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...Hold on!" yells Rhonda Stelmach as she guns her four-wheeler up a hill on her 300-acre ranch near Boerne, Texas. Limestone rocks fly as the ATV chews up the steep slope. Ahead of her, a pair of African gemsbok antelope are running. At the summit, she pauses to drink in the view--and the silence--while the gemsboks peer at her from behind a live oak. "It was their hill before, but now we all share," she says, pointing out the sable and red lechwe antelope hiding nearby...
Ironically, all the scandal has had little adverse effect on Jackson's finances. Jackson's personal publicist announced a new agreement between the superstar's ATV Music Publishing catalogue (which retains many of the Beatles songs) and recorded-music giant EMI. The deal will reportedly make Jackson $90 million richer. Meanwhile, a video compilation called Dangerous: The Short Films has just been released. According to one technician who worked on the compilation, there were serious discussions earlier this fall of cutting out every scene in the video that featured Michael playing around with little kids, but that never happened...
Listen to the call of the wild: the whistle of hawks and the whir of helicopters. The growl of grizzlies and the groans of chain saws. Gaze upon the glories of nature: fleet-footed antelope and wide-wheeled ATV's. Towering mountains and low-slung condominiums. Packs of wolves and parades of Winnebagos...
...their part, ATV owners warn that they will fiercely oppose Johnny-come- lately attempts to tamper with their sport. "I spent a lot of money on this thing," says Mike Leutzinger of Ironton, Mo., as he stands astride his ATV on the Black River. "Where else can you ride 'em? You can't ride 'em on the highway. You can't ride 'em in the woods. They're closing off the trails. This," says Leutzinger, pointing at the churned-up Black River...
Conservationists square off with rampaging ATV owners in a noisy war over wilderness areas. -- Season of death for North Sea seals...