Here is SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt. This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. We also mention companies of interest to preppers that are located in the region. The emphasis this week is on wandering grizzly bears. (See the Montana and Wyoming sections.)
Idaho
First up: Pocatello man pleads not guilty to lighting fireworks that burned home
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Jack Bannon, CDA resident and actor, dies at 77. JWR’s Comment: As a scenic resort area, Coeur D’Alene has a large number of celebrity retirees and celebrity vacation homes.
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Cops: Idaho woman intentionally drove off cliff with 3 kids
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Giant sequoia doing well four months after Idaho uprooting
Montana (Grizzly Bears)
Central and Eastern Montana: Prepare for long period of snow, cold
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Montana man kills grizzly that broke into garage
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Owl napping in tree draws crowd in downtown Hamilton
Eastern Oregon
Semi-truck crash spills potatoes all over I-84 near Pendleton
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Eastern Oregon woman wakes up to find bear in living room
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Eastern Washington
The hunt: First-time hunter, 45, bags trophy buck with first shot. JWR’s Comment: Welcome to the Redoubt!
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Apple truck spills load at Hanford Yakima Barricade
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State patrol names victims in Interstate 82 crash near Benton City
Wyoming (Grizzly Bears)
Free wind training begins in Casper, an adventure for some, a lifeboat for others
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Grizzly bear tracks found east of Cody in Wyoming. JWR’s Comment: It is high time that grizzly bears get de-listed as an endangered species. Their range in CONUS has been steadily widening. In particular, the Wyoming grizzly population is gaining rapidly.
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Free wind training begins in Casper, an adventure for some, a lifeboat for others
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Interesting method to block off a road..apples or potatoes spilled. If times were tough, there would be a crowd picking them up, so obviously, times aren’t hard yet. But other stuff could be used. Logs, for example. Or hay bales. Or old cars.
With regards to the St. John’s hospital paying to move the sequoia tree: Boise is very fortunate to have a hospital in their community that can see beyond their daily profits. Unless anyone wants to see the other side of that equation readers should fight against the Lifepoint corporation taking over any facility in their area.
Re: grizzlies
They were de-listed in June of last year by Ryan Zinke, Dept. of the Interior.
All we need to do now is get our State officials and Game and Fish to establish a season for hunting them.
Good info here:
https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/es/grizzlyBear.php