If convicted, Patricia M. Vincent, 58, could face 10 years in prison and a fine upwards of $500,000. She was indicted last week on charges of theft of government property and willingly damaging government property.
Vincent is accused of hiring a tree cutting company last April to remove three ponderosa pines estimated to be 80 to 100 years old [...]
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The giants of northwestern California are non other than the coast redwood. These amazing trees are an impressive sight to behold.
The native range of coast redwood is from the northern California coast north to the southern Oregon coast. The tree is closely related to the Giant Sequoia of central California. Coast Redwoods are the tallest [...]
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NOAA Fisheries Service recommended killing 30 sea lions per year at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. At this location on the Washington – Oregon border the animals feast on migrating salmon. It is estimated that the sea lions eat four percent of the total spring runs. Sea lions are attracted to this area by [...]
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Utah State’s men’s basketball team beat Boise State 82 to 78 last night to give coach Stew Morrill his 226th win with the Aggies. He passed E. Lowell Romney (1920-1941) to move into first place on the school’s list of wins as a coach.
Also of note, senior guard Jaycee Carroll scored 29 points during the game [...]
Rising steam and a magnitude 2.9 earthquake rattled Mount St. Helens this week prompting scientists to discontinue internal human monitoring of the crater. The quake was followed by an hour and a half long small tremor which ended with another quake. The second one registered a magnitude 2.7.
“The settling of the growing lava dome might have [...]
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