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Written by KATIE BURFORD, E&E Publishing
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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The Southern Ute Indian Tribe took the first step last week toward regulating
its own air quality through a program that would be the first of its kind in the
country.
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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Residents watching sail boats on the Puget Sound
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New stories are being added to the Red Lodge Story Index about people coming together across the West to tackle natural resource challenges with innovation and creativity. One of the new additions includes a story about Shared Strategy for Puget Sound.
Shared Strategy for Puget Sound, a nonprofit organization, was
conceived after the ESA listings in 1999 of Chinook, Hood Canal summer
chum and bull trout. These listings brought a growing crisis to the
forefront of discussion in the Pacific Northwest. In response, Shared Strategy engaged local citizens, tribes, technical experts and
policy makers to build a practical, cost-effective recovery plan
endorsed by the people living and working in the watersheds of
Puget Sound.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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The Fish and Wildlife Service announced the removal today of endangered
species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains,
declaring the species "no longer faces the threat of extinction."
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Written by SARA GOODMAN, Land Letter
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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As certain mining companies try to clean up the image of their industry
as harbingers of environmental degradation and community displacement,
some industry watchers are questioning how comprehensive the policies
really are and are emphasizing the need for further improvements to
signify a real change.
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Written by COLLEEN LUCCIOLI, Land Letter
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would take up a lawsuit
filed by Montana claiming that Wyoming was diverting more than its fair
share of water from the Tongue and Powder rivers.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Land Letter
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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The Fish and Wildlife Service announced the removal today of endangered
species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, declaring
the species no longer faces the threat of extinction.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is urging a federal judge presiding over the reorganization of the bankrupt Pacific Lumber Co. to adhere to two conservation agreements aimed at protecting California's old-growth redwood forests.
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Written by JUDITH KOHLER, AP
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
Exceptions in Colorado's plan to manage some 4 million acres of roadless areas in national forests are worrisome because of the potential environmental impacts, a federal agency says.
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Written by AP, Summit Daily News
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
State and federal officials are using an underwater camera to determine the extent of the infestation of zebra mussels at a reservoir west of Pueblo, Colorado.
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Written by LORNA THACKERAY, Bilings Gazette
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a lawsuit pitting Montana against Wyoming over the shared waters of the Tongue, Powder and Little Powder rivers.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
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An advocacy group launched radio ads in Colorado, Montana and New
Mexico yesterday to promote passage of federal legislation aimed at
adding environmental protections to the 1872 law that governs hardrock
mining.
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Written by SEAN GARMIRE, CDA Press
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
A new House bill, gaining support among lawmakers in Boise, could spearhead the construction of renewable energy plants on Idaho's federal lands. If enacted, HB 500 would open up some of Idaho's endowment lands for the capture of renewable energy such as wind, geothermal or solar rays. That power could be used to satiate Idaho's growing energy needs or be sold to neighboring states.
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Written by KATHERINE BOYLE, Land Letter
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
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The United States' largest man-made lake and reservoir could be dry by 2021 thanks to the combined effects of climate change and water usage, according to a study set for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Water Resources Research.
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
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The Forest Service's approval of plans to explore for uranium south of Grand Canyon National Park was done without adequate environmental review or public comment and should be rescinded, environmental groups told the agency earlier this week.
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Written by COLLEEN LUCCIOLI, Land Letter
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Friday, 15 February 2008 |
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Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) this week outlined a series of
concerns about Devon Energy's plans to drill two exploratory wells in
the southern part of the state, saying he had "significant concerns"
about the potential effects on recreation, critical wildlife habitat,
sensitive species, existing land management plans, and air and water
quality.
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Written by COLEEN LUCCIOLI, Land Letter
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Friday, 15 February 2008 |
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The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service last week
announced its grazing fee for Western public lands will be $1.35 per
animal unit month, the same level as it was in 2007 and the lowest
level possible. Environmentalists claim the fee amounts to a gift to
ranchers at the expense of public resources and are advocating a much
higher fee.
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, E&E Daily
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Friday, 15 February 2008 |
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The House, Senate and Bush administration are inching toward agreement
on a price tag for the farm bill, with all sides optimistic they might
break the stalemate by early next week.
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Written by PATRICK REIS, Land Letter reporter
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
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Help is on the way for the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. The Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday released its final
recovery plan for the mountain-dwelling subspecies whose numbers
dwindled to approximately 100 animals in 1995.
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
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Ten years after environmental groups first pressed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service to protect the Bonneville cutthroat trout under the Endangered Species
Act, the agency has decided to reconsider adding the fish to the Endangered
Species List.
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Written by MICHAEL JAMISON, Missoulian
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
A proposal to allow loaded guns in national parks is complicating an otherwise uncontroversial public lands bill now working its way through the U.S. Senate.
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