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Written by RUFFIN PREVOST, Billings Gazette
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
Ranchers operating around the Bighorn National Forest say ongoing
drought, tougher environmental oversight, disputed monitoring
techniques and growing legal challenges are making it increasingly
difficult to effectively use their federal grazing allotments.
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter
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Friday, 25 January 2008 |
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife last week laid out a host of requirements
aimed at reducing the effects from a pair of test wells an energy
company plans to drill on the new Baca National Wildlife Refuge in
Colorado. But local residents and environmental groups say they will
continue to fight the project.
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter
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Friday, 25 January 2008 |
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The Department of Interior last week announced plans to release an
experimental high flow from behind Glen Canyon Dam to help recover
endangered fish and other resources downstream in Grand Canyon National
Park.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, Land Letter
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Friday, 25 January 2008 |
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Nine environmental groups have filed formal protests against the Bureau
of Land Management's Feb. 5 energy lease sale in Wyoming, saying the
auction includes tens of thousands of acres of irreplaceable habitat
for sage grouse and other wildlife species.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, Land Letter
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Friday, 25 January 2008 |
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The Supreme Court agreed last week to hear oral arguments in a case
that could rewrite the playbook for challenges to federal environmental
laws.
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Written by Greenwire
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
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The Klamath Tribes' proposal to rebuild its reservation with federal
money is threatening to derail the settlement announced last week by a
group of 26 government agencies, farmers, tribes, fishers and
conservationists that would bring competing interests together to
remove four Klamath River dams.
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Written by KATIE BURFORD, Durango Herald
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
Many of Southwest Colorado's skilled mountain bikers are concerned about a
proposal that would ban them from some of their most-prized local
trails, including a segment of the Colorado Trail.
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Written by GARGI CHAKRABARTY, Rocky Mountain News
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
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Colorado's mining rush is in full swing. But this time, it's not gold. It's rich deposits of uranium,
molybdenum and other hardrock minerals that are luring miners to try
their luck in the state's semi- arid public lands as world demand
skyrockets.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, Greenwire
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will review an Idaho case in
which a circuit judge blamed the federal judiciary for the downfall of
the Pacific Northwest timber industry.
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Written by HAL HERRING, New West
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer kicked off Saturday’s symposium on oil
and gas development with a talk that focused on the strength of
Montana’s economy—a strength not entirely based on oil and gas
revenues, and one that might provide the bastion to keep the energy
industry from, well, basically, treating us all like we were Wyoming.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, Greenwire
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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As part of its ongoing effort to cut the time and manpower for
producing environmental studies, the Forest Service is considering a
top-to-bottom review of how it implements the National Environmental
Policy Act.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, Greenwire
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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Idaho's lieutenant governor asked a Forest Service advisory panel
yesterday to ensure the removal of the roadless tag in Idaho doesn't
lead to commercial logging on 5 million acres of national forests.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, Land Letter
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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Those four simple words were written across the top of Janet Johnson's
speech before the Mesa County commissioners -- a personal reminder to
her of why it is so important to stop the reopening of an underground
uranium mine there.
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Written by TONY LOMBARDO, The Arizona Republic
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
Some new guests have "moo-ved" into Surprise's emerging urban center, and they need a cowboy to keep them in line.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
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A federal appeals court rejected an industry group's challenge
yesterday to the Interior Department's interpretation of a provision on
coal mining rights in a 1977 reclamation law.
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Written by ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, Greenwire
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
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Two dozen scientists came to Capitol Hill this week to meet with
lawmakers over what they say is the Bush administration interfering
with environmental scientists.
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Written by KATIE BURFORD, The Durango Herald
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
Some 350 residents of the region turned out Monday to comment on new Colorado rules for oil and gas production that aim to provide greater
protection for wildlife and the environment.
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Written by PERRY BACKUS, The Missoulian
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
Following an unruly meeting last week in
Darby, the Bitterroot National Forest will host its second travel
management planning meeting Tuesday night - albeit with a revised
format and time.
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Written by HOWARD PANKRATZ, The Denver Post
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
A pine beetle infestation is spreading from
the mountains into southern Wyoming and the Front Range, and all of
Colorado's mature lodgepole pine forests will be killed within three to
five years, state and federal officials said Monday.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, Land Letter
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
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More than 2 million acres of land previously enrolled in the
Agriculture Department's Conservation Reserve Program were converted to
cropland in 2007, according to a Land Letter analysis of
federal figures. The shift can be explained in part by federal programs
that encourage conversion of protected land to more productive uses.
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