdoors for hunting/wildlife viewing, photography,…

  • First photo in 40 years of grizzly bear in Washington State’s North Cascades

    Ralph Maughan

    Though USFWS has long estimated 5-10 grizzlies in area, there have been no photos- Grizzly bear photographed in the North Cascades. Seattle Post Intelligencer

  • Incredible time-lapse video of big Snake River Canyon landslide

    Ralph Maughan

    The Snake River Canyon between Alpine and Jackson Hole, Wyoming is notable for its unstable mountainslopes. This mountain range is very prone to earthflows, one reason the Snake River Range is not cut up with dirt roads. The whole place would come down. However, a U.S. Highway has followed the canyon for perhaps 75 years,…

  • Debris flow creates a big rapid on the Salmon River (central Idaho)

    Ralph Maughan

    The new “Black Creek Blowout” could be the biggest rapid on the river- This is big news for all who float or boat the main fork of the Salmon River below the Corn Creek put-in. I’d like to know more about what caused this blowout on April 1. White water created on Salmon River by…

  • There is a wolverine in East Oregon’s Wallowa Mountains

    Ralph Maughan

    Tracks of a male found in the rugged mountain wilderness- Although it might just be passing through, this is a first for this mountain fastness. Last summer, my spouse (Jackie) staffed a fire tower on the edge of the Eagle Cap Wilderness, which covers much of the mountain range. The creation of the vast Eagle…

  • Herd of wild bison living in Oregon’s Eagle Cap Wilderness

    Ralph Maughan

    Their origin is not known- The Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa Mountains is large and rugged. It’s in extreme NE Oregon near Washington and Idaho. This herd of 25 bison is of unknown origin. What a happy discovery! The Eagle Cap Wilderness,  the nearby Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness and areas in Oregon’s Blue Mountains are also…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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