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Have you seen any studies done showing negative impact of this herd to native species? I tried to find one without any success. FS does not state it as reason either.

The Forest Service asserts safety is the driving reason for the roundup. “It’s just a matter of time before one of these animals goes through a windshield and kills a family or a small child will be trampled or kicked" By the same idiotic logic FS should remove all elks, deer......and why stop ...

I use my Droid pretty much on all my day hikes. With bunch of available Android aps (I use AlpineQuest) it makes phone into most powerful GPS unit. Obvious problem is battery life. Even in airplane mode but with constantly running GPS (for track recording), I can get around 4 hours from battery. Wit...

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Short, or easy terrain hikes- NB trail runners