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Alberta launches planning effort tied to watersheds, water availability Alberta tried and failed to address growth on a province-wide scale more than a decade ago, but officials said that development in the Canadian province has reached the tipping point and they are proposing a province-wide framework on managing growth that divides Alberta into six regions roughly defined by six major watersheds, with regions expected to create growth plans tied to water availability. Calgary Herald; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho judge tosses county's moratorium on CAFOs An Idaho district judge ruled that the Jerome County commissioners failed to follow state law when they decided in November to extend an emergency moratorium on new confined animal feeding operations. Twin Falls Times-News; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Residents of one Utah county favor higher taxes to preserve open space Conservation easements currently cover about 11,000 acres of Cache County in Utah, and a recent poll of 300 residents in Utah's historic cheese basket found 71 percent of those surveyed supported a $20 million open space bond measure to keep subdivisions at bay. Salt Lake tribune; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Utah man vows to fight off-road ticket to the finish Dan M. Jessop received a ticket for riding his off-road vehicle on a road in Washington County south of Zion National Park, a road the Utah man said is owned by the county and not by the federal Bureau of Land Management, and Jessop has received more than $30,000 in donations to fight the ticket. Salt Lake Tribune; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Federal agents remove 3 wolves in Montana for killing livestock Agents with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services shot and killed three wolves last week after receiving authorization from the state to remove the wolves because they had killed one calf and attacked another south of Dillon. Montana Standard; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Federal judge rejects Montanans for Multiple Use suit against USFS Montanans for Multiple Use filed a lawsuit challenging the Flathead National Forest's adoption of 23 amendments to its 1986 management plan on the grounds that the amendments were a piecemeal, de facto revision of the plan, but on March 31, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. tossed the lawsuit, and said the group did not correctly follow the administrative appeal process in challenging the forest's plan. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
States' efforts on guns now focus on access, tracking weapons Efforts of states legislatures across the nation to impose new restrictions on guns are now approaching legislation from the law enforcement angle, with measures crafted to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and convicted criminals and working on systems to track weapons used in crimes. New York Times; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona's practice of deporting inmates touted as example by ICE officials Arizona's practice of releasing non-violent, illegal immigrants incarcerated in state prisons and handing them over to federal immigration officials for deportation is one that other states should adopt, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Arizona Republic; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona governor lets English-learner bill become law without signature Citing concerns about the $40-million English instruction bill, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano declined to sign the bill into law, allowing the passage of time to let the bill become law. Arizona Republic; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Arizona's budget gaps leave no funds to plug abandoned mines Arizona Mine Inspector Joe Hart isn't asking for much, just a mere $1.2 million to jumpstart his campaign to use old tires to plug up some of the 9,500 abandoned mines across the state, but with a billion-dollar deficit, lawmakers had little but sympathy for Hart's plea. Arizona Republic; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Health-care panel in Wyoming has much to do in the next 18 months The Wyoming Healthcare Commission was formed in 2003 and charged with coming up with a list of recommendations on improving health care across the state by the summer of 2009, and at a meeting on Monday, members of the panel were given a timeline to follow for the remainder of their term. Casper Star-Tribune; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Arizona utility, Canadian company close on new natural-gas plant deal Salt River Project is negotiating with Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. to build a new natural-gas fired turbine in Coolidge to help SRP meet peak energy demands in Arizona. Arizona Republic; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Canada waves new set of enticements to lure ethanol plant from Idaho Canada-based Iogen Corp. has been considering building a cellulosic ethanol plant in eastern Idaho near Shelley for the past couple of years, but last month the Canadian government approved a $500 million package of incentives for such plants in that nation, Idaho now has competition for the next-generation biofuels plant. Twin Falls Times-News (Idaho Falls Post-Register); April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah company in race to build England's next nuclear reactor Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions has partnered up with Toshiba Corp.'s Westinghouse division to capture the bid to build a new nuclear reactor in North Wales. Salt Lake Tribune; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS grant provides Idaho sawmill funds to expand bedding business Diamond Ridge Lumber will use a $168,200 grant from the U.S. Forest Service's Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Program to buy additional equipment needed to expand its animal-bedding and custom sawmill business in Idaho. Idaho Statesman; April 15 Add Comment View Comments(1) Email Story |
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