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Wyoming wolf numbers up an estimated 12 percent PDF Print E-mail
Written by CORY HATCH, Jackson Hole News & Guide   
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Wyoming’s wolf population is thriving and growing in most of the state, despite continuing declines among Yellowstone National Park wolves, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist says.

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Idahoans enter debate on Montana wilderness bill PDF Print E-mail
Written by DAVID PERSON, Bozeman Daily Chronicle   
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Idahoans are stepping into the fray on a bill before Congress that deals exclusively with public lands in Montana.

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Update from Copenhagen PDF Print E-mail
Written by JUDSON BREHMER, Red Lodge Clearinghouse   
Monday, 14 December 2009
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 The clownfish tops new list of species most endangered by climate change.
The plight of the polar bear in the face of global warming has received much media attention, but at the COP15 UN climate summit in Copenhagen on Monday the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a report highlighting the top ten “Flagship” species likely to suffer most as a result of climate change.  Topping the list are the clownfish, the emperor penguin, and the koala bear.  Report co-author Wendy Foden describes the report “as a wake-up call to governments to make real commitments to cut CO2 emissions if we are to avoid a drastically changed natural world.”

As the summit entered its second and final week, m
any of the G77 developing nations temporarily walked out on the climate change conference in Copenhagen on Sunday, forcing leaders to suspend an entire round of talks. The boycott, which was led by China (now the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter) and oil-rich countries of the Middle East and South America, stemmed from the poorer developing countries’ continued unwillingness to be subject to legally binding emissions targets, something that the U.S. and other developed countries support. 

United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday that the U.S. will contribute $85 million to a five-year $350 million effort with Australia, Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, and Sweden to help provide clean energy technology to developing countries. 

Meanwhile, security has been ramped up as thousands more delegates and observers from around the world arrived in Copenhagen on Monday.  Many were forced to wait up to six hours to for credentials to enter the conference center and still others were not granted admission at all.  The United States has sent a record number of representatives to the talks this year, and President Obama is expected to arrive on Friday.
 
BLM OKs wild horse roundup in Nevada, but litigation pending PDF Print E-mail
Written by SANDRA CHEREB, Casper Star-Tribune   
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The Bureau of Land Management approved the removal of 2,500 wild horses from the range near Reno on Monday as opposition grows to what would be one of the largest mustang roundups in Nevada in recent years.

 
Nevada's famed Mustang Ranch part of Truckee River project PDF Print E-mail
Written by LESLIE KAUFMAN, New York Times   
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Watching bulldozers pour crushed rocks to force the Truckee River into a more natural serpentine pattern, Mickey Hazelwood, project director for the Nature Conservancy, mused that like many acts of salvation, this one has its roots deep in sin.

 
Yellowstone wolf coordinator: 'Good times are over' PDF Print E-mail
Written by JANICE LLOYD, USA Today   
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
A dozen tourists in parkas huddle around wolf researcher Colby Anton in the northern range of the park, an area famous for gray wolves, to catch a glimpse of images on his digital camera.

 
'Guzzlers' divide Nevada's wildlife, agriculture agencies PDF Print E-mail
Written by SANDRA CHEREB, Reno Gazette Journal   
Monday, 14 December 2009
Wildlife guzzlers -- contraptions that capture rainwater and melting snow in remote places for thirsty animals to drink -- have triggered a turf war between two Nevada resource agencies.

 
Western States Energy, Environment confab releases report PDF Print E-mail
Written by DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER, Casper Star-Tribune   
Monday, 14 December 2009
A $400,000 energy symposium held in Jackson in October -- paid for by Wyoming tax dollars -- has generated two draft bills, so far, and has added momentum to a number of regional energy ambitions, according to the event's organizers.

 
Montana senator's forests bill on Senate's agenda this week PDF Print E-mail
Written by NOELLE STRAUB, New York Times   
Monday, 14 December 2009
Trying to satisfy everyone from wilderness advocates to timber companies, Sen. Jon Tester has proposed a new model for managing national forests.
 
Yellowstone National Park opens for the winter on Tuesday PDF Print E-mail
Written by BRETT FRENCH, Casper Star-Tribune   
Monday, 14 December 2009
It is no breakfast of champions -- a bag of cheese puffs and a large soda -- but it's enough to charge Quincy Quintero's battery as he works assembling a snowmobile on a chilly November morning.

 
Washington community continues to lead on renewable energy PDF Print E-mail
Written by LEAH BETH WARD, Yamika Herald   
Friday, 11 December 2009
Ellensburg's community solar park, the first of its kind in the country, is joining a 'smart grid.'

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Senators propose cutting greenhouse gas emissions 17% by 2020 PDF Print E-mail
Written by DAVID A. FARHENTHOLD and JULIET EILPERIN, Washington Post   
Friday, 11 December 2009
The trio of senators who are trying to write a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions released a "framework" Thursday that they had agreed to.

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DOE: South Carolina nuclear waste headed to Utah PDF Print E-mail
Written by JUDY FAYHS, Salt Lake Tribune   
Friday, 11 December 2009
Trainloads of depleted uranium will soon be on the move, rolling over the objections of critics on their way to a Utah burial site.

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Wyoming board OKs $300M for Ruby Pipeline investment PDF Print E-mail
Written by BEN NEARY, Casper Star-Tribune   
Friday, 11 December 2009
Wyoming's top statewide elected officials on Thursday gave the Treasurer's Office authority to negotiate a $300 million state investment in a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cut across several states.

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B.C. miner wins powerful champion in Idaho to open cobalt mine PDF Print E-mail
Written by DAVID EBNER, Globe and Mail   
Friday, 11 December 2009

With backing from former governor of Idaho, Vancouver upstart Formation Metals clears hurdle to develop only cobalt mine in U.S.

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Judge's ruling puts 2003 Colorado River water deal in doubt PDF Print E-mail
Written by Billings Gazette   
Friday, 11 December 2009
A California judge on Thursday tentatively invalidated a landmark pact to curtail the state's overuse of water and allow other Western states to claim their fair share.

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U.S. takes aim at Canadian owls to save spotted owls PDF Print E-mail
Written by GREG BARNARD, Globe and Mail   
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Scientists want to determine if killing the aggressive barred owl that has invaded old growth forests of the Northwest would help the protected spotted owl.

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Settlement would require EPA to review oil, gas emission standards PDF Print E-mail
Written by JUDITH KOHLER, Casper Star-Tribune   
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Federal officials, responding to a complaint by environmentalists, have agreed to review air pollution standards for oil and gas operations to decide if they need to be updated.

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USFS ends grazing on Montana parcel near Yellowstone Park PDF Print E-mail
Written by DANIEL PERSON, Bozeman Daily Chronicle   
Thursday, 10 December 2009
The Gallatin National Forest has shut down grazing on the Horse Butte Peninsula, saying the valuable habitat for grizzly bears, wolves and western toads would be hurt if cattle returned to the area.

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Opponents of wild-horse plan speak out at Nevada meeting PDF Print E-mail
Written by Billings Gazette   
Tuesday, 08 December 2009
One of most stirring symbols of the American West — mustangs thundering freely across the range — could be heading east.

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