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...moment the growl is gone: the Rocky Mountain states are having a respite from the terrible extremes of cold and snow. But with their day-to-day challenges of survival eased, people now have time to fret-about wildlife and water. From Denver to Boise, Idaho, herds of antelope, deer and elk are wandering out of the deep back-country snow dazed and starving. The snowfall, three or four times as great as normal, makes Rockies residents look toward the spring thaw with apprehension. Says California Meteorologist Jerome Namais: "This is potentially a very dangerous situation." All over the region...
...fool." The hungry herds can be irksome as well as pathetic. The animals knock down fences and eat food meant for livestock. In Montana, the state distributes defenses to ranchers: dried hog blood is sprinkled around haystacks to repel deer, and wooden elk barricades, made by state prison inmates, are being erected. Even more is being done to feed the ravenous animals. Typically, winter kills 5% to 15% of the herds; this season more than half of some herds could die. Colorado, with 550,000 deer and 130,000 elk, may spend $1.6 million for emergency feeding. One morning last...
Before the white man set foot in the New World, wolves roamed freely across what would become the U.S., preying on the great herds of deer, elk and bison. The Indians were so in awe of this skilled predator that many tribes incorporated the wolf in such rituals as ceremonial dances, hoping that braves might acquire some of the animal's courage and stamina. But with the settlement of the continent, the hunter became the hunted. Today Canis lupus has all but vanished from the contiguous 48 states. Only in the lonely wilds of northern Minnesota is there...
...Right Moves founders trying to achieve the right balance between the high school antics of Porky's and the social messages of The Deer Hunter. Whether or not such a compromise can successfully be struck--or if it's even advisable to try--seems questionable. In comparison to its predecessors, though, the film is definitely a move in the right direction...
...Little Sister" stars John Savage, who appeared in "The Deer Hunter." It will show in movie theaters before it appears on the Public Broadcasting System, Egleson said...