In the Rockies today, a Utah study questions federal estimates on oilshale resources in the Beehive State, Wyoming finalizes its wolf-management plan, and snow shuts down the Las Vegas airport.

In Utah, a study done by the state resulted in a lower estimate of how much oil the shale in that state contains than a previous federal estimate.

Wyoming invoked an emergency rule to get changes to its wolf-management plan completed in time for the federal government to revisit its decision earlier this year to put wolves under federal protection, which could come yet this week.

And in Las Vegas, McCarran International Airport had to shut down operations on Wednesday, because of poor visibility caused by snow, an uncommon event in that area of Nevada.

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Sponsored by the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management at the University of Idaho and the Idaho Society for Range Management, this one-day workshop offers ranchers and land managers tips for managing rangeland.

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Rockies today

Reaction to Salazar's Interior nomination mixed
President-elect Barack Obama's nomination of Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to be the next Interior secretary elicited mixed reviews from environmental groups.
Idaho Statesman; Dec. 18
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• Idaho group not pleased with Salazar's Interior nod
  Hailey-based Western Watersheds Project is one of the environmental groups that aren't excited about the prospect of Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar taking the helm of the federal interior department, and the Idaho group cited Salazar's ties to the ranching and mining industries as its cause for concern.
  Twin Falls Times-News; Dec. 18
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