"Flooding Spiked Lead Levels in Lake Coeur d'Alene"
"An estimated 352,000 pounds of lead washed into Lake Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 18 after flooding related to a rain-on-snow event."
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review, 03/25/2011
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Idaho: "Dairy Industry Pushes CAFO Secrecy Bill"
"An Idaho House committee supported Wednesday a move to seal off more data related to confined-animal feeding operations from the public eye, making it harder for the public to tell if state regulations are enforced."
Source: Twin Falls Times-News, 03/18/2011
Utah Governor Signs Controversial Bill Cutting Public Access to Info
Former National Freedom of Information director Coalition Charles N. Davis said the bill "puts Utah in a class of one, alone in an anti-democratic zone in which the governors enjoy almost carte blanche over what information they deign to share with the rabble.”
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"Wyoming Plagued by Big-City Problem: Smog"
"Wyoming, famous for its crisp mountain air and breathtaking, far-as-the-eye-can-see vistas, is looking a little bit like smoggy Los Angeles these days because of a boom in natural gas drilling."
Source: Wash Post, 03/09/2011
Photojournalist Asks Court for Access to Wild Horse Operations
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.
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"In Wyoming, Push To Mine Rare Earths in US Forest"
"A Canadian company hoping to compete with China's near-monopoly of rare earth elements — metals critical for everything from U.S. military weaponry to wind turbines — wants to open a strip mine inside a national forest in northeast Wyoming."
Source: AP, 02/21/2011
"Toxic Nevada Mine Lawsuit Seeks $5M From BP, ARCO"
"Neighbors of a toxic mine in northern Nevada have filed a class-action lawsuit against BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. accusing them of intentionally and negligently concealing the extent of the contamination leaking off the abandoned site for decades."
Source: AP, 02/16/2011
"Colorado Has More Ailing Dams, Less Money To Fix Them"
Colorado does not have enough money to fix more than 50 unsafe and potentially deadly dams. But keeping reservoir levels low to prevent disastrous failure deprives the state of water it badly needs right now.
Source: Denver Post, 02/08/2011
Yellowstone: "Bison Slaughter Challenged As Habitat Effort Flops"
"Yellowstone National Park's iconic bison herds are suffering their worst winter in several years with almost 400 of the animals being held for possible slaughter — and a much-heralded initiative to expand where they can roam on the verge of failure."
Source: AP, 02/04/2011
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