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Idaho groundwater pumpers propose mitigation plans The Idaho Ground Water Appropriators filed a nine-page mitigation plan with the Idaho Department of Water Resources on Wednesday that contained provisions for conducting aquifer-recharging projects, voluntarily drying up land and converting land to use surface water as methods for providing water to senior water rights holders. Twin Falls Times-News; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana panel proposes 75-foot setbacks on 2 rivers The Streamside Protection Steering Committee, a citizens committee, worked for 20 months to finally reach a compromise that would impose a 75-foot setback for buildings along the Jefferson and Madison rivers in Montana's Madison County; the proposal now goes to the Madison County Planning Board, which will review it before making a recommendation to the county's commission. Montana Standard; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho county continues fight against mandatory emissions testing The Idaho Board of Environmental Quality approved new rules for vehicle emission tests in Ada and Canyon counties, but Canyon County officials said they'll continue to try to convince the state that the county can reduce its emissions without mandatory tests. Idaho Statesman; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho builders, officials embrace energy-efficient standards Idaho adopted the International Energy Conservation Code, which sets building standards for energy efficiency, and local officials inspect buildings to ensure they meet that standard. Idaho Statesman; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Seven Montana tribes to share $4.3M in federal stimulus funds The Blackfeet, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai, the Crow, the Fort Belknap Indian Community, the Fort Peck tribes, the Northern Cheyenne and the Chippewa Cree will each get $617,937 of federal stimulus funds designated for economic development projects; another Montana tribe, the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe, continues to work with the state on its project. Great Falls Tribune; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana firm gets $800K to secure contracts for Native American firms Billings-based Native American Development Corp. received a $800,000 federal grant to help Native American businesses and individuals on reservations in Montana, Wyoming and part of North and South Dakota secure government contracts. Billings Gazette; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Jarvis: NPS has no plan to ban lead ammo in parks Jon Jarvis, the new head of the National Park Service, said an announcement earlier this year that has lead to confusion about the agency's stance on lead bullets and fishing tackle was simply a statement that agency personnel would no longer use them, and said education efforts could go a long way to get hunters and anglers to switch to copper alternatives. Jackson Hole Daily; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Cost of fighting out-of-control prescribed burn in Arizona tops $2M The Williams wildfire that began as a prescribed burn in the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona that escaped containment lines has burned about 921 acres and has cost $2.2 million to fight thus far. Arizona Daily Sun; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story 'Rock snot' threatens Alberta's rivers, trout streams The University of Calgary and Parks Canada are studying didymosphenia geminata, a sticky, gooey algae also known as "rock snot," and the effects the algae has on waterways and trout populations. Calgary Herald; Oct. 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story DOE picks up the pace at uranium tailings cleanup in Utah The Department of Energy said work on removing 16 million tons of radioactive waste from the banks of the Colorado River near Moab has already moved 330,000 tons of the tailings to disposal pits 30 miles north in Utah. Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Glacier Park chief takes wilderness bid to Montana groups Glacier National Park Superintendent Chas Cartwright has been pressing to get the Montana park's backcountry areas designated as wilderness for months now, and this week he pitched the proposal to a pro-wilderness group at Helena's Blackfoot River Brewing Company Tuesday night and to the Helena Rotary Club at a luncheon Wednesday. Helena Independent Record; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
U.S. House panel to hear bill to ban importation of nuclear waste Legislation sponsored by Utah Reps. Jim Matheson and Jason Chaffetz that would ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste will get a hearing next week before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce's subcommittee on energy and environment. Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana senator joins gun battle before the U.S. Supreme Court Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is working with Texas Sen. Kay Hutchinson on a brief to be filed with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a Chicago man's lawsuit challenging the Illinois city's long-standing ban on handguns. Great Falls Tribune; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Census Bureau: It's too late to add citizenship question Utah Sen. Bob Bennett continued to press the Census Bureau to collect citizenship data in the 2010 census, but the agency said it's too late to add such a question as the printing process has already begun. Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
August boat crash leads to charges filed against Montana legislator In the wake of an Aug. 27 boat crash that injured five people, including Montana U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, Montana state Sen. Greg Barkus, the driver of the boat who's blood alcohol was twice the legal limit two hours after the accident, was charged with three felonies on Wednesday in state district court. Missoulian; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
PacifiCorp: Two new wind farms in Wyoming now online PacifiCorp has completed nine wind farms in the past two years, seven of which are in Wyoming, the latest in in Albany and Carbon counties going online last month. Billings Gazette (AP); Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BLM takes public comment on Colorado-N.M., transmission line route Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association wants to build an 80-mile long power line between utility stations near Shiprock, N.M. and Ignacio, Colo., and because a major portion of the line would cross federal Bureau of Land Management land, the BLM is taking public comment on the proposal through Nov. 8. Farmington Daily Times; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nissan will test all-electric car in British Columbia Nissan announced Tuesday that it will introduce its all-electric LEAF, which stands for Leading Environmentally friendly Affordable Family car, in British Columbia in 2011, with wider distribution planned in 2012. Toronto Globe and Mail; Oct. 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Alberta's plan to have bitumen upgraded locally hits a snag Energy Minister Mel Knight announced Wednesday that Alberta's plan to have bitumen paid to the province for royalties upgraded locally will be delayed a bit, as the proposal has run into technical difficulties. Calgary Herald; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Deer Valley Resort adds 300 jobs to Utah's economy The luxurious St. Regis Deer Crest Resort located at Deer Valley will open in November, and about 300 people snagged jobs at a recent fair to hire workers for the Utah resort. Deseret News; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana takes notices of abandoned, stray animals online The Montana Department of Livestock asked the Legislature to revise rules for holding estrayed animals and for publishing notices of the sale of such livestock because of a sharp increase in the number of abandoned horses that had pushed costs of the program up sharply, and the department's new online program developed under legislation passed this past session is now live. Helena Independent Record; Oct. 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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