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Opinions on natural resource issues from around the West, featuring Writers on the Range from High Country News.

Salazar took the right route on Utah energy leases

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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reached the right decision last week when he put eight parcels of land near Arches and Canyonlands national parks, Desolation Canyon on the Green River and Nine Mile Canyon near Price off-limits to oil and gas drilling. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 October 2009 )

Federal judge tosses BLM's travel plan for California desert lands

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Written by LOUIS SAHAGUN, Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
A federal judge has rejected key provisions of a plan for managing millions of acres in the California desert, saying the U.S. Bureau of Land Management designated roughly 5,000 miles of off-road vehicle routes without properly taking into account their impact on public lands, archaeological sites and wildlife. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 September 2009 )

Montana timber, logging company shares views of Tester's bill

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Written by SUTTON STOKES, NewWest.net
Friday, 25 September 2009
On Tuesday, I wrote about Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. The act would protect 600,000 acres of Montana wilderness, but it would also mandate the logging of 10,000 acres per year in Montana’s national forests. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Monday, 28 September 2009 )

Obama avoids pitfalls of previous Democratic presidents on Western issues

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Written by ROCKY BARKER, Idaho Statesman
Monday, 21 September 2009
Protesters in Idaho and all around the country suggest President Barack Obama is waging war on capitalism, gun ownership and even small-town values. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Monday, 21 September 2009 )

Those who dream of breaching Snake River dams need reality check

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Written by Twin Falls Times-News
Friday, 18 September 2009
The Obama administration this week joined the conga line of those who favor breaching the four lower Snake River dams, joining preservationists who've made it an article of faith that dynamiting Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Ice Harbor dams is the only way to save Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead runs. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Friday, 18 September 2009 )

There is no 'change' in USDA's new agenda

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Written by FELICE PACE, High Country News
Monday, 14 September 2009
In his first major speech on forest policy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack laid out the Obama Administration’s plans for managing national forests and grasslands that total 193 million acres (an area the size of Texas!) much of it in the West. Vilsack also emphasized wildfire management in an era when the size of wildfires and the cost of fighting them are both spiraling upward. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Monday, 14 September 2009 )

Colorado's federal lawmakers need to turn up the heat on mercury storage

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Written by Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Thursday, 10 September 2009
There’s no legal problem here, officials with the U.S. Department of Energy say. Storing mercury at a federal site south of Whitewater won’t violate the terms of an agreement the DOE signed with Mesa County more than a decade ago, a top official with the agency said. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 September 2009 )

Wyoming needs to support clean-coal research

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Written by Casper Star-Tribune
Thursday, 03 September 2009
It's good to see the University of Wyoming is aggressively seeking federal dollars to support its efforts to enhance carbon sequestration research and technology. Rewad more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 September 2009 )

Obama's stance on Yucca Mountain threatens nuclear research in Idaho

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Written by Idaho Statesman
Wednesday, 02 September 2009
Idaho's stake in the Yucca Mountain debate is obvious - and mounting. Used nuclear reactor fuel remains stored at the Idaho National Laboratory west of Idaho Falls. Much of it comes from the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered submarines and warships. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 September 2009 )

Colorado must ensure uranium mining won't affect water

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Written by Denver Post
Friday, 28 August 2009
Interest in uranium mining in Colorado is higher than it has been in decades, a wave powered by spiking uranium prices and enthusiasm for non-carbon-based energy. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Friday, 28 August 2009 )

Colorado cities' water grab puts agriculture at risk

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Written by Durango Herald News
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
When it comes to water supply, Western Slope residents are the haves, while the rapidly growing cities of the Front Range chafe at their role as have-nots. Read more... Add Comment (0)
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 August 2009 )

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