Along Another Clearcut
If So Many People Support Mass Transit, Why Do So Few Ride? – CityLab
Why Don’t More Cities Sell Air Rights?
How Wildlife is Thriving Because of Guns and Hunting
9 Badass Custom Toyota Trucks for Hunting and Fishing
I know this is a puff piece for Toyota, but who doesn't like looking at jacked up trucks ...
The U.S. Forest Service Wants to Fine You $1,000 for Taking Pictures in the Forest
When Pete Grannis' DEC did this in 2010, the environmentalists embraced it as the good thing ... And NY State didn't just do this for wilderness but ALL state land in their regulations.
"6 NYCCR 190 Section ee. On State lands, no person shall sponsor, conduct or participate in: advertising, weddings, commercial film making activities or film making activities that exclude other public use of the area, and other similar events, except under permit from the department."
http://www.dec.ny.gov/regs/4081.html#12996
Then again, Manhattan liberal politicians care about the environment more then the US Forest Service. They have Central Park, after all, and a very polluted part of the Hudson River. The US Forest Service, in contrast is run by Tom Tidwell, who has spent his career working on forest management issues.
Dry End to the Month
It's been a fairly dry month so far, but hopefully we will get some by mid-next week.