Category: News
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A coyote seen crossing a suburban bike path Wednesday issued a correction after neighborhood social-media users spent nearly two hours attempting to identify what they believed was a thin off-leash dog.
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A man sleeping inside a $600 lightweight tent approximately 40 yards from a flush toilet described conditions at a developed campground Saturday as “pretty primitive.”
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Campground guests filed a formal noise complaint Saturday against a pileated woodpecker that began operating on a dead pine at 5:38 a.m., more than an hour before posted quiet hours ended.
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A black bear that investigated a parked Subaru Wednesday abandoned the vehicle after determining that its contents consisted almost entirely of climbing equipment, reusable water bottles, and one pair of approach shoes…
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Six Scouts completing an orienteering exercise returned 47 minutes late Saturday after successfully applying several navigation techniques in locations not included on the course map.
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An eastern chipmunk announced its immediate retirement Tuesday after obtaining a single unsalted peanut from beneath a picnic table.
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A bull elk assumed temporary control of traffic operations Thursday after standing in the center of a two-lane park road and declining to delegate.
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A black bear involved in an overnight tent-damage incident described its actions Monday as “mostly investigative” and denied allegations that it held any broader hostility toward recreational shelter systems.
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A campground father began operations at 5:47 a.m. Sunday with a coordinated sequence of cooler latches, tent zippers, whispering, camp-chair movements, and coffee preparation that ultimately resulted in the full…
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A bald eagle interrupted a regional watershed-restoration announcement Friday to remind assembled reporters that it remains “the primary visual representative of the United States.”