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Glacier National Park offers nature close at hand
April 28, 2008, 2:56 pm
A couple of black bear cubs crawled from the woods to the bicycle path as if they were kids trying to cross the street without their mother’s permission. They were sleek and adorable, and we might have taken a closer look had we not assumed mama bear was keeping an eye on them.
We were some 50 yards away from the cubs, and they didn’t notice my wife, Barb, reaching for her camera. But before she could focus, the cubs spotted a man walking from the opposite direction. They ducked back into the woods, and one bolted up a tree.
Through the trees, we could see the mama bear. She apparently could see us, too, and took a few steps in our direction. We were at a safe distance and knew that black bears seldom attack people, but we also knew it would be a mistake to run.
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December 2, 2008 - 12:59pm
Fans of the hit movie “Twilight,” inspired by Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series, are swarming tiny Forks on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where the novels are set, and checking out “Twilight”-themed tours, hotel packages and even food.
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December 2, 2008 - 12:56pm
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December 2, 2008 - 12:56pm
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Grounded in God, Green and Glaciers
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Remember when Arizona Sen. John McCain criticized spending millions of taxpayer dollars to fund the DNA of grizzly bears in Montana during one of the presidential debates? “That’s us,” said David Restivo, a Roberts Wesleyan College alumnus and visual information specialist at Glacier National Park in Montana.
December 2, 2008 - 12:37pm
Remember when Arizona Sen. John McCain criticized spending millions of taxpayer dollars to fund the DNA of grizzly bears in Montana during one of the presidential debates? “That’s us,” said David Restivo, a Roberts Wesleyan College alumnus and visual information specialist at Glacier National Park in Montana.
Smokies' Formation Began 500 Million to 600 Million Years Ago
December 2, 2008 - 12:35pm
As the Great Smoky Mountains National Park prepares to celebrate its 75th year, students of history and geology are pondering questions that go back much farther than the park's creation in the 1930s. The most fascinating queries to them concern the actual formation of the mountains, their age and topography.
December 2, 2008 - 12:35pm
As the Great Smoky Mountains National Park prepares to celebrate its 75th year, students of history and geology are pondering questions that go back much farther than the park's creation in the 1930s. The most fascinating queries to them concern the actual formation of the mountains, their age and topography.
