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Even when car camping, I like how compactly a good down mummy packs. I don't have space for the big rolls that we used to lug to camp as kids.

If I recall the details from the SW Idaho portion of the March Omnibus, various concerns lead to its development: - questions regarding land use by a nearby military base (in the Snake River plane) - the unsettle status of Wilderness Study Areas - concerns by area ranchers regarding cross...

The task force is currently asking for comments on two topics http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/

How is Canadian policy regarding sports fishing different from current US policy, or possible future ones?

Could someone explain what is going on? I don't want hype, fearmongering, and Beckian rumors and innuendos. How about some real facts? http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090918_ceq2.html What I have found is that in June the president formed a task force, asking it to recommend a...

I think it was Mont Bell's ideas that Sierra Design 'borrowed' for a while in making stretchable bags.

Yes, most bags, especially the form fitting mummy ones, are designed with back-sleeping in mind. Some years ago I bought a Sierra Designs model (Sandman?) that was designed to allow movement inside the bag, and hence sleeping in different positions. Features included a generous volume, light...

He drove WA 20 over Rainy and Washington Passes to Winthrop. The east side of 410 (east of Mt Rainier) has a similar run along the south facing slope, but does not have the sweeping switchback at the start. Both stretches are challenging avalanche slopes. I just read today that 410 is...

I like to stop at the lower end of this loop, and take pictures looking up toward Liberty Bells, the rocks above. That view is especially impressive in the early summer, when there's still snow above. Washington DOT has a lot pictures on flicker of their spring plowing operations on this road...

The Senate version, S 799 was read and referred to committee on April 1. No further action. That committee also has several bills introduced by Utah senators transferring US property to various Utah counties and municipalities. I think the desire for such a transfer was impetus for developing...

BLM is deferring or withdrawing 60 of the 77 parcels leased in December 2008 to oil and gas exploration http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2009/october/blm_releases_report.html These leases where challenged in court, claiming that BLM did not adequately confer with other federal agencies...

Only one day of hearings was scheduled, as far as I can tell. By the way, the chairman of the relevant subcommittee is from Arizona - 7th district. Based on the SUWA I'd say the current land issues around Moab involve BLMs oil and gas leases from last December, which are under judicial review...

Kelty makes 2 very nice tarp poles, one 78", the other adjustable from 80 to 99". Various online retailers carry them

Here is the blog entry from Rep. Hinchey regarding Red Rocks http://www.house.gov/htbin/blog_inc?BLOG,ny22_hinchey,blog,999,All,Item%20not%20found,ID=091001_3549,TEMPLATE=postingdetail.shtml

Saying that a wilderness bill will 'add to the government's roll' is like saying 'keep the government's hands off my medicare'.

This is the first I read of the the Desert Rock project. http://www.desert-rock-blog.com/ has this press release from the Navajo chairman, as well as other news releases related to the project. Anyone going to move to Farmington to take advantage of this clean energy?

I think he had in mind, generally speaking, the 4 that I listed. However most of the current conflicts involving these laws and their consequences apply more to forest service and BLM lands. They are mostly settled in National Parks, except maybe in parks like Death Valley. In the years...

Seems that the real issue here isn't the Wilderness creation, but the land swap - trading public land (usually FS or BLM) for private tracts, often some of those 'checkerboard' ones. There frequently are questions about who gets the better deal, not just in the California desert. I've seen...

Are you claiming that private land has been expropriated by the US Government for inclusion in designated Wilderness Areas?

Pay attention to the boundaries of those wilderness areas. In most cases, if there is a boundary between two different areas, it's because a road between them. Boundary lines projecting into wilderness areas define existing roads that remain open to wheel travel, or streams used by area...