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Ear Mountain, Rocky Mountain Front
Photo courtesy of Rick and Susie Graetz
Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012
produced daily by Shellie Nelson
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More news from the Rockies
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Thousands pitch in to help after mudslide damages homes in Utah city
On Saturday, heavy rains on an area burned by the Dump Fire above Saratoga Springs sent sheets of mud and water down into the Utah city damaging 11 homes, and on Sunday, thousands of volunteers showed up to help create diversion ditches to prevent such events in the future.
Salt Lake Tribune;
Sept. 4
Environment
Weekend rains slow fires in W. Wyoming, Yellowstone Park
Crews fighting the North Buffalo and Butte Creek fires in western Wyoming got a little help from the weather on Friday and Saturday, and the three fires burning in Yellowstone National park were slowed somewhat by cooler weather and some precipitation.
Jackson Hole Daily;
Sept. 4
Wyoming expands options for elk hunt
With many elk herds in Wyoming well above population objectives, the state Fish and Game Department is adding licenses in some areas, including giving hunters the opportunity to buy licenses to take three elk in some areas.
Casper Star-Tribune;
Sept. 4
Yellowstone Park's beginning topic of presentation on U. of Montana campus
George Black, author of "Empire of Shadows: The Epic Story of Yellowstone," will speak about his book on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. on the University of Montana campus in Missoula. Black's speech is presented by the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, of which Mountain West News is a program.
Billings Gazette;
Sept. 4
Author to talk on U. of Montana campus about beetles, oil
Investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk will be on the University of Montana campus on Wednesday, Sept. 5, where he will make a presentation on "Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug are Killing North America's Great Forests," from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m., and at 8 p.m., he will make a presentation entitled "The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude."
Missoulian;
Sept. 4
Legislature
Alabama firm pitches thorium as alternative to Wyoming nuclear task force
Members of the Wyoming Task Force for Nuclear Energy Production listened to a sales pitch from Kirk Sorensen, founder of Alabama-based Flibe Energy, about building a liquid fluoride thorium reactor in the United States, with Wyoming as a potential site.
Casper Star-Tribune;
Sept. 4
Economy
Firm has capital to invest in Wyoming businesses
Enhanced Capital Wyoming Fund LLC, operating under the Wyoming Business Council's Small Business Investment Credit Program, has funds to invest in businesses within the state that employ fewer than 100 people.
Casper Star-Tribune;
Sept. 3
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"E radication isn’t a good term to use when talking about Fort Peck. Control, maintenance and containment will be the goal."
Mountain West Perspectives
A Look Ahead
Sept. 5: Andrew Nikiforuk will present a seminar on "Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug are Killing North America's Great Forests," 3:10 p.m., Gallagher Business Building Room 123, University of Montana campus, Missoula
Sept. 5: Author George Black's presentation on "Civilizers, Soldiers, Explorers, andthe Creation of Yellowstone National Park," 7 p.m. 123 Gallagher Business Building, University of Montana, Missoula campus
Sept. 5: University of Montana's President's Lecture Series begins with a presentation by Andrew Nikiforuk titled "The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude," 8 p.m., University Center Ballroom, Missoula campus.
Mountain West Voices
Hear weekly stories from the Rocky Mountain West as gathered by Clay Scott
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