Wildlife Habitat
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Wind Farms On Public Land Stymied By Eagle Concerns, Radar Interference The article notes a growing recognition of conflicts wind development on public lands are running into, slowing wind development on public lands across the West. Eagle Concerns Stymie Wind Farms – AP The only project approved is the Spring Valley wind farm in Nevada…
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Report on last week’s hearing predicts the decision on the megaloads will be close- Having won a hard fought battle to intervene on the decision whether to allow the first megaloads of oil equipment up Highway 12 and over Lolo Pass, the full hearing last week pitted local residents and the Boise based law firm,…
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Despite public outcry and negative vote by WY Water Development Commission, cattle assn, county commissions continue to push dam- Few people seem to like the proposal to build a dam on the upper Green River above Warren Bridge. The state Water Development Commission voted 7-1 against it, but powerful interest groups are trying sidestep public…
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Wyoming Range Legacy Act didn’t protect 77,000 acres of the Wyoming Range. New approach to be tried? A lot of folks thought the tremendous victory of The Wyoming Range Legacy Act signed by President Obama last year stopping new oil or gas leasing on 1.2 million acres in the Wyoming Range and Salt River Ranges…
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Wildlife migration routes protected near this “working ranch”- It was a wonderful thing when the Nature Conservancy purchased most of Henry’s Lake Flat in the 1970s to protect Henry’s Lake Outlet (stream), which is a major component of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River headwaters. This also protected much of the sometimes beautiful flat…
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Private land refuge to be tried to conserve much of the remnants of the tall grass prairie- As everyone knows, very little prairie has been conserved or restored. This is an effort said to be the model for the 21st century. This might be true in the sense that it seems like the kind of…
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Public input is required, but conditional permits are issued- Note: the hearing will be on Friday, Nov. 19 in Boise. The hearing will be at ITD Headquarters in Boise, 3311 W. State Street. (208) 334-8000 Advocates for the West won a brief victory Friday on behalf of local residents of Highway 12. These temporarily block…
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Commission calls it “too expensive, unnecessary and bad for recreation and the environment”- This proposal is so obnoxious I couldn’t believe it was real the first time I heard about it. This is a world class fishing river and the reservoir would cut off the famed pronghorn migration route from the Red Desert to Grand…