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  • Rice Ridge Fire Costs Seeley Major Tourist Dollars

    Hunter Shelmerdine and Chance Johnson, Seeley-Swan High School - 11th Grade|Dec 14, 2017

    SEELEY LAKE - Due to smoke from the Rice Ridge Fire just two months ago, local businesses faced a loss of revenue because of decreased tourism. According to InciWeb, an incident information website, and KPAX news station, a lighting strike in late July started the Rice Ridge Fire which burned over 160,000 acres. The fire decreased air quality which led to hazardous levels for several weeks, closing the lake for fire suppression efforts and decreasing tourism over the summer. In an interview...

  • Wolves: What to Do

    Hunter Shelmerdine, Seeley-Swan High School Freshman|Dec 31, 2015
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    When you hear the word wolf what is the first thing that comes to mind? A voracious killer that will kill you just to see you die? Or, a cute, harmless dog that resembles your family pet? Or a mammal like all of us trying just to survive on this land, where certain groups of people want them eradicated? Wolves need to be kept in our ecosystem for generations to come and not go back to the times where the massive eradication of wolves was not only accepted, but encouraged by the federal...

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