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Rule on harvesting botanical products delayed

May 29, 2009
The Forest Service is indefinitely delaying a rule from the end of the Bush administration that would regulate the harvest of forest botanical products such as berries, Christmas trees and mushrooms.In a notice to be published in the Federal Register on Monday, the Agriculture Department said it...

Groups sue USFWS to expand lynx habitat

May 28, 2009
Warmer weather will leave the endangered lynx isolated on islands of high-altitude habitat unless the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to expand its critical territory, a group of wildlife advocates argues in court.Read more...

Federal judge orders new study on Glen Canyon Dam...

May 28, 2009
Federal officials must reconsider how they release water from Glen Canyon Dam into the Grand Canyon in order to protect an endangered fish, the humpback chub, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.Read more...

One-year delay on roadless rule expected

May 28, 2009
The Obama administration is expected to announce today that it will take a one-year delay on making any long-term decisions on the controversial Clinton-era Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Instead, the Agriculture Department secretary for the next year will have sole power to make decisions on...

FTC scrutinizing Wyoming coal merger

May 28, 2009
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has made a "second request" regarding Arch Coal Inc.'s proposed purchase of Rio Tinto Energy America's Jacobs Ranch coal mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Read more...

New assistant secretary of Interior faces angry...

May 27, 2009
David Hayes, with less than a week on the job as assistant secretary of the Interior, came here Tuesday night to listen to what people had to say about a federal decision to pull back 77 oil and gas lease parcels in eastern Utah.Read more...

Interior Department begins fine-tuning guns-in-...

May 27, 2009
Guns tend to bring out a black-or-white, yes-or-no stridency in American policy debate. Guns are bad. Guns are good. Guns are dangerous. Guns keep you safe.Read more...

Man-made islands may help remove pollutants from...

May 27, 2009
Bruce Kania built his large home atop a bluff with an expansive view of the Yellowstone River, which flows past on its 670-mile journey from Yellowstone National Park to its confluence with the Missouri River.Read more...

Company to test storage of wind-generated power...

May 27, 2009
A U.S. defense contractor is planning a major test in Cascade County of how well battery technology can capture and store Montana's wind-generated electricity.Read more...

Sage grouse may alter wind-energy projects in the...

May 26, 2009
Anchored among clumps of sage and purplish lupine, the guy wires of a solitary weather tower thrum with wind heading in a hurry toward Idaho and Nevada.Read more...
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