Park Record | 2014-06-14 | Page 17

Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 14-17, 2014 Continued From A-16 Mtn. Town bear, known to scientists and hence the public as No. 64, because "she has managed to escape death on the highways and railway lines and carve out a living on a very busy landscape." The sow was captured in 1999 as part of a research project. She had not yet had cubs, but since then she has had two, possibly three litters. In 2010, being without cubs, she was videotaped in the company of several male grizzlies, and one in particular. The next spring she emerged from her den with three cubs. She might still be with those cubs. "Females with cubs can remain scarce for security reasons," explained Michelle Macullo, a Banff National Park spokeswoman. "While high-quality forage is better in the valley bottoms, female bears can remain at higher elevation to avoid dominant males. Sometimes we don't see females with cubs until the end of June." Fearing fires, Telluride bans creation of hash TELLURIDE, Colo. - Telluride has banned the manufacture of hash oil, and a similar ban is contemplated in broader San Miguel County. The ban is a response to reports from elsewhere in Colorado of explosions and fires since sale of cannabis for recreational consumption became legal on Jan. 1. One way to make hash oil is by packing the leaves and stems of cannabis plants into a pipe, pouring highly flammable butane through it, then heating it to burn off the liquid fuel. The result, explains the Telluride Daily Planet, yields an oil of up to 80 percent THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Council members indicated that they will likely revisit the marijuana regulations by the end of 2014 to see if further changes are needed. More towns yet take up ban on plastic bags CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. - Some 2,000 signatures have been collected in the towns of Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte to put the kibosh on plastic bags. The idea is being promoted by the non-profit Office for Resource Efficiency. A survey taken by the local chamber of commerce showed 52 percent of responding businesses in favor. A-17 The Park Record The general feedback seems to be to eliminate plastic bags and offer paper bags with no fee. The Crested Butte New reports that businesses with stores in other ski towns seem to be on board with the movement. In California, Truckee on June 1 required retail stores, including groceries, to cease putting merchandise in disposable plastic bags. Shoppers are instead charged a dime for a recycled paper or reusable bag. The Sierra Sun reports some grumbling in the town along I-80 but also acceptance. Roughly a dozen businesses were given exemptions for use of their remaining stock of plastic bags. That grace period runs out on Dec. 1, however. Aspen's lone bookstore on the sales block again ASPEN, Colo. - Aspen's celebrated Explore Booksellers is on the sales block. The store occupies a prime location in downtown Aspen and the asking price of $6.5 million presumably reflects that value, not the revenues of a bookstore. The store had been established by Katherine Thalberg in 1975. But after she died in 2007, it wasn't clear the store would remain in business. Finally, Sam and Cheryl Wyly, part-time residents in Aspen, stepped forward. The Aspen Daily News ex- plains that in 2007, the Wylys described their purchase of Explore as an act of stewardship. At the time, the Aspen Daily News asked him how important the bookstore was to Aspen. Sam Wyly responded: "How important is Ajax?" Ajax is the local name of Aspen Mountain. But that was then. "For many years, it was a labor of love. In the business world, that's what you call an investment that provides a greater good to the community which far outweighs any story the balance sheet tells." Wyly was recently in the news as the result of a federal court decision that found him and his late brother guilty of violating federal securities, effectively the thievery of about $500 million. Binge drinking declines but still high in Whistler WHISTLER, B.C. - Compared to 460,000 of their peers in a database of U.S. students, juniors in Whistler are well above the norm in terms of binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as having five or more alcoholic drinks on any one occasion the prior two weeks. The study found 60 percent of the grade-11 students in Whistler reported in indulging in such binge drinking. That is, however, a decline from previous surveys in 2003 and 2006, reports Pique. 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