Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Yellowstone National Park/ Noxious Weeds/ Massachusetts Plan Crash/ Mission to Pluto!



Missoulian: Public invited to Noxious Weed Blitz, online training
Join Us for an Outdoor Volunteer Day! at Pictograph Cave State Park - Saturday, July 27 at 9am
Noxious Weed Management
“Noxious weeds may be on the land or in the water. These so called, "invasive species" are a continuous threat to the quality of wildlife habitat, the state's fisheries, Montana's native plant species and to the aesthetic and recreational value of private and public lands.
Noxious Weed ID Guide

Missoulian: NTSB finds engine issues with plane that crashed into house
Preliminary report
“On June 28, 2015, at 1745 eastern daylight time, a Beech A36, registration N5626D, was destroyed when it impacted a residence and terrain following a total loss of engine power near Plainville, Massachusetts. The commercial pilot and two passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was consumed by post-crash fire. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight, which originated at Lancaster Airport (LNS), Lancaster, Pennsylvania about 1612, and was destined for Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD), Norwood, Massachusetts. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.”



Missoulian: Pluto close-up: Spacecraft makes flyby of icy, mystery world
NASA's Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic Encounter
“After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface -- roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.”

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