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Judge blocks uranium drilling near Grand Canyon PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Greenwire   
Monday, 07 April 2008
A federal judge has blocked British mining company VANE Minerals Group PLC from mining for uranium on U.S. Forest Service land near Grand Canyon National Park.  The judge issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction last week after environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service for approving the company's drilling plan without full environmental reviews.
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So far, so good: With rivers running low, workers preparing for runoff PDF Print E-mail
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Written by JOHN CRAMER, The Missoulian   
Friday, 04 April 2008
The large crowd that gathered for the Milltown Dam breaching Friday departed quickly after witnessing two of Montana's major rivers running unhindered for the first time in 100 years.
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Beyond drought: Denver Water prepares for long-term climate change PDF Print E-mail
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Written by BOB BERWYN, Summit Daily News   
Friday, 04 April 2008
Although this cold and snowy winter has spelled good short-term news for Dillon Reservoir and the rest of Denver Water’s supply, global warming is keeping the Front Range utility modest.
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Record snows mean heavy river flows PDF Print E-mail
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Written by MATT COOPER, The Register-Guard   
Friday, 04 April 2008
For Jim Kielblock, record-breaking snow in the Cascades is like the charming guest who doesn’t know when to leave.
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High ozone levels detected in drilling hotspots PDF Print E-mail
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Written by ERYN GABLE, Land Letter   
Thursday, 03 April 2008
Some of the nation's most productive natural gas fields also appear to be contributing to high ozone levels, leading to calls for greater regulation of the energy industry.
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Lake Powell Pipeline: Will there be any water to pump? PDF Print E-mail
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Written by MARK HAVNES, The Salt Lake Tribune   
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Carolee Woods has a key question about the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline that would snake across southern Utah: Will there be any water to pump?
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Colo. faces fight over Cache la Poudre dam PDF Print E-mail
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Written by NICOLAS RICCARDI, Los Angeles Times   
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
A new dam and reservoir project proposed for the Cache la Poudre River is headed for a showdown if the Army Corps of Engineers this month signs off on the proposal, as both sides expect it to do.
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Bush admin waives environmental laws for border fence PDF Print E-mail
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, E&E News PM   
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
The Bush administration announced sweeping plans today to waive more than two dozen laws and regulations so it can finish building hundreds of miles of walls along the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end.
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Senate proposes new forest landscape restoration program PDF Print E-mail
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, E&E Daily   
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
A Senate proposal to establish a new forest landscape restoration program has received the blessing of the Bush administration, which claims the proposal would enhance the government's existing efforts to protect forest health.
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Suit seeks protection of 681 Western species PDF Print E-mail
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Written by COLLEEN LUCCIOLI, Land Letter   
Monday, 31 March 2008
Fed up with the Bush administration's inactivity, an environmental group last week filed suit against the Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to force protection of 681 Western plant and animal species under the Endangered Species Act.
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'El lobo' struggles for a foothold in the Southwest PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Greenwire   
Monday, 31 March 2008

Ten years after its reintroduction, the Mexican gray wolf, the most genetically distinct species of gray wolf in North America, is struggling to survive in the Southwest as conservation groups and ranchers battle over the wolf's place in the wild and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to find a balance.

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Feds, Utah regulators study cleanup efforts for Superfund sites PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Greenwire   
Monday, 31 March 2008

Supplies of drinking water for tens of thousands of people near Superfund sites in Utah have been at risk or polluted because of groundwater contamination.

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EPA proposes strategy for water quality, quantity PDF Print E-mail
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Written by KATHERINE BOYLE, Greenwire   
Monday, 31 March 2008

Climate change could spur more water pollution and reduce the availability of drinking water, according to a new U.S. EPA strategy for coping with global warming.

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Big ideas, slim hope for water PDF Print E-mail
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Written by HENRY BREAN, Review Journal   
Monday, 31 March 2008
The ideas range from tearing out thirsty groves of salt cedar to towing icebergs down from the Arctic, from seeding clouds over the Rockies to filtering salt from seawater.  When it comes to squeezing every drop from the shrinking sponge of the Colorado River, few options, it seems, are too complicated or expensive.
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Groups seek Supreme Court review of waiver authority for border fence PDF Print E-mail
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter   
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Two environmental groups filed a petition last week asking the Supreme Court to hear their challenge to the REAL ID Act, a 2005 law that allows the Department of Homeland Security to suspend any federal law to expedite construction of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The groups, Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club, contend that the law violates the Constitution's separation of powers provisions and allows the federal government to damage the environment and dismiss public concerns.
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FOREST SERVICE: Former agency chiefs endorse House wildfire bill PDF Print E-mail
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire   
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Five former Forest Service chiefs this week endorsed a proposal by House Democrats to create an interagency fund for fighting large wildfires, saying the measure offered an essential step toward reorganizing the service.
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Disappearing salmon lead managers to consider total fishing ban PDF Print E-mail
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Written by SARA GOODMAN, Land Letter   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
West Coast salmon are returning to the Sacramento River in historically low numbers, sending government fisheries managers and others scrambling to understand what has caused the unprecedented drop.
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For old growth, two different mandates guide management PDF Print E-mail
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Land Letter   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
They are the giants of the forests. Older than and towering above any person that looks up at them, the trees that make up the Pacific Northwest's old-growth forests offer a glimpse of nature untouched by humanity's hand.
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Coloradans in a race against beetle PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Land Letter   
Friday, 21 March 2008
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. -- Hatchet in hand, Jeff Witcosky ascends a steep, snow-covered hillside in search of an unwelcome visitor to this picturesque mountain town. He is on the hunt for a predator with a voracious appetite that has already altered the landscape of 1.5 million acres in Colorado. This invader -- the mountain pine beetle -- is no bigger than the tip of a matchstick, but it has a big bite.
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GAO to study combining agency with Interior PDF Print E-mail
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire   
Friday, 21 March 2008
Congressional appropriators have ordered a study to determine whether the Forest Service would be better suited as a component of the Interior Department.
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