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Water managers are building a massive reservoir south of Denver before they even have water to fill it. . .Wonder if this will be the receiving zone for Aaron Million's Flaming Gorge pipeline proposal? See Emily Underwood's profile of Million for more info: http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.12/wild-tur
www.denverpost.com
Reservoir under construction south of Denver, but there
High Country News New blog post up on the Grange - the new iteration of Washington State's logging regs tries to move beyond lip service of "Forests and Fish"
High Country News The aftermath of the freeze: A beautiful feature in the LA Times on how Navajo folks in northeastern Arizona are pulling their lives together after a 40-year development ban:
www.latimes.com
Dispute over the 1.6 million acre tract of tribal land in northern Arizona became known as the "Bennett freeze." (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
High Country News New reader photo up on the Grange blog. Use this link to add yours! http://is.gd/4Ogy9
High Country News I wonder if this will someday be the case on the U.S./Mexico border. . .
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It has been 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell. But deep in the forest here, a red deer called Ahornia still refuses to cross the old Iron Curtain.
High Country News Using the law to get around the law? Check out how BLM may have circumvented some bedrock environmental laws using an obscure provision of the Energy Policy Act of 2005:
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The Bureau of Land Management used a large number of "categorical exclusions" to streamline permitting for oil and gas development.
High Country News WesternCitizen.com debuted today. It offers Western news and commentary. Writes founder Wendy Norris, "The aim is to combine investigative reporting with online tools to empower citizens ... and to publicly deliberate on finding solutions to community problems. And we'll have some fun too with quirky pieces on life in ...the Rocky Mountain West and some ass-kicking media criticism."
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Underhanded, manipulative political tactics -- we've all heard about the games big business plays. But enviros sometimes use the same rulebook. Check
out senior editor Ray Ring's excellent cover story on the
machinations behind the Clinton roadless rule.
www.hcn.org
Judge Clarence Brimmer is determined to bring down Clinton's roadless forest rule, which has been mired in lawsuits ever since its controversial birth.
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Landowners unhappy with government regulations are protesting this fall -- by locking out hunters. It's a growing trend across Montana and other Western states -- landowners who once received state payment for allowing hunting access have hung out the No Trespassing sign. They're protesting grazing restrictions, shorte...r hunting seasons,
even a state wildlife department's purchase of a ranch.
www.mtstandard.com
Alan Charles had a hunter nearly in tears in his office last week who had tried for years to draw a moose tag in the Big Hole Valley.The hunter, from Helena, had drawn the tag, said Charles, landowner-sportsmen relations coordinator for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. ...
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An update on the Teanaway Solar Reserve, which may become one of the biggest photovoltaic arrays on Earth. See Arla Shephard's short HCN piece on the project here: http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.15/solar-sa
www.yakima-herald.com
Solar panels are installed as a demonstration project at the Wild Horse Solar Facility near Ellensburg, Wash. on October 11, 2007. Photovoltaic solar panels similar to these may be installed in the Teanaway Solar Reserve sometime next year.