Welcome to IndefinitelyWild's weekly roundup of news from the outdoors. What's new outside this week?
Redrawing the World鈥檚 Maps
: 鈥淚f the U.S., Canada, and Mexico unite their energy, water, agriculture, and labor resources, you create a continental empire that is more powerful than America is. I鈥檝e not even mentioned the Arctic, which of course Canada controls half of, which is becoming a very strategic geography as the Arctic ice melts. Canada is going to potentially be the world鈥檚 largest food producer in 20-25 years as a result of climate change. And then there鈥檚 water. The southwestern United States is now in a perennial drought, and yet at the same time, perversely, is the site of the fastest growing population in the United States. So hydrological engineering may need to take place between Canada and the United States.鈥
Grizzly Bears Coming to California?
The bear state has no brown bears. . Personally, I relish the idea of encountering a grizz聽while hiking the High Sierra, but I don't imagine most people would feel the same.听
Syrian Refugees Aid Fort McMurray Refugees
Here鈥檚 another radical idea: if you鈥檙e nice to people, a lot of the time they鈥檒l be nice to you back. Syrian refugees, who just settled in Canada this year, .听
How the Fort McMurray Evacuation Worked
It鈥檚 now the biggest natural disaster (by cost) in Canadian history聽and the biggest evacuation too. But all 88,000-plus聽people made it out alive, with the exception of one fatality due to a car accident. ?
What Happens When Public Lands Are Sold?
Why is the Republican Party鈥檚聽Koch Industries-backed plan to sell off your public lands bad? Well, if Idaho鈥檚 track record is anything to go by, it鈥檚 because .听
Tons聽and Tons of Dead Sea聽Animals Are Clogging Chile's Beaches
Hundreds of whales, 40,000-plus聽tons of salmon, 8,000 tons of sardines, and more . Why? Blame El Nino.听
Inflatable Hail Protector for Cars
聽if you live in a place that鈥檚 prone to hail聽but are stuck parking outside.听
Uncle Sam Needs You (to Collect Coyote Poop)
Do you live in the Los Angeles area? Do you love poop? Well, we鈥檝e got . Researchers are calling for the public鈥檚 help in conducting a huge survey of coyote diets. We鈥檝e got money that they鈥檙e 90 percent composed of pomeranians.听
How Chris McCandless Really Died
. The cause? 鈥淗ighly toxic secondary plant constituent.鈥 We promise the insane level of research it took to reach that conclusion makes fascinating reading.听
The Most Dangerous Thing in the Office this Week
The electric drive on this isn鈥檛 nearly as well integrated, nor as powerful, as that of the 2016 Specialized Turbo S, but its bottom bracket-mounted motor allows the fitment of really, really good enduro聽suspension. Goodbye exhausting hill climbs, hello better trail access for people who can鈥檛 afford to ride every single day.听
What You鈥檒l Be Reading about Next
Chris, our photographer, is in India. Our pilot friend Travis is testing the new , and I鈥檓 packing for New Hampshire鈥檚 Mt. Washington. You鈥檒l be reading about most of that next week.听
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