Bighorn Population Increasing: Forest Fires Help Sheep in San Gabriel Mountains; Feral Dogs Pose Threat
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Mar. 11--LYTLE CREEK -- It still takes some luck or knowledge to sight bighorn sheep in the San Gabriel Mountains, but the chances of spotting one have grown.
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By Scott Marshall, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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By ANA BEATRIZ CHOLO ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fast-moving brush fire scorched 500 acres of parched hillside and crept into backyards Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
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By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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By STACI MATLOCK  FOREST GUARDIANS  Santa Fe-based Forest Guardians is bidding for two more grazing leases totaling 2,000 acres of New Mexico state trust lands.
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By Bryce Petersen Jr. Standard-Examiner  MANTUA, Box Elder County  -- Rocky Mountain goats are thriving on top of Willard Peak and Ben Lomond.
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By Ryan Schuster, The Bakersfield Californian  Sep. 18--Plenty of dust has been kicked up at the Kern County Fair's  livestock division in recent years -- and not all of it has come from the  animals.
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With recent heavy rain and more expected next week, California may make it through this season without a repeat of last year's catastrophic wildfires. But dangers remain, especially in national forests plagued by drought, unchecked growth of brush and bark beetle infestation.
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By Christina Vance, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 10--The Sierra reminds me.   Trail hikers frequently talk of coming to their senses in the high places -- finding escape from the din of cell phones and honks of cars. They leave behind stuff-crammed buildings, carrying only a bag.
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Western states grapple with how to address an increasing threat to livestock from wolves and big cats.
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DRYDEN, Wash. -- A wind-blown wildfire grew to more than 11,000 acres early Wednesday as it moved into dry brush and grass in central Washington.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - An enormous wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people continued to spread Monday, though winds didn't kick up as much as firefighters had feared, a Forest Service official said.
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This week: World's rarest big cat caught, world landmarks rated, toilet shortage harms billions, "smart dust" may aid surveillance, SIV found in gorillas, and more.
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Blog: Federal scientists using Google earth to map smoke form big wild fires.
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By TOM GARDNER  RENO, Nev. - A national command team and three of the top firefighting teams in the country joined the battle Thursday against a 375-square-mile wildfire that has marched through rangeland during the past four days, threatening ranches, mines and wildlife habitat.
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Drought, housing expansion, and oversupply of tinder make for bigger, hotter fires.
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By Heath Druzin, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 8--A week of smoke and wind has kept aircraft grounded and shifted part of a 36,000-acre fire toward the mountain hamlet of Yellow Pine, prompting residents there to gather pets and valuables for a possible evacuation.