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Public needs to separate fact from fiction about wolves PDF Print E-mail
Written by JEFF WELSCH, NewWest.net   
Thursday, 14 April 2011

Never let facts get in the way of some good hysteria. That seems to be the mantra of the fringe anti-wolf crowd as it once again seizes on the iconic animal’s imagined evils in yet another attempt to revisit the futile notion of a second extermination.
 
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 April 2010 )
 
Thinking big — and smart PDF Print E-mail
Written by Las Vegas Sun   
Thursday, 02 September 2010
A nonpartisan think tank Wednesday outlined an ambitious plan to boost renewable energy development in America and placed Nevada and the West in the center of it.

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 September 2010 )
 
Tone down the rhetoric: Ranchers will still get money for livestock losses PDF Print E-mail
Written by RODGER SCHLICKEISEN, Idaho Statesman   
Thursday, 02 September 2010
In criticizing Defenders of Wildlife for our announcement that we are ending our compensation program for livestock producers who lose animals to wolves, both the Idaho Statesman and Gov. Butch Otter omit some key information. Allow me to set the record straight.

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 September 2010 )
 
Much is at stake in how dry we'll be PDF Print E-mail
Written by Twin Falls Times-News   
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Folks on both sides of the debate over climate change hold strong views with almost religious fervor. Much like the dustup over whether President Obama was born in the United States or not, opinions often depend on whom you trust.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 31 August 2010 )
 
One giant step for renewable energy in Idaho PDF Print E-mail
Written by Twin Falls Times-News   
Thursday, 26 August 2010
This isn’t the greenest state in America, but you can’t help but like the prospects for renewable energy in Idaho. On Tuesday, Exergy Development Group broke ground on a $500 million complex of wind farms near Hagerman, Bliss and Burley backed by global giant GE Energy Financial Service.

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 August 2010 )
 
Ag's anger shouldn't block pipeline project PDF Print E-mail
Written by Casper Star-Tribune   
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
A deal between El Paso Corp. and two environmental groups to allow construction of a Wyoming-to-Oregon natural gas pipeline understandably has angered ranchers and some local elected officials across the region.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 August 2010 )
 
Wild horse roundup opponents ignore reality PDF Print E-mail
Written by Casper Star-Tribune   
Monday, 23 August 2010
It should come as no surprise that wild horse advocates have assembled more than 3,000 letters opposing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's plans to round up nearly 2,000 wild horses in southwest Wyoming this fall.

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Stopping invasive species takes community response PDF Print E-mail
Written by Arizona Daily Sun   
Wednesday, 18 August 2010

You've read this past week in the Daily Sun about two of Arizona's invasive species, the crayfish and the zebra mussel.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 August 2010 )
 
Will the Tester Bill End Montana’s Wilderness War? PDF Print E-mail
Written by ROBERT SALDIN, NewWest.net   
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Determining the status of public land has arguably been Montana’s most intractable political problem over the last half century. Most of the turmoil has centered on wilderness designation in National Forests.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 August 2010 )
 
Four Corners air quality a concern for seen, unseen pollution PDF Print E-mail
Written by Durango Herald News   
Friday, 13 August 2010
Seeing Southwest Colorado from the air is spectacular, but it also can be disturbing. Plus it can inspire depressing thoughts about what cannot be seen.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 August 2010 )
 
Molloy’s Wolf Ruling: Just Another Chapter in the Neverending Story PDF Print E-mail
Written by BILL SCHNEIDER, NewWest.net   
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
If anybody is surprised U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy put the gray wolf back on the endangered species list and stopped wolf hunting in Idaho and Montana, he or she hasn’t been following the debate. I’m sure not surprised, but his decision, released Aug. 5, puts the spotlight back on a lot interesting issues.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 August 2010 )
 
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