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Montana, Idaho consider wolf-control options with hunts shut down PDF Print E-mail
Written by ROB CHANEY, Missoulian   
Monday, 09 August 2010
Montana's Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners had just finished their meeting Thursday afternoon when the wolf returned to their door.

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Finding New Life (and Profit) in Doomed Trees PDF Print E-mail
Written by LAWRENCE W. CHEEK, New York Times   
Monday, 09 August 2010
The wooden kitchen bar in the suburban home of Richard and Donna Majer has a canyonlike crack ripping right down its middle, which is exactly what the couple cherish most about it. It’s not just furniture — it’s a story, complete with a moral.

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Time to curb president's power to create national monuments PDF Print E-mail
Written by MIKE CRAPO, Twin Falls Times-News   
Monday, 09 August 2010
For many years, every president has had authority to ride roughshod over the public when creating national monuments. Under current law, a “top-down” executive order can be issued to create a national monument, with no opportunity for public input or congressional or state oversight. This has resulted in increased distrust from those most connected to the area under designation, and it has lingering effects in communities throughout the country.

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Sierra Club files pipeline appeal PDF Print E-mail
Written by Elko Daily Free Press   
Monday, 09 August 2010
The Sierra Club announced Friday it has filed an appeal with the Interior Land Board of Appeals over El Paso Corp.’s Ruby Pipeline.

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Wyoming-Oregon pipeline developer signs deal with ranching group PDF Print E-mail
Written by ADELLA HARDING, Elko Daily Free Press   
Monday, 09 August 2010
El Paso Corp. and the Public Lands Council worked out a $15 million deal over the Ruby Pipeline, Sen. Dean Rhoads, R-Tuscarora, said Friday, but the arrangement is raising questions.

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Weld County approves plant to turn cattle manure into power for homes PDF Print E-mail
Written by MONTE WHALEY, Denver Post   
Monday, 09 August 2010
Weld County will soon be home to an 80-acre, 2 4/7 operation that will convert cattle manure into enough biogas to power a small city.

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Groups press USFS for thorough review of drilling plan in Idaho basin PDF Print E-mail
Written by ROCKY BARKER, Idaho Statesman   
Monday, 09 August 2010
A Canadian mining company's search for copper and molybdenum in the Boise Basin was so promising that it wants to learn more.

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Landowners brace for eminent domain fight with backers of MATL power line PDF Print E-mail
Written by KARL PUCKETT, Great Falls Tribune   
Monday, 09 August 2010

Larry Salois, who is French and Cree Indian, slips on a pair of moccasins, and then walks to a spot on his land near Cut Bank, where he circles a ring of rocks in the ground. The rocks mark the outline of a historic tepee ring, probably Blackfeet, according to Salois.

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Landowners brace for eminent domain fight with backers of MATL power line PDF Print E-mail
Written by KARL PUCKETT, Great Falls Tribune   
Monday, 09 August 2010

Larry Salois, who is French and Cree Indian, slips on a pair of moccasins, and then walks to a spot on his land near Cut Bank, where he circles a ring of rocks in the ground. The rocks mark the outline of a historic tepee ring, probably Blackfeet, according to Salois.

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Cleanup plan for CdA Basin shifts focus from soil to water PDF Print E-mail
Written by BECKY KRAMER, Spokane Spokesman-Review   
Friday, 06 August 2010
As water percolates through old mine workings in the headwaters of the Coeur d’Alene River, it picks up lead, arsenic, zinc and other heavy metals.

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Senate panel OKs bark beetle funds PDF Print E-mail
Written by TAMAR HALLERMAN, Durango Herald News   
Friday, 06 August 2010
It's not a check from Uncle Sam, but it is something. After months of fighting for policy and funding to address Colorado's bark beetle epidemic, a bill authored by Sen. Mark Udall crawled one step closer to being passed.

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Wolves back on endangered list PDF Print E-mail
Written by EVE BYRON, Helena Independent Record   
Friday, 06 August 2010
howling_wolf.jpgA federal court judge in Missoula has put gray wolves back on the list of animals covered under the Endangered Species Act, stopping wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho. Read more...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will have to put its planned discussion of wolf-hunt quotas on hold after a federal judge Thursday returned wolves in Idaho and Montana to the endangered species list. Read more...
 
Conservation program has benefits, but there are no guarantees PDF Print E-mail
Written by LAURA LUNDQUIST, Twin Falls Times-News   
Thursday, 05 August 2010
Both agricultural and wildlife groups praise the potential advantages of the Conservation Reserve Program, but they’ll have to hustle to realize additional benefits in Idaho.

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Wasatch Front applies for grant for sustainable communities PDF Print E-mail
Written by LAURA HANCOCK, Deseret News   
Thursday, 05 August 2010
High population growth and poor air quality along the Wasatch Front could work to the region's advantage in getting a grant to help with housing and transit planning.

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Whistle-blower case revived against EnergySolutions PDF Print E-mail
Written by Salt Lake Tribune   
Thursday, 05 August 2010
Whistle-blowers who allege a Utah radioactive-waste site did shoddy work for the federal government can proceed with their 2003 lawsuit after an appeals court reinstated the case Wednesday.

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34 horses dead in roundup in Elko County, according to BLM PDF Print E-mail
Written by SCOTT SONNERS, Reno Gazette Journal   
Thursday, 05 August 2010
Federal officials confirmed Wednesday that 34 wild horses died or were euthanized during a roundup of animals from parched rangeland in Nevada, sparking fresh criticism from horse protection advocates pressing the Obama administration to suspend such operations.

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Yellowstone records busiest month ever PDF Print E-mail
Written by CORY HATCH, Jackson Hole News & Guide   
Thursday, 05 August 2010
More people visited Yellowstone National Park in July than in any other month since the park was established in 1872, National Park Service officials announced Wednesday.

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Idaho congressman kills bill that would allow buyout of grazing leases PDF Print E-mail
Written by KATHERINE WUTZ, Idaho Mountain Express   
Wednesday, 04 August 2010
A potential federal grazing permit buyout program was killed by amendment last Thursday as Congressman Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, defended national public lands grazing during a subcommittee markup.

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Groups Seek Ban on Lead in Sporting Ammunition PDF Print E-mail
Written by FELICITY BARRINGER, New York Times   
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
Lead, for centuries the core ingredient of ammunition, is now coming under attack itself.

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Lawmakers seek to end horse roundups in Nevada PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nevada Appeal   
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
A bipartisan group of 54 lawmakers pleaded with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to halt a series of wild horse roundups on the Nevada range.

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