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Grasshopper Infestations on the Rise Again [1]

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.

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Agriculture [3]
Disasters [4]
Wildlife [5]
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Canada [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
California [10]
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SEJ's 20th Annual Conference Coverage [12]

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Oct. 13-17, 2010 in Missoula, Montana. Find multimedia coverage on SEJ's coverage web page [12] and on the unofficial conference blog. [13] See the agenda, read speaker bios, and more. If you attended the conference, please click here to take our online survey. [14] Pictured at left: Jodi Rave, Freelance Journalist, Buffalo's Fire, and moderator of the Saturday panel THE CLIMATE: Energy Issues on Tribal Lands.

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International [17]

Residents Press Chevron for Answers on Utah Oil Leak [18]

Residents of Salt Lake City neighborhoods peppered Chevron VP Bryan Tucker with questions and complaints at a community meeting following an oil spill there.

Disasters [4]
Public [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Source: Salt Lake Tribune [19], 06/15/2010

"Closed Uranium Mine Ordered To Stop Discharge" [20]

"The owners of a closed uranium mine near Golden have been ordered by the state health department to stop discharging polluted water into a creek that flows into a Denver-area reservoir."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Public [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Source: AP [22], 06/11/2010

"Wyoming Approves 'Fracking' Disclosure Rules" [23]

"CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state agency that oversees oil and gas development voted Tuesday to require energy companies to disclose what chemicals they're pumping underground to improve the flow of oil and gas into well bores."

Chemicals [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Public [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Source: AP [26], 06/09/2010

15 States Get More Federal Recreational Trails [27]

The National Trails system, already stretching more than 12,500 miles, expands with the addition of 31 more trails totalling 716 miles.

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Natural Resources [28]
Transportation [29]
Government [30]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [34]
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BLM Tweaks Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Policies [35]

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.

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Economy & Business [36]
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Energy & Fuel [37]
Government [30]
Policy [38]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
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"Yellowstone Bison: Hazed and Confused" [39]

The roundup of bison that have strayed from their refuge in Yellowstone National Park, part of a Quixotic plan to protect domestic cattle from the disease brucellosis, is an example of Western environmental gridlock.

Biodiversity [40]
Public [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Source: High Country News [41], 06/03/2010

"Asbestos' Death Toll Climbs in Scenic Montana Town" [42]

"Gayla Benefield and Eva Thomson are sisters who have grown used to death. For two decades, they have watched asbestos from a nearby vermiculite mine strangle their parents, Thomson's husband, an aunt, several in-laws and numerous neighbors and friends."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Source: AP [43], 05/27/2010

Russian Olives and Tamarisk Get A Little Federal Love [44]

A new report by the US Geological Survey, Bureau of Reclamation, US Forest Service, other federal agencies, and university experts says the water-hogging reputation of the two species has little merit, but found that effects on wildlife are mixed.

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Forests [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Biodiversity [40]
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Science [47]
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