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Southeast Montana
Photo courtesy of Rick and Susie Graetz
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012
produced daily by Shellie Nelson
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More news from the Rockies
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Community
Cache County official says Utah's winter air-quality plan too heavy handed
The Utah Air Quality Board gave preliminary approval to 17 measures designed to cut winter-time ozone pollution in northern Utah, but Cache County councilman Craig Peterson, a member of the Board, voted against a measure requiring emissions-testing on cars and trucks, saying it would cost too much to implement and would have too little benefit.
Salt Lake Tribune;
Sept. 6
Environment
Idaho biologists link death of whitefish to parasite
The death of dozens of whitefish in rivers and streams in the Snake River watershed in Idaho is due to warmer water that allowed the parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae to thrive and kill younger whitefish.
Jackson Hole Daily;
Sept. 6
Author shares lessons learned in B.C. pine beetle invasion
At a presentation Wednesday afternoon on the University of Montana campus in Missoula, investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk shared his firsthand observations of the pine beetle's effects on forests of British Columbia, the country's attempts to ward off that invasion, and the outcome of those efforts.
Missoulian;
Sept. 6
Wolf hunt closed in one Montana district
An archery hunter cow-calling an elk drew in a wolf that he shot and killed, prompting the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to close the hunt in the North Fork Flathead's wolf management Unit 110.
Kalispell Daily InterLake;
Sept. 6
Cooler nights slow wildfires' progress in Montana
There are currently 28 wildfires burning in Montana, and with no season-ending event in the forecast for the next couple of weeks, most of those fires will continue to burn.
Flathead Beacon (AP);
Sept. 6
Canada lends air power to wildfire fight in Montana
Under an international agreement, three heavy air tankers, two smaller lead airplanes and two helicopters, and their crews, from Canada have been on loan to Montana to help fight wildfires.
Billings Gazette;
Sept. 6
Politics
GOP VP nominee Ryan in Utah for fundraisers
Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke at two fundraisers in Utah on Wednesday, his first public appearances since accepting his party's nomination.
Salt Lake Tribune;
Sept. 6
USDA declares disaster emergency in 4 Montana counties
Farmers and ranchers in Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson and Butte-Silver Bow counties are now eligible for low-interest emergency loans after the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared those Montana counties disaster areas.
Billings Gazette (AP);
Sept. 6
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"I t's not a level playing field. I don't think in reality that the farmer can compete with the oil and gas companies for that water. Their return is a hell of a lot better than ours."
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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