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Rare plant will receive protection across its entire range. WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT NEWS RELEASE October 1, 2009 Contact: Todd Tucci, Advocates for the West (208) 342-7024 Jon Marvel, Western Watersheds Project (208) 788-2290 Katie Fite, Western Watersheds Project (208) 429-1679 SCIENCE FINALLY TRUMPS POLITICS IN PROTECTING RARE DESERT FLOWER Boise, Idaho – Conservation groups applauded…
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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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Can you even imagine that these things are kept secret? Western Watersheds Project and Wild Earth Guardians are suing to make public that which should open and free to all. Story on Fox12Idaho News. Environmental groups sue BLM for grazing info. Associated Press
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Solution is to restrain blades from turning at all during low wind periods- Scientists Find Successful Way To Reduce Bat Deaths At Wind Turbines. ScienceDaily
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Botulism outbreak at American Falls Reservoir is slowing down after a massive kill- Die-offs due to botulism are often the result of standing, shallow, deoxygenated water on top of what are usually mud flats in late season. This is the indirect effect of the wet year in SE Idaho. Less water was needed from the…
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Agency officials downplay impact- Agencies to allow for bear status. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press Judge Molloy put the Yellowstone area bears back on the threatened species list because all their food sources are jeopardized. Brian Kelly, Fish and Wildlife Service Wyoming field supervisor was quoted in the article above, “The basic message is that…
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Becomes another utility choosing realism over ideology- The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a “there ain’t no climate change” outfit organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is seeing a hemorrhage of support from utility corporations. Utility Quits Alliance Over Climate Change. By Kate Galbraith. New York Times.
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These self-starting manure fires are apparently all too common Southern California when it gets hot- Well . . . another negative side effect of ranching! Oh, and the location of the ranch where the fire began was kept a secret. Story in the LA Times.