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Western parks take different paths on bear-human management PDF Print E-mail
Written by CORY HATCH, Jackson Hole News & Guide   
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
In spring of 2006, a female grizzly began regularly herding her three cubs onto the roadside near Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park.

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Colorado water manager confident about Colorado River pact PDF Print E-mail
Written by DAN ELLIOTT, Casper Star-Tribune   
Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Colorado's top water official is optimistic that a setback to a California water conservation plan won't derail an agreement affecting the use of Colorado River by six other states in the West.

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CU-Boulder law school studies possible reforms to Colorado River management PDF Print E-mail
Written by LAURA SNIDER, Daily Camera   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
It's become increasingly clear that the demands put on the Colorado River by the seven thirsty states in its basin are not sustainable.

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DOE imposes new rules on geothermal projects PDF Print E-mail
Written by JAMES GLANZ, New York Times   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
The United States Energy Department, concerned about earthquake risk, will impose new safeguards on geothermal energy projects that drill deep into the Earth’s crust.

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Legislator challenges Idaho governor on parks PDF Print E-mail
Written by JOYCE EDLEFSEN-REXBURG, Idaho Statesman   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
A legislator whose district includes scenic Harriman State Park says he disagrees with Gov. Butch Otter's suggestion that Idaho close its Parks and Recreation Department.

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Montana ranchers dispute state's 'exempt wells' decision PDF Print E-mail
Written by LINDA HALSTEAD-ACHARYA, Billings Gazette   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Polly Rex holds water rights dating back more than a century. But the Absarokee-area rancher wonders what they’ll be worth if the state doesn’t change its policy regarding new wells.

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Arizona caught between ample solar, scant water resources PDF Print E-mail
Written by SHAUN McKINNON, Azizona Republic   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Arizona can offer solar-energy developers legendary sun-drenched skies and thousands of empty square miles but not nearly so ample a supply of a third essential resource.

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Wyoming wildlife trust helps fund conservation easement on ranch PDF Print E-mail
Written by JEFF GEARINO, Casper Star-Tribune   
Friday, 15 January 2010
A huge portion of the century-old 67 Ranch west of Big Piney in Sublette County will be preserved under a permanent conservation easement announced this week, Green River Valley Land Trust officials said.

 
Coal company says Montana's minimum bid for state leases too high PDF Print E-mail
Written by MIKE DENNISON, Missoulian   
Friday, 15 January 2010
The head of the company that owns more than half the coal in southeastern Montana's Otter Creek Valley said this week he'll be surprised if anyone bids on state-owned coal there, because the Land Board probably set the minimum price too high.

 
Group organizes to protect multiple use on Montana Front PDF Print E-mail
Written by KARL PUCKETT, Great Falls Tribune   
Friday, 15 January 2010
Banning motorized vehicles in a popular recreation area along the Rocky Mountain Front was the last straw for residents from eight northcentral Montana counties who have formed a coalition to ramp up lobbying for multiple use of public land.

 
EPA rolls out plan for lower limits on ozone pollution PDF Print E-mail
Written by JULIET EILPERIN, Washington Post   
Friday, 15 January 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed stricter limits Thursday on the amount of pollution-forming ozone allowed in the air, significantly tightening rules the Bush administration had set for the nation's most widespread air pollutant.

 
Groups ask federal appeals court for say in Utah road dispute PDF Print E-mail
Written by JUDY FAHYS, Salt Lake Tribune   
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Environmentalists say they can't rely on government lawyers to safeguard Kane County's backcountry.

 
Tribe in N.M. poised to build solar-power plant PDF Print E-mail
Written by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, RezNet.org   
Thursday, 14 January 2010
A poverty-stricken Indian tribe that holds the sun and nature's other gifts sacred sees a brighter future for itself in solar power.

 
USFWS proposes to expand bull trout habitat in 5 Western states PDF Print E-mail
Written by JEFF BARNARD, ABCnews.com   
Thursday, 14 January 2010
In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than quadruple habitat protections for the bull trout, a fish that has been harmed by logging, mining and grazing on federal lands.

 
Debate on Utah nuclear power project pits jobs vs. water PDF Print E-mail
Written by CHRISTOPHER SMART, Salt Lake Tribune   
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
A proposed nuclear power plant that could be built just outside this Emery County town in southern Utah would provide more than 1,000 long-term, high-paying jobs.

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Baucus: Leases on Montana's Rocky Mountain Front will be given up PDF Print E-mail
Written by Missoulian   
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Montana Sen. Max Baucus plans to announce Thursday that five oil and gas companies will relinquish drilling leases they hold on the Rocky Mountain Front, an area prized by conservationists.

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USFWS agrees to develop plan to protect jaguars in SW U.S. PDF Print E-mail
Written by NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Los Angeles   
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
The Obama administration on Tuesday paved the way for the return of jaguars to the American Southwest by agreeing to designate a critical habitat for the biggest cat in the Western Hemisphere, which once roamed from California to Louisiana.

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To save native bees, USDA asked to restrict shipping of bees PDF Print E-mail
Written by ADRIAN HIGGINS, Washington Post   
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Conservation groups said four species of native bumblebees are close to extinction and called on the federal government Tuesday to begin regulating the shipping of bees raised commercially as crop pollinators.

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Grizzly bear panel discusses effect of Montana judge's decision PDF Print E-mail
Written by ROB CHANEY, Missoulian   
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
U.S. District Judge Don Molloy's decision returning some grizzly bears to Endangered Species Act protection could make it harder to keep the bears alive, members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee learned Tuesday.

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USFS sides with bighorn, butterfly in California grazing dispute PDF Print E-mail
Written by BETTINI BOXALL, Los Angeles Times   
Monday, 11 January 2010

A rare Southern California butterfly and desert bighorn sheep have won a round in their contest for territory in the San Jacinto Mountains.

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