Publication Items

GROUP WINS ACCESS TO FOREST SERVICE RECORDS ON OFF-ROAD VEHICLE DAMAGE [1]

The AP reports that the conservation group Wildlands CPR has won a 2-year battle to get U.S. Forest Service records on damage caused by off-road vehicles and unmaintained roads in the West.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Industry Keeps Secret the Gas-Drilling Toxins Seeping into Drinking Wells [6]

A series of drinking-water contamination incidents have raised doubts about EPA's safety claims regarding hydraulic fracturing in domestic gas wells. And it's hard for people to get to the bottom of those claims when the identity of the chemicals injected during the process is protected as a "trade secret."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Rocky Mountain Region Asbestos Sites Reported [10]

There are at least 61 sites in CO, ID, MT, NM, and WY that naturally contain some form of asbestos, according to a report released July 9, 2007,by the US Geological Survey.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Early Results Support Replacement of Older Woodstoves [12]

Preliminary results from a Montana air quality study suggest that replacing older wood-burning stoves and fireplaces with cleaner-burning, EPA-certified models can substantially reduce airborne fine particulates.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Federal and State Moves on Wolves Spur More Controversy [13]

The long-running battle over the status of wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains is heading into another critical stretch.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Cash Crop: Native Grasses [14]

Throughout the West, farmers' fields are covered in tall grass. That's not neglect - it's profitable.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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FEDS Announce Preferred Colorado River Plan [16]

The Bureau of Reclamation announced on June 18, 2007, its preferred management option for the Colorado River basin during drought conditions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [8]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Draft EIS for Western Energy Corridors Released [17]

The public comment period for a long-delayed EIS draft designating energy corridors in 11 Western states is open.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Government [3]
Policy [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Draft EIS for Western Energy Corridors Released [17]
FED Report Assesses Western Water Deficits, Makes Recommendations [25]

An extensive report on the growing threats posed to the Colorado River system by climate change, drought, and increasing population is scheduled to be released Feb. 21, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [18]
Water & Oceans [8]
People & Population [26]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about FED Report Assesses Western Water Deficits, Makes Recommendations [25]
FEDS Set Stage for Geothermal Development [27]

The Dept. of Interior released its final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for geothermal energy on Oct. 22, 2008
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [19]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about FEDS Set Stage for Geothermal Development [27]

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