Environmental tidbits

For your reading pleasure:

The LA Times has a cool article about being hunted by a grizzly while rafting in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge.

The Post has a brief article highlighting the disheartening fact that we still view the oceans as a sump of infinite dimension.

USA Today reports that scientists preparing to contest recent evidence of the continued existence of the ivory-billed woodpecker are withdrawing their article after hearing tapes of the woodpecker's knocking.

Finally, the AP reports that times are a changin' on the Pacific Coast, but don't nobody want to blame global warming.