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BLM document on monument proposals made public PDF Print E-mail
Written by KARL PUCKETT, Great Falls Tribune   
Tuesday, 17 August 2010

A 21-page U.S. Bureau of Land Management planning document that discusses the possibility of creating a grasslands national monument in northeastern Montana was made public Monday by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.

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AP Enterprise: Old-style coal plants expanding PDF Print E-mail
Written by MATTHEW BROWN, Washington Post   
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry's standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come.

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Documents reveal ‘monumental’ plans for land by BLM PDF Print E-mail
Written by GARY HARMON, Grand Junction Sentinel   
Monday, 16 August 2010
Broad swaths of western land, equivalent to the size of Colorado and Wyoming combined, should be considered “treasured lands” and managed without regard to state lines or other jurisdictional boundaries, according to an internal Bureau of Land Management document.

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PPL Asks US Supreme Court to Hear Dams Case PDF Print E-mail
Written by MATT GOURAS, Flathead Beacon   
Monday, 16 August 2010
PPL Montana is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the state of Montana from seizing ownership of riverbeds and forcing rent payments, arguing other states may copy the move.

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Gov: feds should pay for wolves in Wyoming PDF Print E-mail
Written by ANGUS M. THUERMER, JR., Jackson Hole News & Guide   
Monday, 16 August 2010
Gov. Dave Freudenthal said Wednesday that if the federal government wants to set the rules for wolves in Wyoming, it can pay for their management.

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A Battle in Mining Country Pits Coal Against Wind PDF Print E-mail
Written by TOM ZELLER JR., New York Times   
Monday, 16 August 2010
wind_farm.jpgLorelei Scarbro’s husband, Kenneth, an underground coal miner for more than 30 years, is buried in a small family cemetery near her property here at the base of Coal River Mountain. The headstone is engraved with two roosters facing off, their feathers ruffled. Kenneth, who loved cockfighting, died in 1999, and, Ms. Scarbro says, he would have hated seeing the tops of mountains lopped off with explosives and heavy machinery by mining companies searching for coal. Read more...

Check out the NY Times video Business: A Fight for a Mountaintop
 
Montana aims to settle lawsuit or remove, kill gray wolves PDF Print E-mail
Written by MIKE DENNISON, Missoulian   
Friday, 13 August 2010
Montana's top wildlife official said Thursday if the state can't settle a lawsuit that has derailed this year's fall wolf hunt, it will press for authority to kill certain wolves to control their population.

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New Colorado mining rules aimed at protecting groundwater PDF Print E-mail
Written by BRUCE FINLEY, Denver Post   
Friday, 13 August 2010
Colorado mining regulators on Thursday set new rules aimed at protecting groundwater against damage from some uranium mining.

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Parcel near Collbran fetches highest per-acre price at oil and gas lease sale PDF Print E-mail
Written by DENNIS WEBB, Grand Junction Sentinel   
Friday, 13 August 2010
A Mesa County parcel received the highest per-acre bid Thursday in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s quarterly oil and gas lease sale in Colorado.

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Feds recommend lifting block on oil leases in Montana, Dakotas PDF Print E-mail
Written by Billings Gazette   
Friday, 13 August 2010
Federal officials want to move forward with oil and gas leases on more than 160,0000 acres in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota that have been held up over climate change concerns.

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Ugly but tasty aquatic creature found in Green River PDF Print E-mail
Written by AMY JOI O'DONOGHUE, Deseret News   
Friday, 13 August 2010
It's ugly, a ferocious predator to other fish and was found late last month in the Green River below Flaming Gorge.

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Judge halts Forest Service project PDF Print E-mail
Written by ALECIA WARREN, Coeur d'Alene Press   
Friday, 13 August 2010

Keep the trees. A District Court judge ruled in favor of a Lands Council lawsuit this week by halting a Forest Service project on more than 2,000 acres in Shoshone County.

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New government report: Housing poses threat to private forests PDF Print E-mail
Written by Portland Oregonian   
Friday, 13 August 2010
Housing development on privately owned forest land needs to be added to the list of threats to the nation's forests, according to a U.S. Forest Service report issued today.

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Polis makes wilderness plan public PDF Print E-mail
Written by RANDY WYRICK, Vail Daily   
Friday, 13 August 2010
Wilderness opponents say the latest Hidden Gems proposal is an improvement for recreation, but they'd be happier if there was no proposal.

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Red-letter days for Idaho Redfish PDF Print E-mail
Written by ROGER PHILLIPS, Idaho Statesman   
Friday, 13 August 2010
The era of Lonesome Larry - the sole sockeye salmon to return to Idaho in 1992 - may be history. Between 1,300 and 1,500 are expected this year, which could be the most on record since 1956, when 1,381 came back.

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Moab cleanup reaches 2 million ton milestone PDF Print E-mail
Written by AMY JOI O'DONOGHUE, Deseret News   
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Enough uranium mill tailings to fill a 60-story building have been removed so far from a pile near the banks of the Colorado River, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Local sportsmen group asks state to control wolves PDF Print E-mail
Written by PERRY BACKUS, Ravalli Republic   
Friday, 13 August 2010
With elk populations teetering on collapse in portions of the upper Bitterroot Valley, a local sportsmen organization is asking state and federal wildlife agencies to significantly reduce the number of wolves in the region under a process allowed by the Endangered Species Act.

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BLM plans wild-horse roundups PDF Print E-mail
Written by Deseret News   
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Fillmore Field Office has announced plans to remove excess wild horses from the Conger Complex Herd Management Area near Garrison, east of the Nevada state line, to reduce the herd's population levels.

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Idaho county dropped from consideration for site of nuclear power plant PDF Print E-mail
Written by ROCKY BARKER, Idaho Statesman   
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
The developer of proposed nuclear reactor in Idaho has dropped plans to build it in Elmore County and is now focused on Payette County.

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PSC grants Canadian oil pipeline eminent domain powers, but regulates access PDF Print E-mail
Written by MIKE DENNISON, Missoulian   
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
State regulators have granted condemnation powers to the proposed Keystone oil pipeline across eastern Montana, but not until its developer agreed Montana has power to regulate local oil producers' access to the line.

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