"Grizzly Shooting Pits Idahoans Against Uncle Sam"
"U.S. prosecutors charge a man who said he was protecting his family. State residents and officials are outraged."
Source: LA Times, 09/13/2011
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No Water No Life
Founded in 2006 by SEJ member Alison M. Jones, No Water No Life photography teams document historic, current and potential management issues of six case-study watersheds: North America’s Columbia, Mississippi and Raritan River Basins and northeastern Africa’s Nile, Omo and Mara River Basins.
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Voluntary Sage-Grouse Protection Efforts Awarded $71 Million
Greater sage-grouse are at just 3% of their historical numbers, and warrant protection, according to the Bureau of Land Management. But since other species are in even more dire straits, the birds haven't been declared a threatened or endangered species. The US Dept. of Agriculture money is a work-around aimed at saving the birds and their habitat.
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Projects in 6 States Selected To Help Pioneer 3 Biofuels
USDA continues to expand its Biomass Crop Assistance Program that provides financial incentives for producers of various biomass products with the latest selected project areas for growing camelina in CA, OR, WA, and MT, poplar trees in OR, and switchgrass in KS and OK.
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"U.S., Wyoming Agree To Allow Hunters To Kill Wolves"
"Wyoming and the U.S. Department of Interior have reached an agreement that would end federal protection for wolves in the state and allow hunters to kill more than 50% of those living outside Yellowstone National Park."
Source: AP, 08/04/2011
"Wild Mustangs Spared Roundup In Wyoming For Now"
"Wild horses on the vast rangelands of Wyoming can continue to roam free, for now, after the U.S. government's Bureau of Land Management postponed a planned roundup, horse advocates said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 08/04/2011
FWS Proposes To Expand Hunting at 10 Wildlife Refuges
Hunting, under certain conditions, is already allowed at more than 300 of the 553 sites in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Contact local environmental, animal rights, and hunting groups for opinions for or against these proposals that would allow additional species to be killed at 10 refuges in 8 states.
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"Colo. Wildlife Refuge With Nuclear Past Faces New Problems -- IG"
The former Rocky Flats federal nuclear plant was supposedly cleaned up before it was repurposed as a National Wildlife Refuge. But lack of money and invasive plants may keep plutonium worries alive.
Source: Greenwire, 08/02/2011
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