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Anadarko wants to wade into Montana-Wyoming water dispute Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which operates in northeastern Wyoming, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Montana against Wyoming over water in the Powder and Tongue rivers, alleging that water pulled from the ground during coalbed methane drilling should count toward Wyoming's share of water in the two rivers. Billings Gazette; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Federal engineers lay out options for Utah irrigation canal Engineers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommended that the Logan Northern Canal in Utah, which breached on July 11 causing a mudslide that killed three people, either be eliminated entirely with the water re-routed north to the Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield Canal Co. or the treacherous slopes of the canal be bypassed by installing pipelines in the The Island neighborhood of Logan. Salt Lake Tribune; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Year-round schools losing traction in Utah Year-round schools were once a popular fix for overcrowded schools in Utah, but the year-round schedule has fallen out of favor in the Beehive State and some districts are abandoning the year-round model. Salt Lake Tribune; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho governor stands firm on public-lands transfers Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, who also sits on the state Land Board, told a committee of real estate professionals charged with updating rules for transfers of state endowment land that eliminating transparency of such transactions was a non-starter and said those transfers must also remain subject to the state's Public Records Act. Spokane Spokesman-Review; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Navajo Nation creates green-job commission The Navajo Nation Tribal Council voted to create a commission to support green jobs on the reservation where unemployment is roughly 50 percent. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Wyoming groups fear energy work's effect on elk herd Conservation groups said that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's coalbed-methane development plan for the Fortification Creek area of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming that straddles Campbell and Johnson counties will box in the prized Fortification Creek elk herd. Casper Star-Tribune; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Fire in Montana's Bitterroot Valley doubles in size The Kootenai Creek wildfire in Montana is now at 125 acres, burning between two avalanche chutes in the Bitterroot National Forest; the Bielenberg fire southwest of Deer Lodge remained at about 300 acres; and Flathead National Forest officials are searching for a person of interest in a string of suspected arson fires near Bigfork. Missoulian; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Small wildfire burns in Yellowstone Park's Lamar Valley There have been four reported wildfires in Yellowstone National Park this year, and the latest burning in the Lamar Valley, is the first to burn more than a tenth of an acre. Bozeman Daily Chronicle; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah wildfire forces closures of road, trail A wildfire in the Manti-LaSal National Forest in Utah is being allowed to burn and has burned across about 600 acres. Denver Post (AP); July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS names Utah forest supervisor as head of Montana forest Dave Myers, the deputy forest supervisor on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, has been named the supervisor of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Montana. Montana Standard; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana national forests will share $10M in federal stimulus funds In the latest round of federal stimulus spending, national forests in Montana will get about $10.1 million, which will be used for a variety of projects, including trail maintenance and reconstruction in the Kootenai, Lolo and Flathead national forests. Montana Standard; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
A hiker shot and killed a female grizzly bear over the weekend in Wyoming, and her three cubs are now headed to a life at the Memphis Zoo; the hiker remains in intensive care in the hospital in Billings, Mont., where he is receiving treatment for injuries from the bear's attack. Denver Post (AP); July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
S.C. senator pushes Yucca Mountain funding measure Nevada U.S. Sen. Harry Reid discounted an amendment offered by Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham to the 2010 defense authorization bill that would revive funding for a national nuclear waste repository in Nevada's Yucca Mountain, saying other such attempts by Republican lawmakers have failed, and this one would too. Las Vegas Review-Journal; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah lawmakers object to bill that cuts F-22 funding The U.S. Senate voted 58-40 to terminate production of the F-22 Raptors after 187 are built, a decision that could cost jobs at the Hill Air Force Base in Utah, and a decision that Utah U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett, as well as U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, protested. Salt Lake Tribune; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Kempthorne reviews his years in Idaho leadership roles Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne is spending some of his retirement time reviewing documents accumulated during his years as governor for inclusion in the state's archives. Idaho Statesman; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Wyoming cites ski area in employee death Jackson Hole Mountain Resort officials said they would appeal a citation issued by the Wyoming Department of Employment in the death of a ski patroller last winter because the citation said the ski area should have required employees to wear helmets and that at that time no ski area in the nation has such a requirement in place, although Vail Resorts announced in April that all employees at its five resorts would be required to wear helmets this upcoming ski season. Jackson Hole News & Guide; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho, Nevada, Utah county commissioners to meet on power line County commissioners from Idaho, Nevada and Utah will meet Thursday near Burley to discuss Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power's proposed Gateway West project, a transmission line that will stretch from Wyoming to Idaho. Twin Falls Times-News; July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah company will handle hot waste from Idaho National Laboratory Battelle Energy Alliance signed a deal with Utah-based EnergySolutions Inc. to handle waste from Battelle's operations at Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho Statesman (AP); July 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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