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Show De Page B2 Cimis-,31nfrgpetiftg- Thursday, January 2, 2003 nt Seeding of summer fire areas should help Heard Around prevent spread of cheatgrass and other weeds Forest the West Immediately by Betsy Marston, regional news analyst Los Angeles Times columnist John Balzar says its no secret: The Bush administration hates environmentalists. I cannot see another way to explain the endless string of onesided decisions and the dripping condescension with which they are delivered, Balzar writes. In a feather-braine- d brief, the administration argued that conservationists should consider the range. upside of bird deaths at a remote Navy live-fir- e Birdwatchers get more enjoyment spotting a rare bird than they do spotting a common one. Besides, the government added, Navy bombardment keeps away people who might otherwise disturb the birds. In Northern California, many environmentalists are alarmed because the Forest Service has proposed The Service will begin seeding areas severely burned in the 2002 summer fires to limit the spread of cheatgrass and noxious weeds. Weather permitting, the project will take place the week of January 9, 2003, and be completed by Pick a card and become a county commissioner: That was the game recently in Goldfield, Nev., reports The Assoc7 iated Press, after a tie vote of by ballot. Yet when the candidates drew their cards, each picked a jack out of the deck. It was a good thing Nevadas state archivist, Guy Louis Rocha, was on hand. Hed seen two other races in Nevada decided by chance, he said, and in one, both candidates drew eights, forcing a second draw. This time, Rocha declared that spades were high, which made Democrat R.J. Gillums jack of spades the winner. Hell get to help govern a county nearly the size of Delaware and Rhode Island, but with only 1,000 people. Thats about one inhabitant for every three square miles. g following these fires, a number of assessments were initiated. As a result, a team of over 40 people have been involved in protection and rehabilitation efforts. Seeding is one phase of this effort. Other projects have included hazard trees re- TimeTrauBl "Service to provide you time money. Call SAVE! Call Rosemary Casamassa Your local, Moms IN SHIFTING SANDS Murdock Zions Bank, 300 S. Main In 10-- 4 Weekdays or by appointment 259-33- 3 259-75- 25 See Scott Ritters film travel agent Independent owner Host ticketing agency 35 E. CENTER Hammond Fires. replacing culverts, protecting archaeological sites, and patrolling burned areas. This Time Travel & NT HMES-INDEPENDE- Over one million dollars will be spent for the rehabilitation of the Hang Dog, Nizhoni and moval, cleaning stock ponds, Need Printing? Stop by for prices THE spring and summer a number of fences will be replaced and an ongoing effort will be made to monitor for noxious weeds. ef- fort is $560,000. If time is logging some of the bigger trees in the Giant Sequoia National Monument, plus two national forests. The federal agency said scientists need to test logging different kinds of trees - including old growth - to see what works best to halt wildfires, reports the Los Angeles Times. Perhaps distressed is too mild to describe the response from Linda Blum. Shes a member of the nonprofit Quincy Library Group, which worked hard on a plan for the Sierra Nevada to protect both giant sequoias and the spotted owls that need huge trees to survive. They want to see what owls will do if big trees are logged? she asked. I know what they are going to do. They are going to fly away and not come back. 17. January aircraft operating out of Monticello and Blanding will spread seed over selected areas of the Hang Dog, Nizhoni, and Hammond Fires. Seeding, in early winter with snow will improve the likelihood of successful spring germination and growth. The project cost for this portion of Fixed-win- the overall rehabilitation iiijiiiim Next EH in Moab's Citizens for Peace and Global Awareness film series 7:30 p.m. M.A.R.C. v Thursday, January 2 107-10- A fast pull, zoopl and duct tape can remove a wart with less pain than freezing the pesky growth with liquid nitrogen, reports ECONEWS of California. Well, anyone who has the flapping sole of a sneaker or hiking boot ever knows uses of the tough tape are legendary; it was just a matter of time before a wart connection became the subject of a medical study. But now, it seems, duct tape can even become a fashion statement. Thre people in Monument, Colo., have started duct a business called L'i cti, making wallets from a think Kids who see the silver wallets tape that doesnt fray. theyre cool, reports the Denver Post. duct-tape- d high-qualit- y spice up their lamb in Virginia City, Nev., some 130 miners slathered the meat with hot sauce, says Sheep ago, years News. How do we know? Archaeologists recently found Industry a bottle of the fiery stuff on property where the Boston Saloon, a major eatery of the mining town, still stands. No one knows if the hot sauce - concocted of aged red peppers, salt and vinegar originated in Virginia City or was shipped from Louisiana, where the Tabasco version was born. To Manufacturers of rugged outdoor gear now face a rival from the East - Japans largest recreational retailer, Mont Bell. At its new store in Boulder, Colo., the company sells specialty items, such as sleeping bags and tea sets for mountain climbers. It also features outfits for practitioners of the latest craze in Japan, called shower climbing. To show off equipment needed for this wildly popular sport, reports the Rocky waterfall. Mountain News, the company built a one-poun- d two-stor- y In Montana, the saga of a wounded grizzly and her three count em - cubs remains a cliffhanger. Shot in the head by a deer hunter, the sow grizzly continues to nurse her cubs even though she is partially paralyzed and slowed up by hibernation lethargy, reports the AP. State wildlife officials have kept close watch on the family as the bear recuperates from the Nov. 19 attack. Says Mike Madel, grizzly bear specialist with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, We have baby-sa- t her and the cubs; someone, either wardens, myself or a technician, has been there. While the mother bear can apparently smell and hear, she still cant see out of her left eye. Madel says its a good sign that shes moving the family toward higher ground, since they need a protected place to den for the winter. - 500-poun- d People have written serious books about Bigfoot, the furry and elusive monster of the West, but now the truth is out: It was all a hoax perpetrated by Ray L. Wallace, who died recently at age 84. In 1958, Wallace and his brother, Wilbur, used h wooden carvings of feet to plant mysterious footprints around a bulldozer in Humboldt County, Calif. The Humboldt Times in Eureka, Calif., then coined the term Bigfoot, and films and photos of the creature proliferated - many of them also created by Wallace. The story, as the saying goes, had legs that will probably never stop moving. Says the Seattle Times : The debate about Bigfoots existence rages on. Betsy Marston is the editor of Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colorado (betsymhcn.org). 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