Mount Holmes News Today

Conservation hot spots on Vancouver Island are being temporarily protected under Mosaic forestry's carbon credit initiative, but environmentalists have outstanding concerns.

A Yellowstone National Park treasure hunter will have to pay for his helicopter rescue, a Colorado appeals court has ruled.

Mark Lantis, a 40-something-year-old man, was ordered to repay the National Park Service $2,880 for the helicopter rescue after park rangers said he willingly caused public alarm and "disregarded a risk he was aware of," court documents stated.