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Montana groundwater study to begin July 1 The Montana Legislature established a Ground Water Investigation Program this past session, and on July 1, scientists will begin studying seven targeted basins to compile information on aquifers. Montana Standard; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho counties to share $26.4M in federal PILT funds Under the federal government's Payment in Lieu of Taxes program that compensates counties for federal lands upon which they cannot levy property taxes, Idaho will get $26.4 million for the 2009 fiscal year, with Elmore County getting $2.1 million and seven other counties getting more than $1 million each. Twin Falls Times-News; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Dust Bowl conditions cover a huge swath of Alberta If rain doesn't come soon and if temperatures don't warm up, ranchers in Alberta and Saskatchewan will be forced to continue feeding their cattle. Toronto Globe and Mail; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho FIRE Up program assess homes for fire danger Last Wednesday students from Boise and Meridian school districts visited 131 homes in the Boise Foothills area and assessed the fire danger as part of the Field Inquiry Research Experience -- or FIRE Up for Summer program -- that allowed them to put their science education into practice. Idaho Statesman; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming school district goes virtual Niobrara County School District 1 launched its Wyoming Virtual Academy, an online school that has set a goal of enrolling 500 kindergarten through high school students, with the first day of school set for Aug. 25. Casper Star-Tribune; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Lenders OK another week of funding for Idaho resort The receiver of Tamarack Resort, an upscale golf-and-ski development in Idaho, got another week of funding at a state district court hearing last week. Idaho Statesman; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Health care needs hit Montana, N.D. tribes the hardest Health-care facilities on remote reservations in Montana and North Dakota, as well as other states, get about 54 cents on each dollar they need to provide treatment to residents. Helena Independent Record (AP); June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana reservations get grant to teach construction The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the Blackfeet and Rocky Boy's Indian reservations in Montana $1.4 million to fund the YouthBuild program, which is open to reservation residents between the ages of 16- to 24-year-olds in danger of dropping out of school, to teach them construction skills that will provide jobs and help address the severe housing shortages on the reservations. Great Falls Tribune; June 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming governor wants to cut 40% from Indian school's budget In order to address declining revenues, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal outlined $232 million in spending cuts over the next two years, including $800,000 from the $2-million allocation for St. Stephen's Indian School. Casper Star-Tribune; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wait for clean water drags on in Montana tribal community For more than three decades, local, state and federal agencies have struggled with a solution to the lack of potable water in East Glacier and Browning, and in 2003, work was begun on a multimillion dollar treatment plant, but the project ran short on cash and stalled, and hope is again on the horizon as the Indian Health Service and Browning have applied for a $2-million federal grant to finish the Montana project. Great Falls Tribune; June 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Some Navajos oppose New Mexico's Long Walk trail memorial The Navajo nation is split over the proposed federal memorialization of the Long Walk trail, with some tribal elders saying the forced removal of thousands of Navajos, Mescaleros and Apaches and the thousands that died on the 300-mile trek across New Mexico in the 1860s should be left in the past. Durango Herald (AP); June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
BLM begins work on new regulations for Colorado trail system Horsemen, bikers and hikers clash on Colorado's crowded trail systems that see more visitors than any other state, and now the Bureau of Land Management is working to better regulate trail use. Denver Post; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Report offers even-handed review of oil shale A report issued last week by the Center for the American West indicates development of oil-shale resources in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado could have significant environment and social impacts on those states -- and produce a whole lot of oil. NewWest.net; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Overseas demand for bobcat pelts raise concerns in the West Wildlife advocates are asking Western states, and in particular, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming, to scale back the number of bobcats allowed to be trapped, citing concerns that the high value of the pelts, may lead to overtrapping of the elusive cat. Casper Star-Tribune; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Forests surrounding Colorado resort town to begin showing red Experts say pine beetle infestations in and around Aspen will result in glaringly visible red forests surrounding the Colorado resort town by the end of the summer, and any attempt to fight the infestation will only delay the inevitable, although some nonprofits are planning to use pheromone packets to try to repel the insects. Aspen Times; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana town makes a bid for new USFS headquarters The Bitterroot National Forest's 20-year lease on its headquarters in Hamilton expires in 2011, and Darby officials have proposed moving the headquarters to their Montana town. Ravalli Republic; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Work begins on Montana 'shovel ready' forest-road project The restoration of eight miles of the Rye Creek Road in the Bitterroot National Forest was one of four water enhancement projects in Montana to get federal stimulus money. Ravalli Republic; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado city "epicenter" of walnut tree disease City officials in Boulder say that nearly all of the Colorado city's walnut trees are infected with "thousand cankers disease," a fungus transmitted by beetles that has already killed hundreds of trees over the past five years. Boulder Daily Camera; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Napolitano to roll out new option to Real ID law Most states, including Montana, fought the Real ID law, put in place after Sept. 11, 2001, to make drivers' licenses more secure, and on Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is expected to announce this administration's alternative to the Real ID law called Pass ID, which is less rigorous, cheaper and partially funded by federal grants. Washington Post; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utahn picked to head up College Republican National Committee Sandy resident Zach Howell was selected chairman of the College Republican National Committee, following in the footsteps of other Utahns who have have served in that capacity, including Karl Rove, who served as President George W. Bush's senior adviser. Salt Lake Tribune; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Alberta's rainy-day fund posts a $3-billion loss Alberta's Heritage Savings Trust Fund (HSTF) lost $3 billion last year, the largest such loss in the 33-year history of the province's rainy day fund. Edmonton Journal; June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Eleutian Technology buys Wyoming land for global headquarters Eleutian Technology, a rural Wyoming company that teaches English to Koreans online, has purchased 40 acres of land near Ten Sleep to build its new global headquarters. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); June 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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