Endangered Oregon spotted frog habitat dried up by changes in river flow to accommodate the irrigation district. Photo George Wuerthner
I took a run along the Deschutes River in Bend’s Riverbend Park the other day. The one thing I noticed is that the river is nearly opaque. You can see down maybe […]
Continue Reading →Wyoming government continues its quest to make the state’s creeks legally safe for unlimited amounts of pathogenic cow flops.
With no notice to the general public or to nonagricultural or nonindustrial special publics, the DEQ has adopted new rules permitting 5 times more e. coli in almost 90,000 miles of Wyoming headwaters creeks. This is […]
Continue Reading →Big dairy and recreational dredge miners to benefit-
Boise, Idaho. It looks like this year’s Idaho legislature might outdo the previous in attacking water quality protections in the state.
In the Idaho House of Representatives, a bill has passed the Resources and Conservation Committee that would unprotect the federal wild and scenic rivers in the […]
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WWP refutes rancher claims and files counterclaims-
Jackson, WY—A month ago the Western Watersheds Project was sued by a group of Wyoming ranchers who alleged the group trespassed in order to collect samples of poor quality water from streams within public grazing allotments on federal land. Now the Western Watersheds Project (WWP) has filed its answer to those claims, […]
Continue Reading →Another roadblock to the use of Idaho Highway 12 and Montana highways as corridors for moving Alberta bound tar sand equipment-
This is good news, although likely temporary.
The turnouts constructed on the Montana side of Lolo Pass appear to be larger than the oil giant said and closer to Lolo Creek which already suffers […]
Continue Reading →This is about Idaho drinking water and also how Idaho’s Representative Simpson is the one who really gets things done-
I thought it was kind of funny because I read it while I was waiting for my new Brita water filter to soak 15 minutes. They say Brita removes arsenic 😉
Continue Reading →Mines and land developers can breathe a sigh of relief-
ID lawmakers side with industry on water rules. By Sarah D. Wire. Associated Press Writer.
The fix was in before the legislature met on the ground water rules, the gift to Idaho Association of Realtors was more of surprise. They argued that meeting water […]
Continue Reading →Elk City is a very remote small town in north central, Idaho. It is 40 miles up the South Fork of the Clearwater River Canyon from Grangeville (no facilities between them). Despite its remote location, the local streams were badly damaged by placer mining years ago.
Mining companies don’t placer mine much any more. They […]
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