-Caveat Lector-
>
> Rare winter fire scorches Alaska tundra
>
> By DAN JOLING
> The Associated Press
> 12/30/00 9:12 PM
>
>
> ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Diminished winds and high
> humidity Saturday slowed
> the spread of a rare 15,000-acre fire on frozen
> tundra near the village of
> Kotlik in southwest Alaska's Yukon Delta National
> Wildlife Refuge.
>
> Alaska's wildfire season is usually over by
> December.
>
> "I haven't heard of anything like it," said Andy
> Williams, spokesman for the
> Alaska Interagency Coordination Center.
>
> Larry Vanderlinden, fire management coordinator for
> the U.S. Fish and
> Wildlife Service, said fire crews would be brought
> in only if residents or
> structures were threatened by the blaze, which was
> first spotted Wednesday.
> Two major rivers and some smaller streams and lakes
> stand between the
> village and the fire.
>
> The cause of the fire is under investigation, but
> Vanderlinden said it may
> have been caused by a snowmobile backfiring.
>
> Although there is little snow in the region, tides
> raise the levels of major
> rivers and flood mud flats, which freeze, leaving
> paths used by snowmobiles,
> Vanderlinden said. The refuge is almost treeless,
> consisting mostly of vast
> tracts of wetlands that are among the most
> significant waterfowl breeding
> areas in North America.
>
> The refuge covers 19.6 million acres and provides
> habitat for more than
> 750,000 swans and geese, 2 million ducks, and 100
> million shore and water
> birds, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
> Moose, caribou, grizzly
> bear, black bear, and wolves inhabit the northern
> hills and eastern
> mountains of the refuge.
>
>
> ------
>
> On the Net:
>
> Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge:
> http://www.r7.fws.gov/nwr/yd/ydnwr.html
>
>
> Copyright 2000 Associated Press. All rights
> reserved. This material may not
> be published, broadcast, rewritten, or
> redistributed.
>
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online!
http://photos.yahoo.com/
<A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A>
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are
sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis-
directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with
major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.
That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and
always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no
credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html
<A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
<A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A>
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
