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Montana landowners' conservation easements keep land open for elk Two neighbors near Drummond put a collective 2,200 acres under a conservation easement with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for the 1,000 elk that roam and graze their lands in Montana. Missoulian; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona's largest school district considers closing a school For the first time since the unified Mesa School District was created, the school district, which is Arizona's largest, is considering closing a school, and the state's second largest district in Tucson is considering shuttering four schools. Arizona Republic; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana lays out $12-million plan to overhaul Ruby Dam The Ruby Dam on Montana's Ruby River was built in 1938, and the state wants to give the earthen dam a $12-million overhaul that would raise the embankment of the dam seven feet to increase the capacity of the dam to about 41,500 acre feet of water, with the extra water stored to be used to keep enough water in the river during dry years to prevent fish kills. Montana Standard; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Redevelopments consume hundreds of hotel rooms in Colorado city Durango has lost more than 350 hotel and motel rooms over the past five years to redevelopment projects, making it hard for tourists to find a place to stay in the Colorado city. Durango Herald; April 20 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Kennecott offers tour of tailings impoundments in Utah In an effort to shore up public trust about Kennecott Utah Copper's operations in Utah, the company is offering public tours this week of its mining waste impoundments near Magna. Deseret News; April 19 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story As Utah's economy sours, demand on food banks increases Demand on Utah's food banks had dropped 8 percent between March 2006 and March 2007, and increased 4 percent between March last year and March this year, an indication that the state's economy was softening. Salt Lake Tribune; April 20 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Tribes celebrate groundbreaking of Native American Center in Montana The University of Montana hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking of the university's $12 million Native American Center on Saturday; construction is scheduled to begin this summer with completion slated for fall of 2009. Missoulian; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
USFS rolls out proposals for 3 fuel-reduction projects in Mont. forest One of the three fuel-reduction projects proposed for the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana encompasses the 800 acres burned in the 2007 Tin Cup wildfire. Ravalli Republic; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming wildlife officials report jump in brucellosis in elk near Cody Results of tests of elk taken by hunters from free-ranging herds near Cody indicate that the 15 to 20 percent of the elk were exposed to brucellosis, a rate that approximates the exposure rate of elk on the state's feedgrounds. Billings Gazette (AP); April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona suspends killing of mountain lions at Kofa refuge Concerns that mountain lions were taking a toll on bighorn sheep in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge prompted an effort to remove the big predator from the Arizona refuge, but on Friday, state and federal officials said they'll suspend those operations until an environmental assessment can be completed. Arizona Republic (AP); April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Beetle-killed trees force closure of campgrounds in Wyoming forests Hazards caused by beetle-killed trees forced the U.S. Forest Service to close a number of campgrounds in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in Wyoming, including the Hog Park Campground, the largest U.S. Forest Service campground in the Sierra Madre mountains. Casper Star-Tribune; April 19 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story High winds send wildfire blazing between N.M. towns Firefighters are facing more days of high winds in New Mexico, which sent the Trigo wildfire down the east side the Manzano Mountains on Sunday. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wildfire on edge of Colorado town makes for a tense Sunday The wildfire on Boulder's western edge burned only about 2 acres before crews contained it, but high winds and the proximity of 1,328 homes within a half mile of the blaze caused a tense afternoon in the Colorado town. Denver Post; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Firefighters contain Utah blaze along Great Salt Lake A wildfire that burned 1,800 acres along the bank of the Great Salt Lake west of Ogden over the weekend was contained by 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Salt Lake Tribune; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Crews contain wildfire in southeastern Montana High winds whipped up a wildfire Saturday afternoon between Billings and Laurel but crews were able to get the fire under control later in the day, and keep the area burned in Montana under 400 acres. Billings Gazette; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Energy pit regulation issue dead in the water in Colorado On Saturday, Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff declared legislation designed to regulate wastewater pits used by the energy industry dead, at least for this legislative session. Grand Junction Sentinel; April 20 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Montana governor says best deal on coal leases may not be fastest Montana may be ready to lease coal tracts in the southeastern portion of the state by the end of the year, which isn't as fast as a London-based bank wanted but Gov. Brian Schweitzer said moving fast wasn't as important as making sure the state gets the best deal for the coal. Billings Gazette; April 20 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Interest in eating local fare revives share-cropping in Idaho Community-supported agriculture, where farmers contract in advance with consumers for a share of crops grown on their land, is gaining ground in Idaho. Idaho Statesman; April 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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