Wildlife Habitat
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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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24,000 more acres won’t be leased- This is on top of the near million acres in the Wyoming Range, Salt River Range, and Commissary Ridge recently withdrawn from leasing by Congress in the Omnibus Public Lands Act. BLM cuts energy leasing in Wyoming Range. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily.
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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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Critics say it will result in dust storms on Utah’s Wasatch Front- The plan to drain water out of the desert on Utah/Nevada border and pipe it south to fuel urban sprawl around Las Vegas has been made public. Proposed Utah, Nevada water accord could clear the way for Snake Valley pipeline. Water sharing »…
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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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Nevada’s “water wizard” to ask for vote of confidence in face of opposition to more draining the desert- Southern Nevada Water Authority’s boss, Pat Mulroy, thought by many to be the most powerful woman in the Interior West, says she wants a quick vote from Water Authority members [this is a board, not the public]…
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Strong Environmental Laws Used to Promote Fair Paying Jobs, Social Justice Another proposed energy development on the Mojave Desert prompts criticism from environmentalists concerned about its impact to imperiled wildlife and the landscape. But what’s particularly interesting about this story is that labor groups have finally caught on to the significant leverage that environmental laws…
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The 9th Circuit just upheld the Clinton Roadless Rule, and slapped down Bush’s amended rule which granted states and local interests undue influence to craft their own roadless rules, rules which ended up being weaker than the Clinton Rule. Idaho and Colorado were the only states to ride Bush’s timber-train. Clinton-era Rule Protecting Forests Upheld…