Motor Vehicles
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Complicated ruling was a victory of sorts for conservation- Judge rejects U.S. management plan for California desert. By Louis Sahagun. LA Times. This was a huge case over a big area and a BLM plan that took 15 years to develop. My view of it as a partial victory is based on private email from…
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Groups Applaud Finding for Rapidly Declining Desert Icon Desert tortoise advocates have been waiting for this good news for a very long time. Should a listing take place, many human intrusions into the desert tortoise’s southwest desert habitat, including livestock grazing and excessive development, will be largely halted. The benefit of such will be enjoyed…
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Teton County Commission wanted smaller improvements on the 7-mile stretch- WYDOT: 5 lanes in elk range. Agency rejects commissioners’ plea for smaller highway upgrade from South Park Loop to Horse Creek. By Cara Froedge, Jackson Hole News and Guide.
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Tribes’ insistence has created most wildlife friendly highway in Montana- This is the crowning achievement of the reconstruction of US93 through a wildlife rich area in NW Montana. There will be 42 crossings. They are all large culverts or bridges except for this one big overpass. Recent motion-sensing camera photos show use of the underpasses…
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Officials think too many large animals are being hit. Speeding may not be the primary cause- Speed kills? By Whitney Royster. Casper Star Tribune.
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Article below is about a mudflow near Ketchum, orginating from the Castle Rock Fire area, but there a numerous slides around southern Idaho- June is often a fairly wet month in Idaho, which is mostly an arid or semi-arid state. The end of May and continuing into June has brought a lot of precipitation into…
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Snowmobile tracks aid the survival of predatory competitors of lynx in deep snow- Snowmobile groups sue to set aside the improved designation of lynx habitat. By Ben Neary. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. AP They are saying that more environmental analysis is needed. Some conservation groups are suing too, saying not enough habitat was set aside. It is…
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This is the critical test of whether only pro-environment conscientious objection is prosecuted- Today about 1000 ATV and 4 x 4 owners are going to deliberately violate the law and charge up the Paria River’s bed in the Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument. Because they have announced the event as a deliberate violation of the law,…