Rehab Center Will Feed A Bear A Salmon With Your Ex's Name For $20

Above, a black bear at Yellowstone Bear World. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Too bad I didn't see this news story until today (it was posted in February).

KTVL in Grants Pass, Oregon posted:

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (KTVL) — Less than one week from Valentine's Day, Wildlife Images is offering a unique way to get revenge on your ex-valentine. 

In exchange for a $20 donation, your ex's name will be put on a salmon and served to one of the organization's 1,000 pound bears. 

Participants will then get a special certificate and photos of Kodi and Yak "destroying their ex."

The program is no longer being offered (yes, I checked). But if it were, without mentioning any names, I would have enjoyed participating. Maybe they'll do it again next February.

To read more, go here.

Earthquake Reported At Crater Lake National Park

Above, Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Did you know that Crater Lake in Oregon is still considered to be an active volcano? 

Well, it is. It is also part of the Cascade Range of volcanic peaks which include Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Shasta and Lassen Peak, among others.

Researchers have reported earthquakes this past week, the first since 2015.

According to KTVL:

CRATER LAKE, Ore. — Scientists are excited about the ground rumblings at Crater Lake National Park but it's more academic than any threat to the public. 

On June 9, at approximately 1800 UTC (11 a.m. Pacific) an M 1.3 earthquake occurred under Crater Lake at a depth approximately 2 km below sea level. 

"You're looking at three or four miles down from the surface," Seismologist Wes Thelen said. 

The event was followed by around two dozen aftershocks over the next 12 hours. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascade Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington poured over the spectrogram and the readings from the four seismometers in the caldera including one on Wizard Island.

To read more, go here.