http://usoutdoorstoday.com Hiking, Climbing, Camping, Biking, Boating Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:00:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Washington state will be forced to close 13 state parks under a new budget proposal set forth by Governor Chris Gregoire.  The new budget will be focusing on saving the state $3.5 billion and allow them to not raise any new taxes in the coming year.  The state park cuts ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=112 Incoming President Barack Obama is being championed for recently meeting with some of the top national conservation organizations, a step that many say is unheard of from an incoming President.  Seven representatives from Obama's transition team recently met up with officials from Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, The Izaak Walton League ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=111 The state of Alaska was quick to jump to the tune of President George W. Bush's decision to allow loaded and concealed weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges.  As a matter of fact, Alaska says that their gun laws have allowed for guns in most of their parks for ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=110 President George W. Bush and the Interior Department have lifted the 25 year-old ban on allowing loaded weapons in United States National Parks. The new measure will begin in January and will allow the carrying of loaded and concealed weapons in parks where states already allow concealed weapons in ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=108 Two southeast Idaho residents have donated $1,000 in reward money to Citizens Against Poaching in an effort to draw out information regarding the recent wasting of 46 geese in Soda Springs. Greg Maag of Pocatello and Wayne Taysom of McCammon stepped forward with their donations after learning of the incident. "This time ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=106 Barack Obama's stunning win in the 2008 Presidential Election has signified a new turn in the face of Environmental initiatives.   These ititiatives and promises range from fighting global warming, to protecting our national park heritage. From the start, political pundits and the people alike, began discussing who would be involved in ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=105 Maine's Atlantic Salmon population has been decreasing in significant numbers over the last few years.  A new initiative to get maine's Atlantic salmon listed as endangered has sparked many of the same debates that surround wildlife in other corridors of our country.  The pros and cons of such a listing ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=104 By Lucas Will I ruined 2 digital cameras this past summer.  Granted, they weren’t the industries leading models, but they were still nice, functional cameras worth a few pennies.  Worse yet, one of them wasn’t mine. During a two-week trip paddling the wilderness lakes and rivers of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=103 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued a warning to hunters and dog owners regarding a toxic form of algae that has killed three dogs across the state.   With the advent of duck hunting season in Wisconsin, this warning is being sent out towards all hunters and dog owners ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=102 The federal government has put the northern Rockies gray wolf back on the endangered species list.  This follows the recent delisting of the gray wolves over speculations that their populations had grown large enough to mandate some kind of control efforts.  (control efforts=hunting) Wyoming recently held the first legal hunt of ... http://usoutdoorstoday.com/?p=101