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Sad to read. Since 1970, 10 humans have been injured or worse in Hayden Valley, and 8 of them within this new management area? In 54 years, 8 people have been injured or worse within the newly-established Hayden Valley Management Area boundary? Unless the trend is sharply more injuries per...

A few snow geese also. Mostly sandhill cranes, Canada and white-fronted geese flying over the house.

Looking forward to the arrival of white-fronts in my area in 6-8 weeks.

Another option is to head in on the trails southeast of Dubois at the end of the Trail Lake Rd. The trail south takes you over Arrow Mountain on a well-used trail. The possibilities are many for both on and off-trail travel with great scenery and wildlife viewing. Also heading west toward Ross...

Thanks for this, @scatman . When I worked on the Lolo and Bitterroot Forests, talk of this would come up occasionally. The higher-ups were not impressed. Glad to read that as they retired, the conversation grew louder.

Not sure but that sounds right. And yes, they are.

I haven't but I met 2 backcountry rangers (married) in GTNP that each had both replaced. They were in their 60's IIRC. Still going strong.

Nailed it. You’re up!

In the southwest.

A seasonal location.

Middle Fork State Wildlife Refuge adjacent to the Hoosier NF in Indiana. I was more intrigued by the use of "branch" instead of fork and "Hollow", as well as the elevations. Those terms are used in a small region of the US. Nice one!

Three of us had Garmins with rescue insurance as part of the package. The rescuee did not. Bad luck there, I guess.

Just hold your curser over the photo. The photo name (110.jpg) will appear. They are in order.

From the 9th picture, I think you can figure it out. Or better yet, 110.jpg photo.

@wsp_scott Great question! This is based on my best recollection as the contact between me and (I assume) the subscribed-to rescue organization (RO) is no longer on my InReach. I hit the OH Shit button. Within a few minutes I received a message from the RO desk verifying that I need help. The...

Scat, Thanks for the pic compliment. Arctostaphylos rubra. One common name is arctic bearberry. Not so great to eat for humans, but grizzlies & some birds love it. We ate plenty of blueberries, a few crowberries, very few cranberries. One or 2 bearberries to remind myself that I don't like...

Good question but I haven't asked him what it cost. I feel like if he wants to tell me, he will. It's hard to speculate with any accuracy as there are so many factors up here that determine if someone is charged or not, and if so, how much. Many of our rescues aren't charged as it provides...

@SteveR August 19-24.

I and 4 friends from the lesser 48 had booked 1-way flights to Anaktuvuk Pass in the Brooks Range so we could backpack from there to the Haul Road (that serves the oil fields on Alaska's north coast). After spending part of the morning, and an hour or so in the afternoon at the terminal, it was...

That's it. You're up.