With so many permits, Alexander said the state decided to limit the manning of the three moose checking stations to the first four days only of each season. A second season this year begins Saturday and will limit 300 permit holders in that area to antlerless moose (cows and calves) to further cut the breeding population, he explained. She said it took her husband 10 hours to built the sturdy weighing station, and it worked perfectly. Johnsbury confirmed that there was an increase in moose...

High Country News -- October 8, 2007: The BLM plays with fire in Oregon: Pepper Trail says the BLMs preferred alternative for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of wildfire.

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In one case, wellness has given way to some condition that has overwhelmed what the body can handle without medical attention. We wonder how it could be that a hope-filled return to life leads to financial hemorrhage that betrays the future of so many. But such a recognition does not absolve us of responsibility for a crisis that both hospitals and patients can ill afford. The two words stare at each other and then spar with us as if they should not be in the same phrase. In the other...