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"Montana Wolf Hunt Is Stalked by Controversy" [1]

"The demise of a much-studied pack raises questions about lifting the hunting ban in areas bordering Yellowstone park."

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: LA Times [5], 10/27/2009

Washoe County, NV, Health Board Looks at Ban on Perchloroethylene [6]

"A toxic solvent still widely used by dry cleaners across Washoe County could be banned within 14 years under plans proposed by health officials."

Chemicals [7]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: Reno Gazette Journal [8], 10/20/2009

"U.S. Blocks Oil Drilling at 60 Sites in Utah" [9]

"The Department of the Interior has frozen oil and gas development on 60 of 77 contested drilling sites in Utah, saying the process of leasing the land was rushed and badly flawed."
Energy & Fuel [10]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: NYTimes [11], 10/12/2009

"Fly Ash Disposal Plans Change" [12]

"Developers of a controversial coal-fired power plant in Sevier County [Utah] now intend to transport and dispose of the proposed facility's fly ash in Carbon County and Tooele County landfills rather than close to home."
Waste [13]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: Salt Lake Tribune [14], 09/22/2009

"Utah Hazardous Waste Incinerator Faces Penalties" [15]

"An incinerator that burns hazardous material from Utah and around the West is facing more than $500,000 in penalties for environmental violations."
Waste [13]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: AP [16], 09/22/2009

"Fed Judge Says Grizzlies Still Threatened" [17]

"BILLINGS, Mont. -- Facing the combined pressures of climate change, hunters and lax protections, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list under a federal court order issued Monday."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: AP [18], 09/22/2009
October 5, 2009 to October 8, 2009

10th Biennial Conference for Research on the Colorado Plateau [19]

Conservation Issues for Rapidly Changing Western Landscapes
Professional Meetings [20]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [21]
Food [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Biodiversity [2]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]

"Wolves Aren't Making It Easy for Idaho Hunters" [26]

"Even as Idaho has sold more than 14,000 wolf-hunting permits, the first 10 days of the first legal wolf hunt here in decades have yielded only three reported legal kills."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: NYTimes [27], 09/11/2009

"Judge Allows Gray Wolf Hunt To Proceed in Idaho and Montana" [28]

"With four gray wolves having been killed in Idaho since Sept. 1, a federal judge has cleared the way for legal hunting of the once-endangered predators to proceed."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: LA Times [29], 09/10/2009

"Fall Colors Fade In U.S. West As Aspen Trees Die" [30]

"The American West is losing its autumn colors as global warming begins to bite and there is far more at stake than iconic scenery."
Climate Change [21]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Source: Reuters [31], 09/08/2009

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