Publication Items

Photojournalist Asks Court for Access to Wild Horse Operations [1]

A wild horse journalist, photojournalist and correspondent for Horseback Magazine is petitioning the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to redress the inaction of a federal district court in Nevada on her request that restrictions on her access to the roundups and warehouses be lifted.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [3]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Meetings Set for Getting Public Feedback on Solar Sites [6]

The federal government has released its draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for identifying and evaluating the best areas on public lands for building utility-scale solar plants. A 90-day public comment period ends March 17, 2011, preceded by 14 meetings in 6 Western states and Washington, D.C.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
California [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Feds Document Core Areas for Decimated Sage-Grouse [13]

The map and report on known greater sage grouse high-density breeding populations is a starting point that can be refined with the input of state fish and wildlife agencies. But you can use it right away as you cover various land use and environmental issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [14]
Science [15]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Biodiversity [16]
Region:
Canada [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
California [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Nonfederal Rangeland Often in Poor Shape [20]

USDA and USGS researchers found about one of every five acres of rangelands in 17 western states, as well as portions of Louisiana and Florida, has some degree of degradation of at least one factor (soil and site stability, hydrologic integrity, and biotic integrity).
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [21]
Natural Resources [3]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Fracking Associated with Well Water Toxics; Causation Not Yet Proven [23]

EPA warns Pavillion, WY residents not to drink or cook with their well water, and that the presence of methane (the main ingredient in natural gas) is so high that they should ventilate any room in which a shower is operating, and to not ignite anything in a closed room in which water is running.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [21]
Pollution [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Chemicals [26]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Natural Gas Hazards Drawing Federal Attention [27]

After hearing for years about public concern over the adverse health and environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing used to increase production of natural gas, US EPA has begun a process (including 4 public meetings in July; CO, NY, PA, TX) to decide what the issues are and how to address them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Health [28]
People & Population [8]
Environmental Health [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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TOOLBOX: Denver Post Finds Thousands of Drilling Spills in Colorado [31]

A big fraction of the leaks and spills involved not merely oil, but produced water containing hydraulic fracturing fluid. You'll find lots of useful data on the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission website.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Pollution [24]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Grasshopper Infestations on the Rise Again [32]

As drought blankets much of the western U.S. and Canada, so do grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and other associated bugs. The cyclical insect infestations, which are occurring in pockets in every state west of the Mississippi and in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, range from light to very severe.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [33]
Disasters [34]
Wildlife [14]
Region:
Canada [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
California [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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15 States Get More Federal Recreational Trails [35]

The National Trails system, already stretching more than 12,500 miles, expands with the addition of 31 more trails totalling 716 miles.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [3]
Transportation [36]
Government [37]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Northwest (OR WA) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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BLM Tweaks Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Policies [39]

The changes affect only new drilling areas and may include greater consideration of environmental impacts, more public review, fewer "categorical exclusions" from environmental review, and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [40]
Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Government [37]
Policy [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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