Full Stories Comment on this story in the News Forum Bikes Vs. A proposed strip of asphalt, just 16 feet wide and 1.5 miles long, has sparked a heated land use battle in the New York borough of Queens that has lasted three years. Michigan's most popular state park has unveiled its new rustic campground, which replaces the semi-modern Beach Campground along Lake Michigan. An aggressive swan known for attacking personal watercraft riders on Pottawattomie Bayou was a model of bird citizenry last weekend when observed by Department of Natural Resources officials. A mute swan billed as a terror to users of personal watercraft has activists sticking their necks out to spare the testy bird.
Hikers are like that- courteous but unwavering.
A wet spring has triggered an explosion of blood-sucking ticks, and concern among those who have been bitten by them. Environmentally, however, the Rifle ranks near the top for a damaging form of pollution called erosion. The first whooping crane whose birth in the wild was the first documented in the United States in 60 years has died, apparently after being attacked by a bobcat. The Supreme Court today expanded its continuing review of the Clean Air Act by agreeing to decide whether the statute requires the government to look beyond the public health benefits of reducing air pollution and consider the economic costs as well. This survey is being funded by the DNR and administered through Lake Superior State University.