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The Gray Area Gray wolves under attack, groups want them re-listed		28 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:03 PM on 28 Apr 2008 Saying that their concerns about trigger-happy hunters have been validated, 12 conservation and animal-rights groups have sued to get the gray wolf re-listed as an endangered species. The 1,500 wolves that roam through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho were delisted on Mar. 28 and can now be shot at will; a total of 37 have been killed in the last month. Conservation groups filed suit Monday, saying th ...
Topics: animal welfare, endangered species, Idaho, litigation, Montana, news, wildlife, Wyoming (all these topics)

So long, Larry Larry Craig's environmental legacy was dismal, but his successor's might be better	Brian Beutler	04 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Idaho, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Sticker shocker Cars are more expensive than you think	Clark Williams-Derry	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: British Columbia, cars, Idaho, Oregon, placemaking, Washington (all these topics)

Boise Will Be Boys As feds prepare to delist gray wolf in Idaho and Montana, hunters polish their rifles		16 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Boise Will Be Boys As feds prepare to delist gray wolf in Idaho and Montana, hunters polish their rifles In Idaho and Montana, the impending removal of Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf has sportsfolk salivating. The wolf, reintroduced to the region a decade ago, is blamed for killing elk and other critters that hunters want around so they can kill 'em themselves. At a rally in Idaho last ...
Topics: Idaho, Montana, news, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Give and Takings Property-rights initiatives threaten environmental protections in four Western states	Dan Whipple	16 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Field of dreams or field of nightmares? It depends who you ask. Photos: iStockphoto When you hear the phrase "a perfect storm," it's likely to conjure images of roiling whitecaps, perhaps a daring Coast Guard rescuer dangling from a helicopter to pull half-drowned sailors from their foundering vessels. Chances are the last thing it will bring to mind is land ...
Topics: Arizona, California, Idaho, placemaking, Washington (all these topics)

The Big Glad Wolf Wolf population thriving in Rocky Mountain states		29 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
The Big Glad Wolf Wolf population thriving in Rocky Mountain states The wolf population in the Northern Rocky Mountains has grown by more than 20 percent since last winter. Officials estimate that 158 wolf packs, totaling at least 1,229 members, are living it up in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. The midyear estimate is the highest population estimate since wolves were reintroduced to the region in 1995 and 1996; how ...
Topics: Idaho, Montana, news, wildlife, Wyoming (all these topics)

Tender Loving Caribou Judge sides with caribou, bans snowmobiles from some Idaho national forests		27 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Tender Loving Caribou Judge sides with caribou, bans snowmobiles from some Idaho national forests Mountain caribou celebrated last week as a judge banned snowmobiles from a nearly 470-square-mile caribou recovery zone in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. The ban will hold unless the U.S. Forest Service can develop a winter recreation strategy that would enable noisy, polluting vehicles and ...
Topics: Idaho, national forests, news, outdoor recreation, wildlife (all these topics)

Party at Jim's House! Idaho governor says no to coal, yes to whoopin' it up		11 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Party at Jim's House! Idaho governor says no to coal, yes to whoopin' it up Exhibiting the flair and confidence only a short-timer can afford, Idaho Gov. Jim Risch (R) has announced that the state don't need no stinkin' coal. Risch, who took office when Dirk Kempthorne resigned in May to head the Interior Department, will step down when the term ends in January. So why not have some fun? The guv will opt ...
Topics: coal, Department of Interior, energy, Idaho, news (all these topics)

Reps Gone Wild House approves new wilderness areas in California, Oregon, and Idaho		25 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Reps Gone Wild House approves new wilderness areas in California, Oregon, and Idaho The U.S. House yesterday unanimously approved bills that would create over 1,000 square miles of new wilderness areas and protect 47 miles of rivers in California, Oregon, and Idaho. A bill to ban drilling in New Mexico's Valle Vidal also passed. All of the bills are compromises hammered out over several years, inv ...
Topics: California, Idaho, New Mexico, news, Oregon, wilderness (all these topics)

Coal Decliner Idaho legislature passes two-year moratorium on coal-fired power plants		03 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Coal Decliner Idaho legislature passes two-year moratorium on coal-fired power plants In a two-for-one snub of President Bush and Idaho Gov. (and likely future Interior Secretary) Dirk Kempthorne (R), Idaho's Republican-controlled legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill last week that would put a two-year moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in the state. The bill -- which says the plants "may have a significant negat ...
Topics: coal, energy, Idaho, news (all these topics)

Bush Sticks Dirk in Interior Enviros decry Bush's nomination of Kempthorne to lead Interior		17 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Bush Sticks Dirk in Interior Enviros decry Bush's nomination of Kempthorne to lead Interior He's a mountain-bike enthusiast, two-term governor, and object of fear and loathing among conservationists. And he just picked another one. Mere days after the resignation of Gale Norton as secretary of the interior, President Bush nominated as her replacement Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R), saying he would help " ...
Topics: Department of Interior, Idaho, news, politics (all these topics)

