November 5, 2009
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He had a change of heart when other off-roaders ruined his elk hunt- The confessions of an off-road-vehicle outlaw. By Garrett Veneklasen. Op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune. Writers on the Range.
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Wyo. sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers. By Matt Joyce. Associated Press.
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Western Watersheds Project Wins Summary Judgment on the 100,000 acre Byner Complex Allotments. BLM- This no “family ranch” but a spin-off of Freeport-McMoRan mining. Here is the WWP’s news release on the victory for the American people ♦Western Watersheds Project’s Arizona Office has been granted Summary Judgment byAdministrative Law Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer in a…
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This might sound a little confusing, but apparently the way to reduce the threat of the Green Valley Dam failing after heavy rains is to shore up the Howard Hanson Dam upstream. The article says this will reduce the chances of Green Valley failing to 1 in 25 this winter. A failure would flood a…
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Republicans boycotted the committee vote, so the Democrats passed the bill without them, 10 to 1- What the Democrats did is what you might expect, but in the past the Democrats have said, “Oh we need some bipartisanship,” when it is clear the minority at present wants nothing to do with bipartisanship. I guess no…
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833 sockeye made the trip back to the Sawtooth Valley from the ocean this year- This is a great success from the not too distant past when only one salmon returned — “Lonesum Larry” Record sockeye salmon return. By Jon Duval. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer