Category: special interest
The Bush/Cheney Administration has announced two proposals to jumpstart the killing of hundreds of wolves in the Yellowstone area and elsewhere in the Northern Rockies – including Idaho. Officials in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are now seeking public comment on the agency’s proposal to accept Wyoming’s disastrous wolf management plan and to give …read more.
Mars May Have Had Hot Springs WASHINGTON: A little NASA Mars rover has come across soil that scientists said on Tuesday suggests hot springs may have percolated long ago on the Martian surface, providing an environment conducive to life. The six-wheeled rolling robot Spirit, exploring the expansive Gusev Crater just south of the Martian equator, …read more.
Most Common Natural Hot Springs Dangers: Alcohol Consumption and Dehydration Drinking and soaking gets you wasted in no time flat because hot springs dehydrate the body. Every year, people drown and literally fall off ledges while hiking due to mixing alcohol and hot springs together. This is the most common risk associated with hot springing. Soaking in …read more.
Idaho has the most usable hot springs out of any state in the nation; with about 130 soakable out of 340. However, Nevada has the most hot springs overall, but the majority of them are not soakable. The water is hot because it is heated from within the Earth’s crust, forcing it up to the …read more.
No More Sales of Our Public Lands to Special Interests! Help the Bush Administration Learn Its Lesson: Tell your Senator to support the Bingaman Amendment Last Congress, corporate interests and their Congressional champions tried to legalize huge sales of our public lands to mining, oil and gas companies. They failed spectacularly. They were even voted …read more.
RSM: Red Spider Mite (magnified) Ahh yes, a natural nemesis of the hot springer, the Red Spider Mite (RSM) is known to inhabit a few hot springs. Barley visible to the naked eye, these tiny crimson mites scurry about on rocks and the top of water in and around select hot springs in Idaho and …read more.