Beyond the Gale Kempthorne leads list of possible replacements for Norton at Interior	Amanda Griscom Little	15 Mar 2006	Muckraker
The rumor mill is churning fast as Interior Secretary Gale Norton prepares to bid adieu to the Bush administration, and two names on the short list of possible replacements are leading the pack: for an outside-the-Beltway pick, Dirk Kempthorne, Republican governor of Idaho; for an inside-the-agency pick, Lynn Scarlett, currently Norton's No. 2, who will likely run the depart ...
Topics: Department of Interior, Idaho, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Diss Diss Bang Bang Feds hand management of Idaho gray wolves over to the state		06 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Diss Diss Bang Bang Feds hand management of Idaho gray wolves over to the state Uh oh, there's gonna be some shootin'! The Bush administration has transferred management of the gray wolf population in Idaho to the state government -- even though the animal is still listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. The deal was sealed at a Thursday ceremony in Boise attended by Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R) and Secretary of the Interior Gal ...
Topics: Idaho, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Steamroll on Columbia Idaho senator axes funding for agency that studies endangered salmon		30 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Steamroll on Columbia Idaho senator axes funding for agency that studies endangered salmon Well, that's one way to deal with scientific findings you don't like! Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has wiped out funding for the Fish Passage Center, a 12-person, $1.3 million agency widely respected by salmon-conservation experts. The center has documented shrinking fish numbers in the Columbia River system, and last s ...
Topics: Columbia River, fishing, Idaho, news, politics (all these topics)

Craig's %$#! List Idaho senator tries to axe center that analyzes endangered salmon		24 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
Craig's %$#! List Idaho senator tries to axe center that analyzes endangered salmon Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has inserted a rider into the federal energy bill that would eliminate funding for the Fish Passage Center, which has tracked salmon in the Columbia and Snake River systems in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years. Craig is peeved that the center's fish survival data was used to support a rece ...
Topics: fishing, Idaho, news, Pacific Northwest, politics (all these topics)

They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries		12 May 2005	Daily Grist
They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries Conservationists, salmon enthusiasts, and fisheries managers along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest are wondering, Is it something we said? They've been stood up by thousands of chinook salmon that were expected to swim up the river to spawn this season, but n ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, Idaho, news, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Washington (all these topics)

Hunted Like the Wolf Wolf population controls shifted to states, landowners		04 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Hunted Like the Wolf Wolf population controls shifted to states, landowners Wolves in Idaho and Montana will soon be easier to kill, thanks to new regulations requiring them to run more slowly through livestock areas. Ah, we kid. In fact, new federal rules will give landowners in the two states the OK to fire on wolves they reasonably believe are threatening livestock, though they will have to show evidence of a possible attack. ...
Topics: Idaho, Montana, wildlife (all these topics)

Snoop Doggy Doggs Robotic Dogs Sniff Out Environmental Toxins		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Snoop Doggy Doggs Robotic Dogs Sniff Out Environmental Toxins Engineers at Yale have developed robotic dogs that can sniff out environmental toxins at contaminated sites. The mechanical critters were originally designed and marketed as toys by Sony and other companies, but an intrepid crew at Yale modified the robo-puppies with sensors that de ...
Topics: Australia, Belarus, East Coast, environmental restoration, Idaho, nuclear power, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Back to the Yellowstone Age		26 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Back to the Yellowstone Age The Bush administration has asked the United Nations to remove Yellowstone National Park from a list of endangered World Heritage sites. "Yellowstone is no longer in danger," wrote the Interior Department's Paul Hoffman in a letter to the World Heritage Committee. There's just one snag: The park staff disagree with Hoffman, saying Yello ...
Topics: Idaho, Montana, national parks, politics, water pollution, wilderness, Wyoming (all these topics)

The Dirk Side of the Moon		24 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
The Dirk Side of the Moon Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R), thought to be President Bush's top pick to head the U.S. EPA after Christie Whitman leaves the agency at the end of this week, has overseen a decline in environmental quality in his home state. Since he assumed the Idaho governorship four and a half years ago, the state's air has gotten dirtier and toxic emissions have increased, even as national trends have go ...
Topics: air pollution, Idaho, news, politics (all these topics)

Grazing a Ruckus		17 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Grazing a Ruckus After years of rancorous fighting, a group of Idaho environmentalists and ranchers are close to agreement on a plan that would give federal wilderness protection to more than 400,000 acres in the Owyhee canyon lands of southern Idaho. The deal would also let ranchers trade grazing leases for parcels of public land and assure ranchers the right to have outside reviews conducted before the feds could reduce the n ...
Topics: Idaho, ranching, wilderness (all these topics)

Greenocide?		24 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Greenocide? A new phrase is raising hackles and fueling environmental debate in the Western U.S.: "rural cleansing." Thought to have been coined by a Washington-state property-rights activist, rural cleansing is taking root as a catchphrase for those who argue that eco-activists are trying to drive rural citizens away from traditio ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, green living, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, West (all these topics)

White Cloud, Silver Lining		31 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: Idaho, politics, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

You're Living in Your Own Private Idaho		13 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
You're Living in Your Own Private Idaho An increasingly common type of collaboration between a conservation group and a logging company will protect up to 600,000 acres of private forestland in northern Idaho from development. The Washington-based timber company Potlatch, which owns the land, will sell its development rights to the California-based Trust for Public Land, which in turn expects to raise more than $40 million from ...
Topics: Idaho, logging, wilderness (all these topics)

Curse D' Alene		14 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Curse D' Alene In a precedent-setting move, U.S. federal officials signed an agreement yesterday ceding control of the cleanup of Idaho's highly polluted Coeur d'Alene Basin to state, local, and tribal officials. For more than a century, mining waste from the Silver Valley washed down the Coeur d'Alene River into Lake Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane River, and from there into Lake ...
Topics: Idaho, rivers and watersheds, toxics, US EPA, Washington, water pollution (all these topics)

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